That's a decrease of five percent from 2016, when the city spent $342.34 million.
Joliet has a population of 148,462.
Since 2001, the City of Joliet budget has grown by 13.1 percent, from $287.40 million. The city population has grown 39.8 percent over the same period, from 106,221.
Salaries accounted for 27.6 percent of city spending in 2017. Joliet property taxpayers paid $89.78 million for 827 full-time employees and 67 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 794 full-time employees and 112 part-time employees, and spent $72.86 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
148,462
$325,161,303
$89,776,217
27.6
894
$100,421
2016
149,386
$342,341,745
$91,417,587
26.7
862
$106,053
2015
147,433
$337,403,060
$92,228,879
27.3
893
$103,280
2014
147,433
$340,859,287
$90,083,778
26.4
851
$105,856
2013
147,806
$337,929,555
$91,521,874
27.1
831
$110,135
2012
148,268
$362,567,207
$92,476,887
25.5
884
$104,612
2011
147,433
$364,248,894
$91,826,058
25.2
915
$100,356
2010
147,433
$319,479,598
$92,855,588
29.1
963
$96,423
2009
152,813
$311,767,401
$99,224,851
31.8
1,052
$94,320
2008
152,812
$310,957,160
$99,150,261
31.9
1,052
$94,249
2007
145,803
$349,189,134
$97,838,037
28
1,055
$92,737
2006
145,803
$306,919,934
$97,816,173
31.9
1,019
$95,992
2005
145,803
$443,361,012
$90,512,439
20.4
1,045
$86,615
2004
126,939
$435,132,792
$84,387,596
19.4
999
$84,472
2003
126,939
$191,389,796
$80,322,182
42
930
$86,368
2002
106,221
$192,353,112
$79,061,230
41.1
918
$86,123
2001
106,221
$287,395,211
$72,856,127
25.4
906
$80,415
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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