That's a decrease of 6.1 percent from 2016, when the city spent $16.36 million.
Columbia has a population of 10,273.
Since 2001, the City of Columbia budget has fallen by eight percent, from $16.68 million. The city population has grown 29.7 percent over the same period, from 7,922.
Salaries accounted for 26.4 percent of city spending in 2017. Columbia property taxpayers paid $4.06 million for 55 full-time employees and 61 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 48 full-time employees and 81 part-time employees, and spent $2.87 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
10,273
$15,354,040
$4,055,863
26.4
116
$34,964
2016
9,707
$16,359,403
$3,798,180
23.2
116
$32,743
2015
9,707
$15,411,115
$3,781,254
24.5
100
$37,813
2014
9,707
$15,628,180
$3,796,919
24.3
102
$37,225
2013
9,707
$15,346,287
$3,810,623
24.8
145
$26,280
2012
9,707
$15,433,247
$4,074,016
26.4
146
$27,904
2011
9,707
$15,347,403
$4,102,473
26.7
170
$24,132
2010
9,818
$17,418,012
$3,856,108
22.1
175
$22,035
2009
9,818
$21,087,316
$3,934,002
18.7
138
$28,507
2008
9,818
$18,709,860
$3,792,396
20.3
124
$30,584
2007
9,818
$19,349,422
$3,609,869
18.7
138
$26,158
2006
8,862
$24,131,546
$3,653,354
15.1
138
$26,474
2005
7,922
$17,449,439
$3,433,830
19.7
121
$28,379
2004
7,922
$20,113,073
$3,530,194
17.6
121
$29,175
2003
7,922
$18,303,905
$3,247,155
17.7
121
$26,836
2002
7,922
$17,389,351
$3,209,709
18.5
121
$26,527
2001
7,922
$16,683,033
$2,866,206
17.2
129
$22,219
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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