County of Schenectady
Population 162,581 (Census estimate 2025; 2020 base 157,874) popest-2025 ⓘ · Meeting coverage: documents
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Compared with Capital Region counties
| Indicator | County of Schenectady | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating spending per capita | $2,601 | $2,625 | 31st | 8 | AFR 2025, operating funds (our calc) |
| Property tax per capita | $463 | $562 | 44th | 8 | AFR 2025 real property taxes (our calc) |
| Debt per capita | $430 | $671 | 19th | 8 | AFR 2025 debt detail, year-end outstanding |
| Debt service % of operating spending | 1.8% | 2% | 44th | 8 | AFR 2025 (our calc) |
| State aid % of operating revenue | 21.3% | 17.4% | 69th | 8 | AFR 2025 (our calc) |
| Sales tax % of operating revenue | 33.3% | 32.2% | 56th | 8 | AFR 2025 (our calc) |
| Fund balance ratio (OSC FSMS) | 21.5% | 20.4% | 69th | 8 | OSC FSMS FY2025 |
| Operating spending growth over 5 AFR years | 37.1% | 34.5% | 63rd | 8 | AFR 2021–2025 (our calc) |
| Levy growth | -0.5% | 7.7% | 19th | 8 | 2021–2026 OSC tax tables |
| FSMS fiscal stress score (higher = more stress) | 3.3 | 5 | 31st | 8 | OSC FSMS FY2025 |
Percentile = share of same-class peers in the region with a lower value. A high or low percentile is context, not a judgment. Sales tax for towns and villages is county distribution revenue.
Five-year picture
Our calculation from OSC AFR account data: all funds except custodial (T*), capital projects (H), fixed-asset (K) and long-term debt (W) groups, excluding interfund transfers and debt proceeds.
OSC AFR, fund A, revenues and other sources minus expenditures and other uses (our calculation). Planned use of fund balance appears as a deficit.
Year-end debt outstanding (OSC AFR debt detail) and debt service expenditures (OSC AFR).
Levy as reported in OSC's annual tax tables for the year shown.
Assigned + unassigned general fund balance ÷ gross expenditures, as computed by OSC.
OSC's own scores and designations. 'Not filed' rows mean the AFR was not filed in time to be scored.
Annual Financial Report series
| Year | Operating revenue | Operating spending | GF revenue (incl. transfers) | GF spending (incl. transfers) | Property tax | Sales tax | State aid | Debt service | Debt outstanding | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 (FYE 2019-12-31) | $330,531,472 | $304,224,952 | $272,226,727 | $260,462,858 | $76,232,209 | $105,827,324 | $48,625,375 | $8,247,218 | $71,165,000 | afr-2019 ⓘ · debt-2019 ⓘ OSC snapshot 2026-09-30 |
| 2020 (FYE 2020-12-31) | $318,907,423 | $304,503,863 | $266,496,718 | $254,893,807 | $72,917,488 | $105,696,989 | $51,533,280 | $8,509,890 | $72,765,000 | afr-2020 ⓘ · debt-2020 ⓘ OSC snapshot 2026-09-30 |
| 2021 (FYE 2021-12-31) | $356,103,719 | $308,535,267 | $301,191,334 | $269,780,694 | $75,656,722 | $121,769,044 | $55,056,646 | $8,996,556 | $88,560,000 | afr-2021 ⓘ · debt-2021 ⓘ OSC snapshot 2026-09-30 |
| 2022 (FYE 2022-12-31) | $362,375,010 | $320,696,830 | $309,250,982 | $293,688,137 | $77,877,625 | $128,459,961 | $61,217,982 | $9,527,588 | $80,135,000 | afr-2022 ⓘ · debt-2022 ⓘ OSC snapshot 2026-09-30 |
| 2023 (FYE 2023-12-31) | $393,915,570 | $363,719,616 | $330,196,201 | $328,200,452 | $70,361,233 | $138,436,661 | $71,969,485 | $9,117,297 | $72,650,000 | afr-2023 ⓘ · debt-2023 ⓘ OSC snapshot 2026-09-30 |
| 2024 (FYE 2024-12-31) | $418,496,992 | $404,410,897 | $344,190,590 | $352,211,898 | $74,694,433 | $140,043,318 | $84,644,999 | $8,677,614 | $65,695,000 | afr-2024 ⓘ · debt-2024 ⓘ OSC snapshot 2026-09-30 |
| 2025 (FYE 2025-12-31) | $446,072,339 | $422,937,728 | $368,714,258 | $369,299,079 | $75,335,664 | $148,557,668 | $94,892,688 | $7,801,344 | $69,828,777 | afr-2025 ⓘ · debt-2025 ⓘ OSC snapshot 2026-09-30 |
Operating and property-tax figures are our sums of OSC account-level data (independent calculation, not OSC's own totals); GF = general fund (A).
