That's a decrease of 35.6 percent from 2016, when the township spent $175,350.
West Jersey Township has a population of 275.
Since 2001, the West Jersey Township budget has fallen by 18.2 percent, from $138,088. The township population has fallen 21.4 percent over the same period, from 350.
Salaries accounted for 39.9 percent of township spending in 2017. West Jersey Township property taxpayers paid $45,013 for nine part-time employees, or an average of $5,001 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and four part-time employees, and spent $31,341.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
275
$112,969
$45,013
39.8
9
$5,001
2016
284
$175,350
$43,035
24.5
1
$43,035
2015
284
$177,020
$47,513
26.8
1
$47,513
2014
284
$129,426
$47,614
36.8
1
$47,614
2013
320
$93,802
$46,008
49
3
$15,336
2012
284
$102,110
$44,290
43.4
11
$4,026
2011
320
$112,052
$38,127
34
14
$2,723
2010
320
$99,146
$45,836
46.2
14
$3,274
2009
320
$93,781
$35,212
37.5
2
$17,606
2008
320
$87,248
$35,150
40.3
13
$2,704
2007
320
$94,601
$35,491
37.5
10
$3,549
2006
320
$94,876
$41,711
44
13
$3,209
2005
384
$175,930
$48,014
27.3
7
$6,859
2004
384
$110,774
$33,236
30
7
$4,748
2003
341
$224,866
$31,941
14.2
12
$2,662
2002
388
$142,243
$37,639
26.5
8
$4,705
2001
350
$138,088
$31,341
22.7
5
$6,268
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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