That's a decrease of 23.7 percent from 2014, when the city spent $6.98 million, or $7,184.36 per household.
El Paso has 972 households and a population of 2,824.
Since 2001, the City of El Paso budget has grown by 16.3 percent, from $4.58 million. The city population has grown 13 percent over the same period, from 2,499.
Salaries accounted for 19.4 percent of city spending in 2015. El Paso property taxpayers paid $1.03 million for 18 full-time employees and 35 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 15 full-time employees and 10 part-time employees, and spent $1.10 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
2,824
$5,327,359.02
$1,033,659.84
19.4
53
$19,503.01
2014
2,824
$6,983,199.15
$1,013,957.75
14.5
53
$19,131.27
2013
2,824
$5,504,556.72
$1,010,097.92
18.4
53
$19,058.45
2012
2,824
$5,400,271.76
$1,058,522.36
19.6
53
$19,972.11
2011
2,870
$5,737,145.76
$939,043.80
16.4
35
$26,829.82
2010
2,870
$4,969,164.75
$972,415.50
19.6
35
$27,783.30
2009
2,870
$4,600,989.36
$991,029.21
21.5
26
$38,116.50
2007
2,695
$8,997,680.25
$794,762.28
8.8
25
$31,790.49
2006
2,695
$3,847,537.20
$984,246
25.6
25
$39,369.84
2005
2,695
$3,365,278.16
$1,065,527.04
31.7
25
$42,621.08
2004
2,695
$6,360,285.66
$1,121,358.30
17.6
25
$44,854.33
2003
2,695
$4,805,837.52
$1,195,434.24
24.9
25
$47,817.36
2002
2,695
$5,673,655.80
$1,144,122.30
20.2
25
$45,764.89
2001
2,499
$4,579,414.06
$1,100,760.75
24
25
$44,030.43
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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