That's a decrease of 4.5 percent from 2015, when the village spent $24,458, or $520 per household.
New Salem has 47 households and a population of 137.
Since 2001, the Village of New Salem budget has grown by 13.9 percent, from $20,520. The village population has fallen 6.8 percent over the same period, from 147.
Salaries accounted for 6.7 percent of village spending in 2016. New Salem property taxpayers paid $1,554 for eight part-time employees, or an average of $194 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had 11 part-time employees and spent $1,512, or $137 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
137
$23,365
$1,554
6.7
8
$194
2015
137
$24,458
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2014
150
$43,649
$996
2.3
7
$142
2013
137
$44,472
$1,728
3.9
8
$216
2012
137
$44,884
$1,057
2.4
9
$117
2011
137
$23,266
$1,130
4.9
10
$113
2010
115
$23,471
$1,904
8.1
10
$190
2009
134
$22,939
$2,393
10.4
10
$239
2008
138
$21,654
$1,030
4.8
10
$103
2007
140
$21,305
$1,183
5.6
10
$118
2006
140
$20,596
$1,150
5.6
10
$115
2005
140
$19,062
$1,469
7.7
10
$147
2004
135
$19,648
$1,313
6.7
10
$131
2003
135
$19,942
$1,387
7
11
$126
2002
147
$20,528
$1,316
6.4
11
$120
2001
147
$20,520
$1,512
7.4
11
$137
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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