y. Nearly $2.4 million in Idaho purchases are made annually by the University’s various auxiliary services, with $1.3 million being expended in the Pocatello area economy. The above expenditures for the purchases of resale goods by the University's auxiliary enterprises are a part of the $7.1 million reported as Miscellaneous Purchases in Table 1.Miscellaneous expenditures, other than purchases for resale, involve about $4.7 million for maintenance and repair of the University’s buildings and equipment. About $2.3 million of such expenditures are made within the Pocatello economy for such things as cleaning, janitorial, and repair contracts.Faculty & Staff SpendingHighlights Faculty and staff households receive $36 million in wages and $10 million in employee benefits. Disposable income after taxes results in $25 million in purchases of food, shelter, clothing and other consumer items. The more than $11 million in taxes paid by ISU faculty and staff help purchase an array of governmental services that benefit the entire community. ApproachFaculty and staff salary and benefit totals for the 1995-96 academic year were obtained from the University Comptroller. Household expenditures were estimated using data from previous studies of the spending patterns of Southeast Idaho families and sub-populations, including the workforce at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory1. The household expenditures of ISU faculty and staff were calculated by applying the proportions derived from these studies to the ISU faculty and staff salary totals. While different income levels and varying lifestyles make it inappropriate to assume that the calculated spending pattern applies to each and every ISU employee, its application to derive an expenditure pattern illustrative of the entire faculty and staff population is reasonable. Spending PatternsA total of 657 faculty and 1,156 staff received wages o...
