That's an increase of 2.6 percent from 2015, when the township spent $154,617.
Jamaica Township has a population of 202.
Since 2001, the Jamaica Township budget has grown by 29.9 percent, from $122,106. The township population has fallen 1.9 percent over the same period, from 206.
Salaries accounted for 18.5 percent of township spending in 2016. Jamaica Township property taxpayers paid $29,360 for 10 part-time employees, or an average of $2,936 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had seven full-time employees and spent $39,196, or $5,599 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
202
$158,564
$29,360
18.5
10
$2,936
2015
202
$154,617
$29,640
19.2
11
$2,695
2014
202
$150,322
$29,378
19.5
12
$2,448
2013
202
$110,296
$28,356
25.7
10
$2,836
2012
202
$280,472
$34,828
12.4
10
$3,483
2003
206
$132,158
$51,186
38.7
6
$8,531
2002
206
$126,406
$54,312
43
6
$9,052
2001
206
$122,106
$39,196
32.1
7
$5,599
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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