Southtowns Record

2025 Town of Boston - Budget Presentation

Government
Town of Boston
Posted by publisher
Oct 1, 2026
Kind
Budget
Topics
Budget and taxes, Water, sewer and drainage, Public safety, Zoning and land use, Parks and recreation, Roads and traffic, Audits and oversight

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Shrinking Purchasing Power of Staff

  Town's Raises vs Inflation Factor  Town’s Part-Timer’s Hourly Wage
  (OSC Website)  (11/36 General Fund Employees Have this Pay Rate)

  $20.16
  7.2%
 Increases since 2020:
  -$0.24
OSC Inflation Rate: 17.4%  $19.55
  Town Raises: 15%  6.3%  $19.92

  -$0.58

  $18.24  $18.97

  5.0%
  4.0%  $0.30
  $17.54

  $17.94
  4.0%  $17.20  $0.07
 3.0%
  $0.15  $17.47

  2.0%  $17.05

  2.3%
 2.1%

  1.6%

 2020  2021  2022  2023  2024  2020  2021  2022  2023  2024

  Town's PT Rate  Inflation Factors  Town's PT Rate  PT Rate if Town Followed Inflation

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