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City Budget Review

Finance budget, fiscal year 2026

Finance spent $13.2M in fiscal year 2026 — 2.9% of the $455.3M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 11th-largest share.

Spending

$13.2M

2.9% of city spending · up 13% from 2025

Revenue

$74.6M

Salaries

$6.4M

Divisions

9

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$5.4M41% · 355 lines
Water Meter and Parts Supplies$977K7.4% · 29 lines
Benefits-ASRS$739K5.6% · 308 lines
Taxes Charges Service Fees$722K5.5% · 149 lines
Furn Fixture Equip Under 10K$628K4.7% · 23 lines
Paid Time Off$556K4.2% · 289 lines
Postage and Mailings$378K2.9% · 260 lines
Benefits-FICA$376K2.8% · 312 lines
52 other categories$3.4M26%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Residential Base Single Family$47.2M63% · 4 lines
Commercial Usage$10.3M14% · 2 lines
Residential Single Family Usag$6.3M8.4% · 1 line
Residential Base Multi Family$2.6M3.5% · 2 lines
Commercial Base$2.6M3.5% · 3 lines
Residential Base SF Annual$1.1M1.5% · 3 lines
Residential Multi Family Usage$813K1.1% · 1 line
Residential Second Trash Can$711K1.0% · 1 line
42 other categories$3.0M4.0%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Furn Fixture Equip Under 10KJun 4, 2026General Capital Projects Fund$577,219.23
Water Meter and Parts SuppliesApr 7, 2026The largest of 6 such lines among the top 15Water Operations$249,627.79
Cptl-Imp Other Than Bldgs_LandJun 4, 2026The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15General Capital Projects Fund$167,021.06
Professional_Outside Svc-OtherSep 8, 2025General Fund$81,642.00
Cptl-Furn_Fixture_Office EquipJun 23, 2026General Capital Projects Fund$71,515.23
Prof Svc-Software LicensesApr 7, 2026Water Operations$67,292.11
Postage and MailingsNov 24, 2025Sewer Operations$53,766.36
Cptl-Design EngineeringJan 5, 2026General Capital Projects Fund$49,462.58

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Residential Base Single FamilySewer Operations$19,717,190.41
Residential Base Single FamilySolid Waste Operations$16,526,135.64
Residential Base Single FamilyWater Operations$9,007,209.29
Commercial UsageWater Operations$7,542,393.41
Residential Single Family UsagWater Operations$6,280,004.79
Commercial UsageSewer Operations$2,795,475.47
Residential Base Multi FamilySewer Operations$2,361,381.56
Residential Base Single FamilyStormwater Operations$1,964,819.62
Commercial BaseWater Operations$1,541,877.61
Commercial BaseStormwater Operations$1,011,259.13
Residential Multi Family UsageWater Operations$813,360.65
Residential Base SF AnnualSewer Operations$795,034.58
Residential Second Trash CanSolid Waste Operations$711,428.53
Residenital RV ResortSewer Operations$522,856.52
Commercial Usage-Non PotableWater Operations$495,113.69

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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
Utility Billing$2,274,627.16
Accounting$1,003,921.10
Planning & Project Management$796,983.46
Procurement$665,990.78
Finance Admin$659,679.28
Revenue$534,236.04
Budget$458,540.16

Published salary total by fiscal year: $1.6M in 2010, $6.4M in 2026. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2010$1.6M
  2. 2011$1.7M
  3. 2012$1.4M
  4. 2013$1.4M
  5. 2014$1.6M
  6. 2015$2.0M
  7. 2016$2.0M
  8. 2017$3.0M
  9. 2018$3.1M
  10. 2019$3.4M
  11. 2020$3.5M
  12. 2021$4.7M
  13. 2022$3.7M
  14. 2023$4.5M
  15. 2024$5.1M
  16. 2025$6.1M
  17. 2026$6.4M

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