That's a decrease of 20.8 percent from 2014, when the city spent $701.99 million, or $14,365.24 per household.
Springfield has 48,867 households and a population of 116,809.
Since 2001, the City of Springfield budget has grown by 18.7 percent, from $468.10 million. The city population has grown 4.8 percent over the same period, from 111,454.
Salaries accounted for 20.2 percent of city spending in 2015. Springfield property taxpayers paid $112.06 million for 1439 full-time employees and one part-time employee.
In 2001, the city had 1765 full-time employees and 318 part-time employees, and spent $97.67 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
116,809
$555,719,302.92
$112,057,056.18
20.2
1,440
$77,817.40
2014
117,006
$701,986,383.34
$113,222,713.95
16.1
1,453
$77,923.40
2013
117,126
$586,175,427.76
$111,874,609.60
19.1
1,470
$76,105.17
2012
117,076
$601,759,567.30
$115,393,556.76
19.2
1,601
$72,075.92
2011
116,250
$630,348,078.24
$115,216,589.16
18.3
1,668
$69,074.69
2010
117,096
$630,558,601.32
$123,166,031.79
19.5
1,752
$70,300.24
2009
117,096
$668,335,468.21
$122,120,503.46
18.3
1,769
$69,033.63
2008
117,096
$699,051,721.46
$115,145,741.18
16.5
1,735
$66,366.42
2007
111,454
$735,916,471.29
$118,010,732.58
16
1,789
$65,964.63
2006
111,454
$597,213,472.80
$115,760,562
19.4
2,079
$55,680.88
2005
111,454
$426,311,211.36
$109,652,894.96
25.7
1,742
$62,946.55
2004
111,454
$448,491,267.21
$117,753,783.87
26.3
1,935
$60,854.66
2003
111,454
$418,822,471.32
$122,323,857.48
29.2
2,052
$59,612.01
2002
111,454
$419,043,443.85
$104,256,641.70
24.9
1,778
$58,637.03
2001
111,454
$468,098,940.83
$97,668,317.91
20.9
2,083
$46,888.29
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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