Administration and Regulatory AffairsUpdated Oct 19, 2026
There are over 20,000 employees working for the City of Houston. This portal contains payroll information from 2018 to present. The Payroll dataset includes information about the City of Houston employee payroll, including salary and year to date pay. This page, or other pages, in this Open Payroll module will serve a function similar to the check register, including salary and year to date pay of the employees of the City for the considered calendar year. The data is provided in an anonymized way to protect the personal information of the employees of the City while providing relevant actual and statistical information.
Finance DepartmentUpdated Oct 11, 2026
The Checkbook dataset includes information about the City's payments, including vendors and contracts. This portal contains checkbook information from 2018 to present.
Finance DepartmentUpdated Jun 4, 2025
This data represents solicitations for various goods and services for purchases for all departments within the City of Houston that were previously posted on the City’s e bid site. Both formal (over $50,000.00) and informal ($50,000.00 and under) solicitations issued from September 1, 2002 through December 3, 2023 are included in this dataset.
Finance DepartmentUpdated Oct 17, 2024
The Budget dataset contains information about funds allocated by department and general ledger, as well as budgeted versus actual expenses, where applicable. This page, or other pages, in this Open Budget module presents financial information without interfund eliminations. Other City publications, such as the Monthly Financial Report or Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, may present financial information differently depending on the purposes of those publications. As a result, there may be differences between the data or information in the Open Budget and other City publications.
Finance DepartmentUpdated Oct 17, 2024
Performance measurement linked to the outcome based budget.
City Secretary's OfficeUpdated Jun 9, 2023
Individuals or companies that choose to lobby the City of Houston City Council or Administration must be registered with the City Secretary. While this list is updated...
Finance DepartmentUpdated Jun 9, 2023
This dataset includes various resources related to the City of Houston's approved budgets for multiple fiscal years. Please read the resource information for additional...
Finance DepartmentUpdated Jun 9, 2023
A Listing of City of Houston Funds, along with their fund type and financial use. For most information about fund accounting, check out Wikipedia:...
City Secretary's OfficeUpdated Jun 9, 2023
Three campaign finance datasets are contained in this open data set. Candidates, officeholders, and special purpose committees for the City of Houston are required to self...
