City Budget Review
Where Surprise spends its money
Every department, every dollar the City of Surprise publishes — expenditures, revenue and salaries, drawn from the city's own records and broken out so you can follow the money.
By year
Total spending the city published, and every department that year.
| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| Fiscal year 2026 | $455.3Mdown 5.4% on the year before |
| Fiscal year 2025 | $481.2Mup 40% on the year before |
| Fiscal year 2024 | $344.2Mdown 11% on the year before |
| Fiscal year 2023 | $387.8Mup 11% on the year before |
| Fiscal year 2022 | $348.6M |
By department
Each department across every published year, largest first by fiscal year 2026 spending.
- Fire-Medical$60.2M
- Police$59.9M
- Water Resource Management$59.7M
- Transportation$53.0M
- Public Works$42.2M
- Human Resources$34.7M
- General Operations$26.1M
- Human Services and Community Vitality$21.3M
- Parks and Recreation$20.6M
- Sports, Entertainment and Culture$15.5M
- Finance$13.2M
- Information Technology$12.5M
- City Manager$10.8M
- Community Development$7.6M
- Library$4.0M
- City Court$3.5M
- Economic Development$3.4M
- City Attorney$3.1M
- Marketing and Communications$2.1M
- City Clerk$951K
- Mayor and Council$585K
- City Auditor$510K
Schools are budgeted separately from the city. See where Dysart spends its money.
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