General Fund Expenditures - By Major Categories
Major Categories FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools  4 $699,041,403 $738,355,049 $838,193,470 $911,011,767 $954,353,096 $934,433,865 $889,714,836 $842,642,113 $863,076,706 $839,878,111
Medicaid/MaineCare  4 $505,750,219 $582,012,779 $643,913,358 $604,261,444 $607,532,807 $558,831,894 $437,801,757 $483,312,486 $723,776,072 $730,530,179
Personal Services  1 $362,183,685 $387,727,063 $398,416,458 $413,015,551 $425,571,308 $434,115,597 $431,759,184 $407,400,396 $386,024,906 $371,981,436
Higher Education $233,405,441 $241,187,901 $246,831,523 $262,043,743 $272,942,825 $266,014,980 $261,774,007 $268,331,934 $269,802,793 $264,404,717
Teachers' Retirement  2 $170,014,497 $181,698,128 $148,459,994 $205,443,716 $196,871,807 $203,926,618 $208,993,254 $219,061,198 $172,592,848 $174,932,889
Debt Service  3 $91,157,529 $89,206,568 $96,042,927 $107,057,363 $101,848,646 $101,732,401 $116,474,424 $113,144,014 $119,004,542 $123,625,014
Other $522,679,322 $517,935,648 $452,552,677 $521,529,869 $524,520,986 $520,744,668 $519,916,055 $525,150,971 $553,011,788 $535,612,930
Total General Fund Expenditures $2,584,232,096 $2,738,123,135 $2,824,410,407 $3,024,363,451 $3,083,641,475 $3,019,800,023 $2,866,433,517 $2,859,043,111 $3,087,289,656 $3,040,965,276
1 Detail of Personal Services: 
  Salaries and Wages $252,008,419 $253,691,577 $255,744,055 $267,887,333 $272,705,758 $277,640,110 $276,899,311 $266,563,254 $258,730,824 $249,000,344
  Retirement $59,776,685 $68,282,101 $75,723,030 $78,659,081 $83,910,787 $87,256,293 $85,656,056 $71,610,236 $60,024,786 $57,628,033
  Health Insurance $37,871,359 $53,667,368 $54,269,370 $53,540,872 $55,247,755 $55,534,957 $55,570,524 $57,108,240 $55,188,011 $53,259,761
  Other Fringe Benefits $12,527,222 $12,086,018 $12,680,004 $12,928,264 $13,707,009 $13,684,236 $13,633,293 $12,118,665 $12,081,286 $12,093,298
  Total $362,183,685 $387,727,063 $398,416,458 $413,015,551 $425,571,308 $434,115,597 $431,759,184 $407,400,396 $386,024,906 $371,981,436
2 Teachers' Retirement includes Retired Teachers' Health Insurance and Retired Teachers' Group Life Insurance.
3 Includes General Obligation debt service and Maine Governmental Facilities Authority debt service, but does not include debt service for court facilities until FY 2010, when that debt service was segregated into a separate program.
4 Medicaid and General Purpose Aid for Local Schools exclude some Personal Services expenditures that would normally be included, but are excluded here to avoid double counting the amounts in Personal Services.  Medicaid  administrative costs are also not included here.
General Fund Expenditures - By Major Categories
Major Categories - % of Total FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 27.1% 27.0% 29.7% 30.1% 30.9% 30.9% 31.0% 29.5% 28.0% 27.6%
Medicaid/MaineCare 19.6% 21.3% 22.8% 20.0% 19.7% 18.5% 15.3% 16.9% 23.4% 24.0%
Personal Services 14.0% 14.2% 14.1% 13.7% 13.8% 14.4% 15.1% 14.2% 12.5% 12.2%
Higher Education 9.0% 8.8% 8.7% 8.7% 8.9% 8.8% 9.1% 9.4% 8.7% 8.7%
Teacher Retirement 6.6% 6.6% 5.3% 6.8% 6.4% 6.8% 7.3% 7.7% 5.6% 5.8%
Debt Service 3.5% 3.3% 3.4% 3.5% 3.3% 3.4% 4.1% 4.0% 3.9% 4.1%
Other 20.2% 18.9% 16.0% 17.2% 17.0% 17.2% 18.1% 18.4% 17.9% 17.6%
Total General Fund Expenditures 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
   
   
Detail of Personal Services:   
  Salaries and Wages 9.8% 9.3% 9.1% 8.9% 8.8% 9.2% 9.7% 9.3% 8.4% 8.2%
  Retirement 2.3% 2.5% 2.7% 2.6% 2.7% 2.9% 3.0% 2.5% 1.9% 1.9%
  Health Insurance 1.5% 2.0% 1.9% 1.8% 1.8% 1.8% 1.9% 2.0% 1.8% 1.8%
  Other Fringe Benefits 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4%
  Total 14.0% 14.2% 14.1% 13.7% 13.8% 14.4% 15.1% 14.2% 12.5% 12.2%
Average Annual Growth
Annual % Change of Major Categories FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 1.7% 5.6% 13.5% 8.7% 4.8% -2.1% -4.8% -5.3% 2.4% -2.7%  
Medicaid/MaineCare 3.6% 15.1% 10.6% -6.2% 0.5% -8.0% -21.7% 10.4% 49.8% 0.9%  
Personal Services -0.2% 7.1% 2.8% 3.7% 3.0% 2.0% -0.5% -5.6% -5.2% -3.6%  
Higher Education -0.8% 3.3% 2.3% 6.2% 4.2% -2.5% -1.6% 2.5% 0.5% -2.0%  
Teacher Retirement -5.5% 6.9% -18.3% 38.4% -4.2% 3.6% 2.5% 4.8% -21.2% 1.4%  
Debt Service -3.9% -2.1% 7.7% 11.5% -4.9% -0.1% 14.5% -2.9% 5.2% 3.9%  
Other 7.8% -0.9% -12.6% 15.2% 0.6% -0.7% -0.2% 1.0% 5.3% -3.1%  
Total General Fund Expenditures 2.0% 6.0% 3.2% 7.1% 2.0% -2.1% -5.1% -0.3% 8.0% -1.5%  
   
Detail of Personal Services:   
  Salaries and Wages 2.5% 0.7% 0.8% 4.7% 1.8% 1.8% -0.3% -3.7% -2.9% -3.8%  
  Retirement 1.6% 14.2% 10.9% 3.9% 6.7% 4.0% -1.8% -16.4% -16.2% -4.0%  
  Health Insurance -16.9% 41.7% 1.1% -1.3% 3.2% 0.5% 0.1% 2.8% -3.4% -3.5%  
  Other Fringe Benefits -1.7% -3.5% 4.9% 2.0% 6.0% -0.2% -0.4% -11.1% -0.3% 0.1%  
  Total -0.2% 7.1% 2.8% 3.7% 3.0% 2.0% -0.5% -5.6% -5.2% -3.6%