That's a decrease of 33.5 percent from 2015, when the city spent $595,455.
City of Mason City has a population of 2,212.
Since 2001, the City of Mason City budget has grown by 7.1 percent, from $369,761. The city population has fallen 30.9 percent over the same period, from 3,200.
Salaries accounted for 15.8 percent of city spending in 2016. City of Mason City property taxpayers paid $62,757 for 15 part-time employees, or an average of $4,184 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the city had five part-time employees and spent $57,989, or $11,598 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
2,212
$395,903
$62,757
15.9
15
$4,184
2015
2,832
$595,455
$62,344
10.5
16
$3,896
2014
2,832
$574,255
$60,568
10.5
15
$4,038
2013
2,832
$387,450
$56,213
14.5
13
$4,324
2012
2,832
$369,238
$59,427
16.1
13
$4,571
2011
2,832
$382,788
$65,364
17.1
13
$5,028
2010
2,832
$386,061
$69,868
18.1
11
$6,352
2009
2,832
$391,541
$65,880
16.8
10
$6,588
2008
2,832
$391,541
$68,602
17.5
12
$5,717
2007
2,832
$408,273
$61,808
15.1
13
$4,754
2006
3,200
$418,313
$58,875
14.1
8
$7,359
2005
3,200
$435,045
$65,675
15.1
12
$5,473
2004
3,200
$448,431
$62,069
13.8
14
$4,433
2003
3,200
$594,728
$43,000
7.2
4
$10,750
2002
3,200
$903,280
$46,509
5.1
5
$9,302
2001
3,200
$369,761
$57,989
15.7
5
$11,598
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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