That's an increase of 3.5 percent from 2016, when the city spent $9.53 million, or $4,903 per household.
Pittsfield has 1,944 households and a population of 4,576.
Since 2001, the City of Pittsfield budget has grown by three percent, from $9.58 million. The city population has grown 8.7 percent over the same period, from 4,211.
Salaries accounted for 12.6 percent of city spending in 2017. Pittsfield property taxpayers paid $1.24 million for 26 full-time employees and 17 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 26 full-time employees and 16 part-time employees, and spent $1.16 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
4,576
$9,867,517
$1,239,164
12.6
43
$28,818
2016
4,576
$9,532,020
$1,220,718
12.8
47
$25,973
2015
4,576
$9,169,061
$1,306,645
14.3
41
$31,869
2014
4,576
$9,103,655
$1,197,507
13.2
30
$39,917
2013
4,576
$9,325,854
$1,197,271
12.8
31
$38,622
2012
4,576
$9,710,971
$1,215,226
12.5
33
$36,825
2011
4,576
$14,103,118
$1,236,266
8.8
33
$37,463
2010
4,614
$8,884,975
$1,224,056
13.8
35
$34,973
2009
4,453
$9,918,090
$1,320,880
13.3
38
$34,760
2008
4,614
$9,735,529
$1,282,996
13.2
39
$32,897
2007
4,614
$9,038,810
$1,272,653
14.1
40
$31,816
2006
4,614
$8,843,861
$1,059,798
12
41
$25,849
2005
4,614
$8,655,595
$1,126,528
13
41
$27,476
2004
4,614
$8,879,121
$1,089,208
12.3
38
$28,663
2003
4,614
$8,222,560
$1,065,571
13
41
$25,990
2002
4,211
$8,878,815
$1,180,339
13.3
38
$31,062
2001
4,211
$9,577,147
$1,164,580
12.2
42
$27,728
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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