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City Budget Review

Marketing and Communications budget, fiscal year 2025

Marketing and Communications spent $1.7M in fiscal year 2025 — 0.4% of the $481.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 19th-largest share.

Spending

$1.7M

0.4% of city spending · up 5.8% from 2024

Revenue

$31K

Salaries

$1.1M

Divisions

3

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$951K54% · 84 lines
Printing Services$132K7.6% · 6 lines
Benefits-Medical PPO$126K7.2% · 75 lines
Benefits-ASRS$126K7.2% · 84 lines
Paid Time Off$70K4.0% · 27 lines
Prof Svc-Service Agreements$62K3.6% · 7 lines
Benefits-FICA$61K3.5% · 84 lines
Postage and Mailings$56K3.2% · 9 lines
30 other categories$165K9.4%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Interest Income Rev$29K94% · 1 line
Unrealized Gain Loss Rev$2K5.1% · 1 line
Development Fees Revenue$208.000.7% · 1 line

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Full-Time SalariesFeb 21, 2025The largest of 15 such lines among the top 15General Fund$37,226.45

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Interest Income RevCommunications Asset Repl$29,453.77
Unrealized Gain Loss RevCommunications Asset Repl$1,591.53
Development Fees RevenueGen Govt Dev Fee Grandfathered$208.00

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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
Marketing and Communications$1,149,858.06

Published salary total by fiscal year: $818K in 2023, $1.1M in 2025. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2023$818K
  2. 2024$971K
  3. 2025$1.1M

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