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Tuesday, September 9, 2025

The price of local government in 2016: City of Wyoming

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The City of Wyoming budget was $1.22 million for its 2016 fiscal year, or $2,059 per household.

That's a decrease of 33.6 percent from 2015, when the city spent $1.84 million, or $3,100 per household.

Wyoming has 592 households and a population of 1,383.

Since 2001, the City of Wyoming budget has fallen by percent, from $1.22 million. The city population has fallen 7.8 percent over the same period, from 1,500.

Salaries accounted for 21.6 percent of city spending in 2016. Wyoming property taxpayers paid $263,415 for six full-time employees and five part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had six full-time employees and three part-time employees, and spent $270,263.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
1,383
$1,219,161
$263,415
21.6
11
$23,947
2015
1,424
$1,835,354
$230,447
12.6
8
$28,806
2014
1,424
$1,375,420
$239,765
17.4
8
$29,971
2013
1,424
$1,231,163
$266,198
21.6
8
$33,275
2012
1,424
$1,434,839
$251,632
17.5
8
$31,454
2011
1,424
$2,883,308
$259,335
9
8
$32,417
2010
1,424
$1,053,845
$261,286
24.8
8
$32,661
2009
1,424
$1,152,863
$257,318
22.3
8
$32,165
2008
1,424
$1,281,308
$245,034
19.1
8
$30,629
2007
1,412
$1,134,295
$269,060
23.7
10
$26,906
2006
1,390
$1,106,638
$284,229
25.7
16
$17,764
2005
1,424
$1,527,777
$292,141
19.1
16
$18,259
2004
1,424
$1,549,158
$293,298
18.9
16
$18,331
2003
1,424
$1,565,160
$282,450
18
12
$23,538
2002
1,424
$1,251,954
$291,959
23.3
12
$24,330
2001
1,500
$1,219,429
$270,263
22.2
9
$30,029

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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