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Marketing and Communications budget, fiscal year 2023

Marketing and Communications spent $1.5M in fiscal year 2023 — 0.4% of the $387.8M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 18th-largest share.

Spending

$1.5M

0.4% of city spending · up 155055% from 2022

Revenue

—

Salaries

$818K

Divisions

2

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$766K52% · 84 lines
Benefits-Medical PPO$110K7.5% · 73 lines
Furn Fixture Equip Under 10K$102K7.0% · 30 lines
Benefits-ASRS$102K7.0% · 85 lines
Printing Services$62K4.2% · 6 lines
Paid Time Off$60K4.1% · 27 lines
Prof Svc-Service Agreements$57K3.9% · 6 lines
Benefits-FICA$49K3.4% · 85 lines
30 other categories$153K11%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

The city published no lines in this category.

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Full-Time SalariesFeb 24, 2023The largest of 14 such lines among the top 15General Fund$29,792.29
Prof Svc-Service AgreementsJul 18, 2022General Fund$28,559.77

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

The city published no lines in this category.

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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
Marketing and Communications$818,322.44

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