That's an increase of 5.8 percent from 2014, when the city spent $3.68 million, or $4,879.74 per household.
Bunker Hill has 755 households and a population of 1,800.
Since 2001, the City of Bunker Hill budget has grown by 4.4 percent, from $3.73 million. The city population has fallen 50 percent over the same period, from 3,600.
Salaries accounted for 12.6 percent of city spending in 2015. Bunker Hill property taxpayers paid $490,076.34 for 10 full-time employees and five part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had eight full-time employees and eight part-time employees, and spent $472,062.27.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
1,800
$3,897,828
$490,076.34
12.6
15
$32,671.75
2014
1,800
$3,684,207
$461,832.43
12.5
25
$18,473.29
2013
1,800
$3,406,936
$458,987.36
13.5
25
$18,359.49
2012
1,800
$3,379,704
$443,541.10
13.1
25
$17,741.64
2011
1,801
$3,505,032
$436,750.92
12.5
25
$17,470.03
2010
1,801
$4,507,599
$436,626.27
9.7
25
$17,465.05
2009
3,600
$2,593,700.30
$465,136.25
17.9
19
$24,480.85
2008
3,600
$2,267,884.01
$445,029.03
19.6
19
$23,422.58
2007
3,600
$3,440,502
$513,495.45
14.9
19
$27,026.07
2006
3,600
$3,733,440
$511,378.80
13.7
19
$26,914.67
2005
3,600
$3,857,888
$493,735.76
12.8
19
$25,986.09
2004
3,600
$3,713,265
$515,588.49
13.9
19
$27,136.23
2003
3,600
$3,794,142
$518,431.32
13.7
19
$27,285.85
2002
3,600
$3,717,832.50
$482,722.20
13
19
$25,406.43
2001
3,600
$3,731,811.50
$472,062.27
12.6
16
$29,503.89
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.