The pie charts show how a college budget was allocated at ten-year intervals between 1990 and 2010. Overall, the largest expense was for staff salaries, while spending on technology and insurance increased consistently, and spending on other resources declined.
In terms of human resources, the majority of the college budget was allocated to salaries. In particular, teachers’ salaries dominated in all categories, initially increasing from 40% in 1990 to 50% in 2000, before dropping slightly to 45% in 2010. In contrast, other workers’ salaries experienced a significant decline, falling from 28% in 1990 to 15% in 2010.
Regarding other expenses, in 1990, the same proportion of the budget was spent on furniture and equipment as on books. Although spending on books grew by 5% in 2000, the budget for furniture and equipment fell sharply to 2% in 2000 and remained the lowest category in 2010, at only 3%. By the same year, spending on books had decreased to 9%, almost half of its initial level. Notably, insurance and technology were the lowest costs in 1990, accounting for only 2% and 1% of the budget, respectively. However, both categories rose steadily in each subsequent decade, with the biggest increase occurring in 2010, when insurance reached 8% and technology 20%. Interestingly, in the final decade, a larger proportion of the budget was spent on technology than on books.