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Wausau City

Cities & villages · Marathon County · Wisconsin · population 39,833

$88,015,750revenue, 2024
$87,805,821spending, 2024

Wisconsin DOR, County & Municipal Revenues and Expenditures

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$88,015,750 $87,805,821$209,929
2023$87,209,191 $82,737,103$4,472,088

Where the money came from (2024)

  • General Property Taxes $31,002,099
  • Tax Increments $13,990,259
  • Other Financing Sources $9,537,494
  • State Shared Revenues $7,856,651
  • Federal Aids $5,668,858
  • State Highway Aids $3,509,844
  • Public Charges for Services $3,011,240
  • Interest Income $2,839,889
  • Other Revenues $2,821,764
  • Intergovernmental Charges for Services $2,148,313

Where it went (2024)

  • Conservation and Development $14,191,875
  • Law Enforcement $13,783,244
  • Debt Service - Principal Interest $12,015,000
  • Highway Construction $8,559,054
  • Highway Maintainence and Administration $8,405,622
  • Fire $7,186,336
  • General Government $5,903,762
  • Ambulance $3,774,224
  • Road- Related Facilities $3,582,668
  • Parks and Recreation $3,316,608
  • Debt Service - Fiscal Changes $2,001,836
  • Solid Waste Collection and Disposal $1,582,382

US Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$100,415,000 $106,138,000$-5,723,000
2023$91,220,000 $90,629,000$591,000
2022$79,391,000 $75,774,000$3,617,000
2021$77,528,000 $74,863,000$2,665,000
2020$70,188,000 $94,291,000$-24,103,000
2019$67,189,000 $70,710,000$-3,521,000
2018$64,523,000 $71,597,000$-7,074,000
2017$62,295,000 $73,821,000$-11,526,000

Where the money came from (2024)

  • Property tax $40,043,000
  • Charges for services $15,329,000
  • State aid $14,029,000
  • Utility & liquor store revenue $10,566,000
  • Other revenue $8,797,000
  • Federal aid $6,824,000
  • Aid from other local governments $2,430,000
  • Other taxes $2,397,000

Where it went (2024)

  • Highways & roads $16,020,000
  • Interest on debt $13,815,000
  • Police $13,087,000
  • Sewer $10,420,000
  • Housing & community development $8,056,000
  • Fire protection $7,342,000
  • Parks & recreation $6,507,000
  • General / other $6,501,000
  • Water utility $6,078,000
  • Transit $4,426,000
  • Health $4,121,000
  • Central staff $2,155,000

Meetings, agendas & budget documents

This government's minutes, agendas and budget documents will appear here once its website has been added to our collection.

These are reported actuals, not adopted budgets. Census amounts are published in thousands of dollars and rounded to the nearest $1,000. Sources: Census government finances, Wisconsin DOR.