What Boston, Massachusetts spends
Boston, Massachusetts reported $5.3 billion in total spending in fiscal year 2022, for 691,531 residents. Its largest listed service was schools at $2.0 billion. Schools, hospitals and utilities are often run by separate districts, so a total here is not comparable between places. Compare one service at a time. A zero means this government reported no spending on that service; another government may provide it.
Spending by service
| Service | FY2022 spending | Per resident (our calculation) |
|---|---|---|
| Police | $441.7 million | $639 |
| Fire protection | $289.5 million | $419 |
| Roads and highways | $140.7 million | $204 |
| Sewerage | $68.6 million | $99 |
| Solid waste | $143.4 million | $207 |
| Parks and recreation | $148.6 million | $215 |
| Libraries | $66.4 million | $96 |
| Water | $63.3 million | $92 |
| Schools | $2.0 billion | $2,946 |
| Health | $29.6 million | $43 |
| Hospitals | $363.2 million | $525 |
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Source and coverage
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, individual unit file (revision 07/15/2026). Our per-resident figures are our own calculation; the Census Bureau has not reviewed or sanctioned them. Census has not reviewed unit data as a time series, and the data may contain non-sampling error.
Census unit file. Covers counties, cities and townships for fiscal year 2022 only, not a trend. Governments where Census estimated part of the spending are left out, so a missing place is not a zero: about 14,200 of 38,400 are absent for that reason. Pushbuild is not affiliated with any government listed.