That's a decrease of 1.4 percent from 2014, when the city spent $2.45 million, or $4,196.35 per household.
Atlanta has 585 households and a population of 1,692.
Since 2001, the City of Atlanta budget has grown by 45.9 percent, from $1.66 million. The city population has grown 4.7 percent over the same period, from 1,616.
Salaries accounted for 20.7 percent of city spending in 2015. Atlanta property taxpayers paid $500,860.80 for five full-time employees and one part-time employee.
In 2001, the city had seven full-time employees and 30 part-time employees, and spent $367,812.12.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
1,692
$2,421,654.42
$500,860.80
20.7
6
$83,476.80
2014
1,692
$2,454,861.83
$424,620.59
17.3
6
$70,770.09
2013
1,692
$2,360,187.44
$445,063.84
18.9
6
$74,177.30
2012
1,692
$2,284,316.96
$343,036.14
15
6
$57,172.69
2011
1,692
$2,282,580
$310,743
13.6
6
$51,790.50
2010
1,650
$1,840,769.61
$319,604.52
17.4
6
$53,267.42
2009
1,650
$1,806,180.70
$298,497.41
16.5
16
$18,656.08
2008
1,650
$1,716,560.40
$281,586.96
16.4
16
$17,599.18
2007
1,650
$1,725,556.95
$296,219.43
17.2
16
$18,513.71
2006
1,650
$1,752,162
$329,580
18.8
16
$20,598.75
2005
1,649
$1,705,167.40
$323,431.68
19
15
$21,562.11
2004
1,649
$1,873,125.15
$350,005.38
18.7
15
$23,333.69
2003
1,649
$1,784,818.20
$336,394.08
18.8
18
$18,688.56
2002
1,649
$1,650,557.25
$389,610
23.6
37
$10,530
2001
1,616
$1,660,350.95
$367,812.12
22.2
37
$9,940.86
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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