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Friday, June 6, 2025

The price of local government: City of Marshall

Budget 01

The City of Marshall budget was $21.51 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $13,195.10 per household.

That's an increase of 8.5 percent from 2014, when the city spent $19.81 million, or $12,156.13 per household.

Marshall has 1,630 households and a population of 3,933.

Since 2001, the City of Marshall budget has fallen by 38.1 percent, from $34.77 million. The city population has grown 4.1 percent over the same period, from 3,777.

Salaries accounted for 9.6 percent of city spending in 2015. Marshall property taxpayers paid $2.06 million for 36 full-time employees and 39 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 37 full-time employees and 10 part-time employees, and spent $1.90 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
3,933
$21,508,005.60
$2,063,400.84
9.6
75
$27,512.01
2014
3,933
$19,814,489.04
$2,207,018.08
11.1
78
$28,295.10
2013
3,933
$24,255,582
$2,176,393.44
9
80
$27,204.91
2012
3,933
$24,963,053
$2,218,618.16
8.9
100
$22,186.18
2011
3,884
$24,080,176.80
$2,183,709.24
9.1
100
$21,837.09
2010
3,771
$24,270,649.50
$2,222,243.31
9.2
101
$22,002.40
2009
3,771
$26,983,835
$2,301,593.04
8.5
101
$22,788.04
2008
3,771
$27,217,981.17
$2,191,715.23
8.1
101
$21,700.15
2007
3,730
$25,238,988.45
$2,153,640.06
8.5
58
$37,131.72
2006
3,724
$20,915,640
$2,194,971.60
10.5
58
$37,844.33
2005
3,698
$24,461,852
$2,156,381.08
8.8
58
$37,178.98
2004
3,771
$25,232,658
$2,216,747.61
8.8
87
$25,479.85
2003
3,771
$26,180,748
$2,130,153.96
8.1
58
$36,726.79
2002
3,771
$39,503,430
$1,965,003.30
5
87
$22,586.24
2001
3,777
$34,771,285
$1,897,319.85
5.5
47
$40,368.50

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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