That's an increase of 2.4 percent from 2015, when the county spent $5.64 million.
Wabash County has a population of 11,492.
Since 2001, the Wabash County budget has fallen by 1.6 percent, from $5.86 million. The county population has fallen 12.3 percent over the same period, from 13,111.
Salaries accounted for 35.2 percent of county spending in 2016. Wabash County property taxpayers paid $2.03 million for 70 full-time employees and nine part-time employees.
In 2001, the county had 72 full-time employees and 15 part-time employees, and spent $2.60 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
11,492
$5,768,682
$2,032,769
35.2
79
$25,731
2015
11,549
$5,635,557
$2,009,007
35.6
79
$25,430
2014
11,549
$5,800,683
$2,090,801
36
77
$27,153
2013
11,727
$5,836,928
$2,151,970
36.9
78
$27,589
2012
10,933
$5,783,869
$2,169,040
37.5
79
$27,456
2011
10,933
$5,981,745
$2,243,025
37.5
79
$28,393
2010
10,933
$6,781,313
$2,488,891
36.7
83
$29,987
2009
12,047
$6,800,988
$2,617,657
38.5
86
$30,438
2008
12,047
$6,569,224
$2,655,204
40.4
87
$30,520
2007
12,165
$6,317,508
$2,660,879
42.1
91
$29,240
2006
12,457
$6,562,518
$2,589,604
39.5
91
$28,457
2005
12,570
$6,053,337
$2,519,586
41.6
88
$28,632
2004
12,606
$6,598,770
$2,548,368
38.6
90
$28,315
2003
13,111
$6,252,068
$2,564,866
41
90
$28,499
2002
13,111
$6,397,867
$2,515,838
39.3
90
$27,954
2001
13,111
$5,862,115
$2,598,262
44.3
87
$29,865
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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