Employee costs

Breakdown of employee costs in Fayetteville School District’s preliminary 2017-18 budget:

■ $47.3 million: Total teacher salaries in existing salary schedule

■ $14.2 million: Total cost of hourly employee salaries in existing salary schedule

■ $15.9 million: Total of all staff benefits

■ $2.2 million: Cost of $3,000 raise proposed for teachers

■ $485,000: Cost of average 3.5 percent raise for hourly employees, including bus drivers, classroom aides and custodians

■ $200,000: Cost of raises for district administrators

■ $729,000: Cost of increase in benefits resulting from pay raises