That's an increase of 4.4 percent from 2015, when the county spent $500.65 million.
Will County has a population of 691,019.
Since 2001, the Will County budget has grown by 290.5 percent, from $133.88 million. The county population has grown 28.8 percent over the same period, from 536,416.
Salaries accounted for 23.2 percent of county spending in 2016. Will County property taxpayers paid $121.40 million for 1994 full-time employees and 159 part-time employees.
In 2001, the county had 1733 full-time employees and 150 part-time employees, and spent $89.33 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
691,019
$522,824,941
$121,401,169
23.2
2,153
$56,387
2015
684,769
$500,651,815
$120,640,926
24.1
2,196
$54,937
2014
685,419
$550,708,234
$116,326,082
21.1
2,173
$53,532
2013
682,829
$559,135,858
$115,502,030
20.7
2,234
$51,702
2012
682,518
$537,727,861
$114,699,179
21.3
2,246
$51,068
2011
696,186
$601,285,772
$117,446,469
19.5
2,255
$52,083
2010
677,560
$613,438,755
$117,766,703
19.2
2,262
$52,063
2009
685,251
$455,933,468
$120,557,731
26.4
2,262
$53,297
2008
681,097
$483,531,785
$114,995,813
23.8
2,272
$50,614
2007
673,586
$452,373,764
$114,575,039
25.3
2,195
$52,198
2006
668,217
$437,538,956
$115,450,498
26.4
2,166
$53,301
2005
642,813
$411,270,734
$114,761,790
27.9
2,136
$53,727
2004
613,849
$334,588,766
$99,160,000
29.6
2,011
$49,309
2003
586,704
$320,011,941
$100,898,740
31.5
2,012
$50,148
2002
559,861
$145,906,888
$98,230,934
67.3
1,931
$50,870
2001
536,416
$133,877,772
$89,330,009
66.7
1,883
$47,440
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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