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City Budget Review

Economic Development budget, fiscal year 2026

Economic Development spent $3.4M in fiscal year 2026 — 0.7% of the $455.3M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 17th-largest share.

Spending

$3.4M

0.7% of city spending · up 12% from 2025

Revenue

$213K

Salaries

$1.1M

Divisions

7

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$973K29% · 29 lines
Cptl-Buldings and Structures$790K23% · 11 lines
Professional_Outside Svc-Other$382K11% · 76 lines
Benefits-ASRS$136K4.0% · 28 lines
Cptl-Improvements to Buildings$123K3.6% · 22 lines
Other Rentals_Leases Exp$106K3.1% · 25 lines
Paid Time Off$98K2.9% · 26 lines
Utilsvc-Electricity$96K2.8% · 13 lines
41 other categories$680K20%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Lease Revenue$168K79% · 1 line
Facility Use Revenue$31K14% · 1 line
Donations-Operating$10K4.7% · 2 lines
Sponsorships$5K2.3% · 1 line

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Cptl-Buldings and StructuresApr 2, 2026The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15General Capital Projects Fund$250,000.00
Professional_Outside Svc-OtherAug 13, 2025General Fund$81,249.00
Cptl-Improvements to BuildingsJun 30, 2026The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15General Fund$68,530.12
Dues and MembershipsJul 7, 2025General Fund$45,000.00
Full-Time SalariesMar 6, 2026The largest of 8 such lines among the top 15General Fund$42,462.93

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Lease RevenueGeneral Fund$167,830.04
Facility Use RevenueGeneral Fund$30,541.11
Donations-OperatingThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 5Donations$10,127.10
SponsorshipsSponsorships$5,000.00

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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
Economic Development$1,117,959.96

Published salary total by fiscal year: $168K in 2010, $1.1M in 2026. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$168K
  2. 2016$512K
  3. 2017$528K
  4. 2018$457K
  5. 2019$620K
  6. 2020$678K
  7. 2021$690K
  8. 2022$794K
  9. 2023$1.0M
  10. 2024$1.0M
  11. 2025$980K
  12. 2026$1.1M

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