That's a decrease of 7.4 percent from 2016, when the city spent $52.51 million, or $681,963 per household.
Highland Park has 77 households and a population of 9,919.
Since 2001, the City of Highland Park budget has grown by 31 percent, from $37.11 million. The city population has grown 17.6 percent over the same period, from 8,438.
Salaries accounted for 19.6 percent of city spending in 2017. Highland Park property taxpayers paid $9.53 million for 116 full-time employees and 202 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 95 full-time employees and 150 part-time employees, and spent $4.82 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
9,919
$48,630,720
$9,532,719
19.6
318
$29,977
2016
9,919
$52,511,114
$9,634,127
18.3
318
$30,296
2015
9,919
$56,686,042
$9,514,857
16.8
366
$25,997
2014
9,919
$46,340,422
$9,046,422
19.5
289
$31,302
2013
9,919
$54,089,105
$8,897,353
16.4
240
$37,072
2012
9,919
$48,067,196
$8,627,912
17.9
217
$39,760
2011
9,919
$64,025,338
$8,172,201
12.8
210
$38,915
2010
9,854
$49,439,292
$7,722,424
15.6
230
$33,576
2009
9,854
$53,123,946
$7,739,386
14.6
252
$30,712
2008
9,824
$47,009,167
$7,632,580
16.2
207
$36,872
2007
9,584
$45,366,442
$7,736,103
17.1
271
$28,547
2006
9,433
$43,802,149
$7,420,614
16.9
271
$27,382
2005
9,040
$42,575,322
$7,114,117
16.7
269
$26,447
2004
9,000
$36,634,054
$6,957,084
19
258
$26,965
2003
8,682
$34,304,607
$6,664,743
19.4
300
$22,216
2002
8,596
$34,901,072
$6,257,593
17.9
258
$24,254
2001
8,438
$37,108,854
$4,821,732
13
245
$19,681
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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