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City Budget Review

Human Resources budget, fiscal year 2025

Human Resources spent $32.6M in fiscal year 2025 — 6.8% of the $481.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 8th-largest share.

Spending

$32.6M

6.8% of city spending · up 19% from 2024

Revenue

$29.6M

Salaries

$2.2M

Divisions

4

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Claim Settlement$17.9M55% · 202 lines
Medical RX$4.9M15% · 160 lines
General Insurance Admin$2.3M7.2% · 9 lines
Full-Time Salaries$1.9M5.9% · 110 lines
Medical Stop Loss Premium$1.2M3.6% · 33 lines
FSA Empe Claim Settlement$867K2.7% · 12 lines
Self-Insurance Admin Fee$773K2.4% · 55 lines
Municipal Firefighters Cancer$399K1.2% · 1 line
57 other categories$2.2M6.9%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Empr Ins Contrib Reimbursment$16.5M56% · 2 lines
General Insurance Reimbursment$3.8M13% · 1 line
Empe Ins Contrib Reimbursment$3.6M12% · 1 line
Pharmacy Rebate$1.7M5.7% · 1 line
Workers Comp Contribution Empr$1.3M4.4% · 1 line
FSA Employee Contributions$785K2.7% · 1 line
Interest Income Rev$720K2.4% · 2 lines
Ins Claims Reimb Reimbursment$601K2.0% · 1 line
7 other categories$544K1.8%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Claim SettlementJun 30, 2025Risk Management - Int Svc$1,050,000.00
Claim SettlementMar 12, 2025The largest of 10 such lines among the top 15Employee Healthcare - Int Svc$807,007.87
General Insurance AdminMar 6, 2025The largest of 4 such lines among the top 15Risk Management - Int Svc$583,853.00

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Empr Ins Contrib ReimbursmentEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$16,510,577.42
General Insurance ReimbursmentRisk Management - Int Svc$3,768,000.00
Empe Ins Contrib ReimbursmentEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$3,647,566.04
Pharmacy RebateEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$1,687,699.45
Workers Comp Contribution EmprWorkers' Compensation$1,307,100.00
FSA Employee ContributionsFSA Special Account-Agency FD$784,817.44
Ins Claims Reimb ReimbursmentRisk Management - Int Svc$600,549.45
Interest Income RevRisk Management - Int Svc$498,697.28
Interest Income RevWorkers' Compensation$221,174.06
COBRA Reimb ReimbursmentEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$196,615.83
IBNR AdjustmentEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$176,422.59
Wellness ReimbursmentEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$82,142.48
Unrealized Gain Loss RevRisk Management - Int Svc$37,350.34
Empr Ins Contrib ReimbursmentWorkers' Compensation$35,716.80
Miscellaneous RevenueEmployee Healthcare - Int Svc$27,500.31

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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$1,776,935.16
Risk Management$308,378.46
Workers' Compensation$102,651.90

Published salary total by fiscal year: $582K in 2010, $2.2M in 2025. 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
  15. 2024$2.1M
  16. 2025$2.2M

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