That's a decrease of 8.4 percent from 2016, when the village spent $123,596, or $672 per household.
Belgium has 184 households and a population of 450.
Since 2001, the Village of Belgium budget has grown by 300.7 percent, from $28,258. The village population has fallen 11.9 percent over the same period, from 511.
Salaries accounted for 22.4 percent of village spending in 2017. Belgium property taxpayers paid $25,300 for 14 part-time employees, or an average of $1,807 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had one full-time employee and four part-time employees, and spent $81,261.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
450
$113,220
$25,300
22.3
14
$1,807
2016
450
$123,596
$39,039
31.6
7
$5,577
2015
450
$126,257
$46,122
36.5
6
$7,687
2014
450
$119,006
$50,276
42.2
5
$10,055
2013
450
$120,614
$51,001
42.3
6
$8,500
2012
450
$143,215
$42,948
30
7
$6,135
2011
459
$114,017
$40,262
35.3
6
$6,710
2010
404
$124,832
$51,309
41.1
5
$10,262
2009
500
$142,565
$43,587
30.6
7
$6,227
2008
500
$149,819
$37,311
24.9
9
$4,146
2007
500
$160,137
$46,114
28.8
12
$3,843
2006
500
$180,944
$52,533
29
12
$4,378
2004
500
$156,669
$45,524
29.1
12
$3,794
2003
511
$129,128
$47,966
37.1
5
$9,593
2002
511
$162,098
$50,380
31.1
5
$10,076
2001
511
$28,258
$81,261
287.6
5
$16,252
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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