Overview
Onondaga County's 2026 adopted budget totals $1,609,166,657 across all funds, 3.0% higher than the 2025 adopted budget. The gross property-tax levy is $146,225,244 at a full-value rate of $2.93 per $1,000. The county's own sales-tax share is $377,475,217, with a further $126,497,035 passed through to municipalities and schools. The county is rated AA by Standard & Poor's and Aa2 by Moody's.
At a glance — adopted budget 2026
Where the money comes from (all funds)
Revenues in the fiscal summary's consolidated table. Subtotal revenues of $1,591,234,782 plus appropriated fund balance of $17,931,875 equal the $1,609,166,657 total.
| Property tax levy (gross) | $146,225,244 |
| Deferred / uncollectible | ($10,750,968) |
| Prior-year collections | $8,384,526 |
| PILOTs / interest & penalties | $9,735,519 |
| Room occupancy tax | $14,190,000 |
| Abstract charges | $21,142,284 |
| Sales tax — county portion | $377,475,217 |
| Sales tax — municipalities / schools portion | $126,497,035 |
| State aid | $217,639,864 |
| Federal aid | $163,647,538 |
| Interdepartmentals | $147,350,307 |
| All other | $369,698,216 |
| Subtotal revenues | $1,591,234,782 |
| Appropriated fund balance | $17,931,875 |
| Total revenues | $1,609,166,657 |
Source: Onondaga County 2026 Budget Fiscal Summary, Consolidated Revenues and Appropriations.
Where the money goes (all funds)
Appropriations in the same consolidated table; the lines sum exactly to the adopted total.
| Mandated programs | $284,179,739 |
| Wages | $301,215,315 |
| Benefits | $230,710,537 |
| Contracted services | $168,759,147 |
| Interfund transfers | $71,273,630 |
| Debt service | $65,215,476 |
| Sales tax — municipalities / schools portion | $126,497,035 |
| Interdepartmentals | $81,015,594 |
| All other | $280,300,184 |
| Total expenses | $1,609,166,657 |
Source: Onondaga County 2026 Budget Fiscal Summary, Consolidated Revenues and Appropriations.
Elected officials
No elected officials are named in the cited source section for this page, so none are listed by name; the adopting body and the county seat are stated in the basis notice and overview. No contact details are shown because none are given in the cited document.
Sources & notes
- Only source used: Onondaga County Finance Department, 2026 Budget Fiscal Summary (December 2025). 2026 Budget Fiscal Summary (PDF).
- Sum checks: appropriations exact at $1,609,166,657 across all nine lines; revenues exact ($1,591,234,782 + $17,931,875 fund balance = $1,609,166,657).
- What is not claimed: no elected officials are named in the cited fiscal-summary section, so none are listed by name on this page; the 12–4 adoption vote and $2.93 rate are from the build queue's adoption record. The General Fund figure ($1,213,405,669) is the table's General Fund column total, not the all-funds total.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified Onondaga County palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a county color.