That's a decrease of 2.3 percent from 2014, when the city spent $15.19 million, or $143,262.95 per household.
Columbia has 106 households and a population of 9,707.
Since 2001, the City of Columbia budget has fallen by 7.9 percent, from $16.10 million. The city population has grown 22.5 percent over the same period, from 7,922.
Salaries accounted for 24.5 percent of city spending in 2015. Columbia property taxpayers paid $3.64 million for 55 full-time employees and 45 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 48 full-time employees and 81 part-time employees, and spent $2.77 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
9,707
$14,829,563.76
$3,638,565.42
24.5
100
$36,385.65
2014
9,707
$15,185,872.98
$3,689,458.97
24.3
102
$36,171.16
2013
9,707
$14,777,906
$3,669,489.20
24.8
145
$25,306.82
2012
9,707
$15,008,478.52
$3,961,886.74
26.4
146
$27,136.21
2011
9,707
$14,668,314.84
$3,920,947.56
26.7
170
$23,064.39
2010
9,818
$16,959,643.38
$3,754,631.61
22.1
175
$21,455.03
2009
9,818
$20,366,382.11
$3,799,506.35
18.7
138
$27,532.65
2008
9,818
$18,070,206.29
$3,662,741.32
20.3
124
$29,538.23
2007
9,818
$18,556,412.94
$3,461,923.53
18.7
138
$25,086.40
2006
8,862
$23,166,284.40
$3,507,219.60
15.1
138
$25,414.63
2005
7,922
$16,644,079.80
$3,275,345.92
19.7
121
$27,068.97
2004
7,922
$19,362,585.24
$3,398,470.17
17.6
121
$28,086.53
2003
7,922
$17,765,555.28
$3,151,650.48
17.7
121
$26,046.69
2002
7,922
$16,768,302.75
$3,095,076.15
18.5
121
$25,579.14
2001
7,922
$16,095,602.55
$2,765,283.35
17.2
129
$21,436.30
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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