That's a decrease of 1.4 percent from 2014, when the city spent $2.84 million, or $3,987.10 per household.
Benld has 713 households and a population of 1,556.
Since 2001, the City of Benld budget has fallen by 36.6 percent, from $4.43 million. The city population has fallen 5.7 percent over the same period, from 1,650.
Salaries accounted for 11.4 percent of city spending in 2015. Benld property taxpayers paid $320,547.24 for nine full-time employees and 30 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had eight full-time employees and 15 part-time employees, and spent $265,095.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
1,556
$2,803,495.50
$320,547.24
11.4
39
$8,219.16
2014
1,556
$2,842,800
$316,794.01
11.1
36
$8,799.83
2013
1,556
$1,981,267.60
$314,344.16
15.9
37
$8,495.78
2012
1,556
$2,019,397.52
$324,141.64
16.1
35
$9,261.18
2011
1,556
$2,940,840
$281,700.72
9.6
29
$9,713.81
2010
2,171
$4,107,000
$309,302.61
7.5
29
$10,665.60
2009
2,171
$2,695,050
$321,292.90
11.9
31
$10,364.28
2008
2,171
$2,521,030
$327,968.94
13
16
$20,498.05
2007
2,171
$2,369,250
$333,570.51
14.1
19
$17,556.34
2006
1,541
$2,386,800
$336,206.40
14.1
12
$28,017.20
2005
1,541
$2,997,080
$367,104.48
12.2
12
$30,592.04
2004
1,541
$3,653,280
$382,780.41
10.5
16
$23,923.77
2003
1,541
$4,121,040
$364,368.84
8.8
16
$22,773.05
2002
1,600
$4,360,500
$306,468.90
7
23
$13,324.73
2001
1,650
$4,425,100
$265,095
6
23
$11,525.86
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.