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City Budget Review

Human Resources budget, fiscal year 2022

Human Resources spent $18.4M in fiscal year 2022 — 5.3% of the $348.6M the City of Surprise published across 19 departments, and the 6th-largest share.

Spending

$18.4M

5.3% of city spending

Revenue

$16.0M

Salaries

$1.6M

Divisions

3

Where the money went

Every published expense line, added up by the city's own category.

CategoryTotal
Claim Settlement$10.9M59% · 64 lines
Medical RX$2.8M15% · 45 lines
Full-Time Salaries$1.4M7.7% · 66 lines
Medical Stop Loss Premium$844K4.6% · 36 lines
Self-Insurance Admin Fee$536K2.9% · 62 lines
FSA Empe Claim Settlement$441K2.4% · 12 lines
Benefits-ASRS$196K1.1% · 66 lines
Professional_Outside Svc-Other$186K1.0% · 31 lines
48 other categories$1.1M5.8%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Empr Ins Contrib Reimbursment$11.1M69% · 1 line
Empe Ins Contrib Reimbursment$2.8M18% · 1 line
Pharmacy Rebate$826K5.2% · 1 line
FSA Employee Contributions$515K3.2% · 1 line
COBRA Reimb Reimbursment$339K2.1% · 1 line
IBNR Adjustment$236K1.5% · 2 lines
Subrogation Recovery$138K0.9% · 1 line
Wellness Reimbursment$24K0.1% · 1 line
3 other categories$5Kless than 0.1%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Claim SettlementSep 21, 2021The largest of 15 such lines among the top 15Employee Healthcare - Int Svc$643,268.61

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Empr Ins Contrib ReimbursmentEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$11,082,506.78
Empe Ins Contrib ReimbursmentEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$2,810,539.19
Pharmacy RebateEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$826,428.25
FSA Employee ContributionsFSA Special Account-Agency FD$514,609.80
COBRA Reimb ReimbursmentEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$338,529.58
IBNR AdjustmentThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 14Employee Healthcare - Int Svc$228,315.23
Subrogation RecoveryEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$137,527.77
Wellness ReimbursmentEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$23,671.99
Recovery of PY Expense-RevThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 14Employee Healthcare - Int Svc$4,775.00
Miscellaneous RevenueEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$202.50
Auction RevenueThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 14General Fund$13.00

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Salaries by division

Totals as the city published them. Surprise does not publish employee names or headcount, and state law keeps individual salaries confidential.

DivisionPublished total
Human Resources Admin$1,573,744.90

Published salary total by fiscal year: $582K in 2010, $1.6M in 2022. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$582K
  2. 2011$624K
  3. 2012$785K
  4. 2013$766K
  5. 2014$769K
  6. 2015$1.3M
  7. 2016$1.4M
  8. 2017$1.4M
  9. 2018$1.5M
  10. 2019$1.6M
  11. 2020$1.5M
  12. 2021$2.1M
  13. 2022$1.6M

City labels these records unaudited. View the city's original records.