That's an increase of 10.2 percent from 2014, when the city spent $128.60 million, or $5,549.93 per household.
Champaign has 23,172 households and a population of 83,424.
Since 2001, the City of Champaign budget has fallen by 0.6 percent, from $142.60 million. The city population has grown 23.6 percent over the same period, from 67,518.
Salaries accounted for 26.9 percent of city spending in 2015. Champaign property taxpayers paid $38.18 million for 496 full-time employees and 84 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 529 full-time employees and spent $35.12 million, or $66,398.77 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
83,424
$141,753,988.98
$38,178,085.92
26.9
580
$65,824.28
2014
83,424
$128,602,978.83
$38,052,918.43
29.6
556
$68,440.50
2013
82,517
$125,533,311.28
$38,871,775.28
31
572
$67,957.64
2012
81,055
$132,805,956.28
$38,968,137.64
29.3
562
$69,338.32
2011
81,055
$136,735,751.16
$41,217,155.64
30.1
576
$71,557.56
2010
75,254
$135,994,531.56
$36,246,467.25
26.7
602
$60,210.07
2009
75,254
$154,020,218.14
$42,254,616.58
27.4
614
$68,818.59
2008
75,254
$151,510,517.52
$39,535,464.81
26.1
601
$65,782.80
2007
75,254
$135,230,080.05
$38,859,291.90
28.7
570
$68,174.19
2006
70,632
$137,996,088
$37,993,045.20
27.5
619
$61,378.10
2005
67,518
$115,210,199.24
$37,249,080.44
32.3
607
$61,365.86
2004
69,882
$117,182,190.03
$37,008,461.70
31.6
622
$59,499.13
2003
68,715
$117,298,354.80
$35,611,704.48
30.4
597
$59,651.09
2002
69,563
$143,589,495.15
$36,889,312.95
25.7
665
$55,472.65
2001
67,518
$142,597,025.40
$35,124,950.50
24.6
529
$66,398.77
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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