That's a decrease of 7.9 percent from 2014, when the city spent $5 million, or $4,570.95 per household.
Cairo has 1,094 households and a population of 2,996.
Since 2001, the City of Cairo budget has fallen by 1.6 percent, from $4.68 million. The city population has fallen 37.6 percent over the same period, from 4,800.
Salaries accounted for 25 percent of city spending in 2015. Cairo property taxpayers paid $1.15 million for 25 full-time employees and 10 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 39 full-time employees and 33 part-time employees, and spent $1.82 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
2,996
$4,603,841.40
$1,150,840.50
25
35
$32,881.15
2014
2,996
$5,000,616.01
$1,108,639.47
22.2
35
$31,675.41
2013
2,996
$5,337,466.16
$1,087,795.28
20.4
35
$31,079.86
2012
2,996
$2,758,786.74
$1,161,157.92
42.1
35
$33,175.94
2002
4,800
$4,762,802.70
$1,740,452.40
36.5
72
$24,172.95
2001
4,800
$4,680,605
$1,820,643.69
38.9
72
$25,286.71
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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