Tax cap filings (OSC)
| Fiscal year | Prior levy | Proposed levy | Levy limit | Limit minus proposed | Levy growth | Override planned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $72,161,030 | $72,227,177 | $75,545,234 | $3,318,057 | 0.1% | No |
| 2020 | $72,227,177 | $72,204,736 | $75,002,877 | $2,798,141 | -0% | No |
| 2021 | $72,204,736 | $73,612,527 | $74,624,434 | $1,011,907 | 2% | No |
| 2022 | $73,612,527 | $72,938,414 | $76,577,439 | $3,639,025 | -0.9% | No |
| 2023 | $72,938,414 | $73,002,108 | $76,029,630 | $3,027,522 | 0.1% | No |
| 2024 | $73,002,108 | $71,086,466 | $76,117,548 | $5,031,082 | -2.6% | No |
| 2025 | $73,038,531 | $71,086,466 | $75,772,554 | $4,686,088 | -2.7% | No |
| 2026 | $73,553,883 | $71,086,466 | $76,487,661 | $5,401,195 | -3.3% | No |
| 2027 | $71,086,466 | $72,508,195 | $73,960,543 | $1,452,348 | 2% | No |
Source: taxcap ⓘ, snapshot 10/09/2026. Highlighted rows: proposed levy above the computed limit. Filings are as submitted to OSC before budget adoption; a later fiscal year that has not been filed yet does not appear.
OSC Fiscal Stress Monitoring System
| FY | Stress designation | Fiscal score | Environmental rating | Env. score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | No Designation | 0 | Susceptible Environmental Stress | 33.3 | fsms-muni-2019 ⓘ |
| 2020 | No Designation | 0 | No Designation | 26.7 | fsms-muni-2020 ⓘ |
| 2021 | No Designation | 0 | No Designation | 26.7 | fsms-muni-2021 ⓘ |
| 2022 | No Designation | 0 | No Designation | 20 | fsms-muni-2022 ⓘ |
| 2023 | No Designation | 0 | No Designation | 13.3 | fsms-muni-2023 ⓘ |
| 2024 | No Designation | 3.3 | No Designation | 13.3 | fsms-muni-2024 ⓘ |
| 2025 | No Designation | 3.3 | No Designation | 13.3 | fsms-muni-2025 ⓘ |
FSMS fund balance (Indicator 1): FY2023 30.5% ($102,863,982 of $336,932,202) fsms-ind1-muni-2023 ⓘ · FY2024 22.8% ($80,185,721 of $352,211,898) fsms-ind1-muni-2024 ⓘ · FY2025 21.5% ($79,070,432 of $367,521,451) fsms-ind1-muni-2025 ⓘ
OSC audits (1)
- Schenectady County – Investment Program (2025M-5) August 8, 2025 · Cash Management/Revenue
Source: osc-audits ⓘ. Matched by entity name in the report title.
In meetings
Context only. These links point to meetings where budget, levy, fund balance, debt or audits came up; they are not used in any figure above.
- 2026-10-13 · Meeting Agendas · Regular Meeting Agenda - October 13, 2026 agenda · budget terms on p. 20, 32, 40, 45, 53 · fund balance, appropriated, serial bonds
- 2026-10-05 · Meeting Agendas · Committee Meeting Agenda - October 5, 2026 agenda · budget terms on p. 3, 8, 15, 16, 18, 36, 41, 49 · budget amendment, fund balance, appropriated
- 2026-09-08 · Meeting Agendas · Regular Meeting Agenda - September 8, 2026 agenda · budget terms on p. 17, 23, 35, 37 · fund balance, appropriated, tax cap
- 2026-08-31 · Meeting Agendas · Committee Meeting Agenda - August 31, 2026 agenda · budget terms on p. 23, 24, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37 · budget amendment, fund balance, appropriated, tax cap
- 2026-08-11 · Meeting Agendas · Regular Meeting Agenda -August 11, 2026 agenda · budget terms on p. 13, 15, 18, 19, 23 · fund balance, appropriated, serial bonds
- 2026-08-03 · Meeting Agendas · Committee Meeting Agenda - August 3, 2026 agenda · budget terms on p. 3, 4, 9, 12, 13, 14, 18, 23 · budget amendment, appropriated, fund balance, serial bonds
- 2026-07-14 · Meeting Agendas · Rules Committee Agenda - July 14, 2026 agenda · budget terms on p. 11, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 · proposed budget, fund balance, appropriated, budget amendment
- 2026-07-14 · Meeting Agendas · Regular Meeting Agenda - July 14, 2026 agenda · budget terms on p. 3, 14, 23, 28, 29, 32 · fund balance, budget amendment, appropriated, serial bonds
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