That's an increase of five percent from 2015, when the county spent $79.96 million.
LaSalle County has a population of 111,333.
Since 2001, the LaSalle County budget has grown by 22.9 percent, from $68.29 million. The county population has fallen 0.2 percent over the same period, from 111,509.
Salaries accounted for 31.8 percent of county spending in 2016. LaSalle County property taxpayers paid $26.67 million for 550 full-time employees, or an average of $48,496 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the county had 584 full-time employees and nine part-time employees, and spent $20.73 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
111,333
$83,946,731
$26,672,747
31.8
550
$48,496
2015
113,924
$79,957,970
$26,632,329
33.3
556
$47,900
2014
112,973
$94,582,267
$26,118,081
27.6
550
$47,487
2013
112,973
$94,259,669
$24,067,368
25.5
518
$46,462
2012
113,065
$92,239,838
$24,084,778
26.1
511
$47,133
2011
113,065
$93,304,850
$24,209,427
25.9
506
$47,845
2010
113,065
$94,675,435
$23,940,934
25.3
448
$53,440
2009
113,065
$82,440,746
$24,311,565
29.5
505
$48,142
2008
113,065
$85,866,128
$22,698,811
26.4
532
$42,667
2007
113,065
$87,437,832
$23,480,535
26.9
540
$43,482
2006
113,065
$84,841,174
$23,477,688
27.7
540
$43,477
2005
112,335
$80,607,817
$23,859,784
29.6
540
$44,185
2004
112,037
$85,755,508
$24,137,987
28.1
540
$44,700
2003
11,580
$29,236,445
$23,553,320
80.6
540
$43,617
2002
111,580
$78,300,256
$21,844,187
27.9
527
$41,450
2001
111,509
$68,292,181
$20,727,270
30.4
593
$34,953
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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