That's a decrease of one percent from 2014, when the city spent $18.43 million, or $8,379.52 per household.
Carterville has 2,200 households and a population of 5,496.
Since 2001, the City of Carterville budget has grown by 42.5 percent, from $12.81 million. The city population has grown 19.1 percent over the same period, from 4,616.
Salaries accounted for 9.9 percent of city spending in 2015. Carterville property taxpayers paid $1.80 million for 28 full-time employees and 59 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 24 full-time employees and 20 part-time employees, and spent $1.09 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
5,496
$18,255,960
$1,803,385.50
9.9
87
$20,728.56
2014
5,496
$18,434,940
$1,647,566.37
8.9
76
$21,678.50
2013
5,496
$18,613,920
$1,568,158.80
8.4
83
$18,893.47
2012
5,496
$18,971,880
$1,620,573.58
8.5
75
$21,607.64
2011
5,496
$19,329,840
$1,514,397.60
7.8
75
$20,191.96
2010
5,518
$19,422,780
$1,575,669.42
8.1
53
$29,729.61
2009
5,441
$14,574,740
$1,466,008.89
10.1
51
$28,745.27
2008
5,374
$15,139,740
$1,398,730.95
9.2
51
$27,426.09
2007
5,190
$15,090,660
$1,398,616.83
9.3
51
$27,423.85
2006
4,616
$12,957,600
$1,409,085.60
10.9
51
$27,629.12
2005
4,616
$5,097,383.32
$1,349,773.48
26.5
51
$26,466.14
2004
4,616
$12,722,063.85
$1,310,766.42
10.3
51
$25,701.30
2003
4,616
$12,933,360
$1,394,248.68
10.8
51
$27,338.20
2002
4,616
$2,834,007.75
$911,615.85
32.2
51
$17,874.82
2001
4,616
$12,806,760
$1,093,503.86
8.5
44
$24,852.36
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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