City government · Salt Lake County, UT

Salt Lake City's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Salt Lake City took in $1.30 billion and spent $704 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (airport, sewer)40%City taxes30%Federal tax money16%Fines and other14%State tax money<0.1%

What stands out

16%

of Salt Lake City's money comes from federal tax money.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 3.6%.

City taxes30%

Property tax
15%$200 million
Sales tax
10%$130 million
Other taxes
4.6%$59.7 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other licenses and 2 more
  • Public utility taxes$34.6 million
  • Other licenses$16.7 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$6.2 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$2.2 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services40%

Fees for services
40%$525 million
What's in fees for servicesAirport; other service charges and 8 more
  • Airport$285 million
  • Other service charges$110 million
  • Sewer$74.6 million
  • Parks and recreation$22.5 million
  • Garbage collection$15.6 million
  • Parking$8.2 million
  • Road charges$4.5 million
  • Housing$1.4 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$1.2 million
  • Other government-run businesses$750 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money16%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
16%$205 million

State tax money<0.1%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
<0.1%$1.3 million

Fines and other14%

Interest, rents and other
13%$174 million
Fines
0.3%$3.9 million

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking27%Running the government and other costs24%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Interest on debt12%Parks, recreation and libraries8.9%All other spending8.0%

What stands out

27%

of Salt Lake City's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 10%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
27%$193 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports; roads and highways and 1 more
  • Airports$149 million
  • Roads and highways$41.7 million
  • Parking$1.8 million
Running the government and other costs
24%$169 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$114 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$32.6 million
  • Government buildings$10.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$10.0 million
  • Other government-run businesses$1.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$137 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$74.5 million
  • Fire protection$37.7 million
  • Courts and legal services$17.1 million
  • Inspections and regulation$7.5 million
Interest on debt
12%$86.4 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
8.9%$62.8 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$37.8 million
  • Libraries$25.0 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
5.3%$37.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$24.4 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$12.5 million
Housing and community development
1.3%$9.4 million
Environment and natural resources
0.8%$5.4 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$5.4 million
Social services
0.4%$2.6 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$2.6 million
Health and hospitals
0.2%$1.6 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.6 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Salt Lake City. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of City of Salt Lake City itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.