That's an increase of 10 percent from 2015, when the township spent $360,995.
Somerset Township has a population of 3,719.
Since 2001, the Somerset Township budget has grown by 141 percent, from $164,827. The township population has grown 3.3 percent over the same period, from 3,600.
Salaries accounted for 23.1 percent of township spending in 2016. Somerset Township property taxpayers paid $91,730 for 16 part-time employees, or an average of $5,733 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 10 part-time employees and spent $49,194, or $4,919 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
3,719
$397,268
$91,730
23.1
16
$5,733
2015
3,719
$360,995
$80,875
22.4
16
$5,055
2014
3,719
$291,144
$76,208
26.2
15
$5,081
2013
3,719
$330,430
$77,309
23.4
14
$5,522
2012
3,719
$332,450
$64,876
19.5
15
$4,325
2011
3,683
$343,297
$113,416
33
17
$6,672
2010
3,614
$425,858
$98,103
23
16
$6,131
2009
3,614
$434,608
$62,446
14.4
16
$3,903
2008
3,614
$2,068,560
$63,326
3.1
18
$3,518
2007
3,600
$2,156,960
$64,658
3
18
$3,592
2006
3,600
$2,208,188
$65,480
3
20
$3,274
2005
3,600
$659,465
$92,590
14
18
$5,144
2004
3,600
$861,407
$85,702
9.9
13
$6,592
2003
3,600
$585,094
$90,188
15.4
13
$6,938
2002
3,600
$457,724
$82,573
18
15
$5,505
2001
3,600
$164,827
$49,194
29.8
10
$4,919
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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