That's a decrease of 1.2 percent from 2015, when the county spent $23.70 million.
Franklin County has a population of 39,156.
Since 2011, the Franklin County budget has grown by 5.7 percent, from $22.16 million. The county population has fallen 1.2 percent over the same period, from 39,627.
Salaries accounted for 32.5 percent of county spending in 2016. Franklin County property taxpayers paid $7.62 million for 462 full-time employees, or an average of $16,483 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2011, the county had 180 full-time employees and 50 part-time employees, and spent $6.48 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
39,156
$23,422,835
$7,615,024
32.5
462
$16,483
2015
39,845
$23,695,745
$6,670,077
28.1
190
$35,106
2014
39,411
$23,803,063
$6,466,000
27.2
190
$34,032
2013
39,202
$23,760,000
$6,588,000
27.7
190
$34,674
2012
39,627
$23,053,666
$6,635,903
28.8
190
$34,926
2011
39,627
$22,156,286
$6,483,143
29.3
230
$28,188
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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