That's a decrease of 6.2 percent from 2014, when the city spent $2.86 million, or $4,577.90 per household.
Virginia has 624 households and a population of 1,611.
Since 2001, the City of Virginia budget has grown by 72.5 percent, from $1.55 million. The city population has fallen 6.8 percent over the same period, from 1,728.
Salaries accounted for 19.5 percent of city spending in 2015. Virginia property taxpayers paid $522,699 for one part-time employee, or an average of $522,699 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the city had 11 full-time employees and 10 part-time employees, and spent $398,371.34.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
1,611
$2,679,904.14
$522,699
19.5
1
$522,699
2014
1,611
$2,856,609.21
$513,690.87
18
60
$8,561.51
2013
1,574
$3,162,083.60
$506,631.84
16
24
$21,109.66
2012
1,728
$3,622,681.44
$551,510.58
15.2
24
$22,979.60
2011
1,728
$17,691,003.72
$588,238.20
3.3
24
$24,509.92
2010
1,728
$2,210,321.91
$409,679.91
18.5
24
$17,069.99
2009
1,728
$9,137,290.74
$493,742.20
5.4
40
$12,343.55
2008
1,728
$7,590,097
$554,557.67
7.3
40
$13,863.94
2007
1,728
$3,009,881.16
$348,304.32
11.6
40
$8,707.60
2006
1,728
$30,878,667.60
$350,293.20
1.1
40
$8,757.33
2005
1,728
$32,589,965.20
$467,068.32
1.4
40
$11,676.70
2004
1,728
$1,904,558.58
$522,545.46
27.4
40
$13,063.63
2003
1,728
$1,519,799.16
$426,870.84
28.1
40
$10,671.77
2002
1,728
$1,474,004.25
$497,227.95
33.7
40
$12,430.69
2001
1,728
$1,553,688.23
$398,371.34
25.6
21
$18,970.06
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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