That's a decrease of 9.5 percent from 2014, when the city spent $26.81 million, or $4,801.09 per household.
Canton has 5,584 households and a population of 14,307.
Since 2001, the City of Canton budget has grown by 5.4 percent, from $23.03 million. The city population has fallen 6.4 percent over the same period, from 15,288.
Salaries accounted for 25.1 percent of city spending in 2015. Canton property taxpayers paid $6.10 million for 97 full-time employees and eight part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 99 full-time employees and 29 part-time employees, and spent $4.93 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
14,307
$24,269,750.46
$6,102,777.30
25.1
105
$58,121.68
2014
14,437
$26,809,302.47
$6,024,786.21
22.5
115
$52,389.44
2013
14,704
$34,439,750.80
$6,338,156.24
18.4
123
$51,529.72
2012
14,704
$33,724,113.06
$5,849,374.68
17.3
123
$47,555.89
2011
14,498
$32,064,805.80
$5,886,230.04
18.4
113
$52,090.53
2010
14,498
$33,616,391.07
$6,101,553.45
18.2
113
$53,996.04
2009
15,288
$45,691,712.72
$5,553,014.36
12.2
122
$45,516.51
2008
15,288
$29,122,197.28
$5,347,096.72
18.4
124
$43,121.74
2007
15,288
$34,156,028.79
$5,391,716.85
15.8
111
$48,574.02
2006
15,288
$42,525,091.20
$5,000,433.60
11.8
120
$41,670.27
2005
15,288
$18,584,962.52
$4,928,175.40
26.5
115
$42,853.69
2004
15,288
$18,275,896.98
$4,874,717.79
26.7
115
$42,388.85
2003
15,288
$19,349,329.56
$5,054,806.68
26.1
117
$43,203.47
2002
15,288
$27,902,311.65
$5,048,757
18.1
126
$40,069.49
2001
15,288
$23,034,547.06
$4,932,213.72
21.4
128
$38,532.91
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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