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City Budget Review

Human Resources budget, fiscal year 2023

Human Resources spent $20.8M in fiscal year 2023 — 5.4% of the $387.8M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 7th-largest share.

Spending

$20.8M

5.4% of city spending · up 13% from 2022

Revenue

$17.7M

Salaries

$1.7M

Divisions

2

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Claim Settlement$12.1M58% · 60 lines
Medical RX$3.4M16% · 51 lines
Full-Time Salaries$1.5M7.0% · 60 lines
Medical Stop Loss Premium$992K4.8% · 36 lines
FSA Empe Claim Settlement$610K2.9% · 12 lines
Self-Insurance Admin Fee$588K2.8% · 60 lines
Benefits-ASRS$201K1.0% · 60 lines
Professional_Outside Svc-Other$185K0.9% · 49 lines
50 other categories$1.3M6.2%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Empr Ins Contrib Reimbursment$12.5M71% · 1 line
Empe Ins Contrib Reimbursment$3.0M17% · 1 line
Pharmacy Rebate$1.1M6.0% · 1 line
FSA Employee Contributions$533K3.0% · 1 line
COBRA Reimb Reimbursment$314K1.8% · 1 line
IBNR Adjustment$181K1.0% · 2 lines
Wellness Reimbursment$40K0.2% · 1 line
Miscellaneous Revenue$37K0.2% · 1 line
2 other categories$36K0.2%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Claim SettlementSep 15, 2022The largest of 15 such lines among the top 15Employee Healthcare - Int Svc$652,755.35

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Empr Ins Contrib ReimbursmentEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$12,533,212.79
Empe Ins Contrib ReimbursmentEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$2,954,095.20
Pharmacy RebateEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$1,052,738.53
FSA Employee ContributionsFSA Special Account-Agency FD$533,084.45
COBRA Reimb ReimbursmentEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$314,404.52
IBNR AdjustmentThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 12Employee Healthcare - Int Svc$162,831.51
Wellness ReimbursmentEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$40,249.24
Miscellaneous RevenueEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$36,789.79
Subrogation RecoveryEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$35,312.91
Recovery of PY Expense-RevEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$223.41
Recovery of PY Expense-RevGeneral Fund$55.00

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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$1,703,009.88

Published salary total by fiscal year: $582K in 2010, $1.7M in 2023. 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
  14. 2023$1.7M

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