That's a decrease of 0.4 percent from 2015, when the township spent $969,691.
Mercer Township has a population of 4,227.
Since 2001, the Mercer Township budget has grown by 55.3 percent, from $622,088. The township population has remained same.
Salaries accounted for 11.8 percent of township spending in 2016. Mercer Township property taxpayers paid $113,785 for one full-time employee and 16 part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and 10 part-time employees, and spent $56,182.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
4,227
$966,239
$113,785
11.8
17
$6,693
2015
4,227
$969,691
$99,181
10.2
13
$7,629
2014
4,227
$1,094,442
$94,732
8.7
16
$5,921
2013
4,227
$1,115,091
$95,953
8.6
13
$7,381
2012
4,227
$1,005,693
$86,039
8.6
12
$7,170
2011
4,227
$963,007
$93,162
9.7
12
$7,763
2010
4,227
$966,810
$92,412
9.6
12
$7,701
2009
4,227
$992,252
$54,501
5.5
14
$3,893
2008
4,227
$836,218
$55,153
6.6
11
$5,014
2007
4,227
$684,734
$60,251
8.8
11
$5,477
2006
4,227
$643,183
$54,190
8.4
11
$4,926
2005
4,227
$666,916
$96,389
14.5
11
$8,763
2004
4,227
$654,956
$91,846
14
12
$7,654
2003
4,227
$525,103
$99,596
19
12
$8,300
2002
4,227
$586,629
$85,851
14.6
11
$7,805
2001
4,227
$622,088
$56,182
9
11
$5,107
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.