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SALEM CITY finances

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SALEM CITY

City or town in Massachusetts (Essex County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 43,581.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$120.0 millionT
Charges and fees$25.8 millionA
Other general revenue$10.6 millionU
From the federal government$36.2 millionB
From the state government$49.0 millionC
From local governments$528,000D
Spending: current operations$197.9 millionE
Spending: construction$27.0 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$3.5 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$4.4 millionL M Q S
General revenue$242.1 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$228.4 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$121.6 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Elem Sec Educ$107.0 million
General NEC$60.1 million
Police Protection$10.9 million
Local Fire Protection$9.7 million
Regular Highways$9.2 million
Water Utilities$8.4 million
Sewerage$5.7 million
Financial Adm$2.0 million
Protective Inspection$1.8 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$1.7 million
Parks & Rec$1.7 million
Central Staff$1.5 million
Libraries$1.4 million
Parking$1.4 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$681,000
Health$589,000
Welfare NEC$475,000
Judicial$432,000
Natural Resources NEC$27,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$90.2 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$25.1 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$7.1 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$108.2 million
61VShort Term Debt O/S-Beginning$27.5 million
64VShort Term Debt O/S-End of FY$13.4 million
A09Elem Sec Ed Sch Lunch Charges$262,000
A10Elem Sec Educ Tuition and Transportation Charges$199,000
A12Elem Sec Educ NEC Charges$51,000
A60Parking Facilities Charges$3.6 million
A80Sewerage Charges$10.5 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$5.5 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$5.7 million
B89Federal IG Other$36.2 million
C89State IG Other$49.0 million
D89Local IG Other$528,000
E12Elem Sec Educ-Current Oper$106.3 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$2.0 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$9.7 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$432,000
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$1.5 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$681,000
E32Health-Current Operation$589,000
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$7.9 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$1.7 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$1.4 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$27,000
E60Parking-Current Operation$1.4 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$1.7 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$10.9 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$1.8 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$475,000
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$5.6 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$39.7 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$4.1 million
F12Elem Sec Educ-Construction$680,000
F29Central Staff-Construction$18,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$1.3 million
F60Parking-Construction$3,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$9,000
F62Police Protection-Construction$47,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$144,000
F89General NEC-Construction$20.4 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$4.4 million
I89General Interest on Debt$2.7 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$804,000
L89General NEC-IG to State$1.1 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$3.3 million
T01Property Tax$115.0 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$4.4 million
T29Other License Tax$533,000
U20Interest Earnings$123,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$1.2 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$1.8 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$7.5 million

Source: State and local government finances 2022, Census of Governments: every local government (U.S. Census Bureau) (U.S. Census Bureau). Collected Nov 14, 2026 11:48 PM CST. Amounts as published (thousands of dollars in the file; shown in dollars). Group totals are sums of item codes by letter. Item code list: Census technical documentation. Government ID 252009166444.