Revenue Budget

The FY25 Recommended Budget is supported by $4.64 billion in total revenue, an increase of $344 million, or 8.0%, over budgeted FY24 total revenue. The FY25 Recommended Budget includes $4.6 billion in recurring revenue and $40.0 million in non-recurring revenue. The City’s recurring revenue budget can be divided into four categories: Property Tax (71% of total revenue), State Aid (11%), Departmental Revenue (11%) and Excise (6%). Non-recurring revenue accounts for 1% of the City's total revenue budget.

For more information on the City of Boston Budget please see the interactive web application at budget.boston.gov. For more detail on key terms, please see the Glossary of Terms here: https://www.boston.gov/departments/budget/glossary-terms