Approximately 42 percent of Smith’s 1,312 employees live in Northampton, Florence and Leeds, contributing to the local economy.

Annual payroll (wages and benefits), fiscal year 2012: $116,745,917

Annual payroll (wages only), fiscal year 2012: $89,438,257

United Way contributions by employees in 2011–12: $153,701

Smith is Northampton’s largest institutional donor to the United Way of Hampshire County. Our coordinated campuswide campaign is responsible for our significant contribution.

Grants for research, teaching and outreach: $6,037,956

Charitable foundations, corporations, and federal and state agencies make grants to Smith College, the faculty and administrators in support of teaching, research and outreach projects that strengthen local education partnerships while affecting the local economy directly and indirectly.

Purchasing and Construction

Estimated annual college expenditures with local businesses: $12,000,000

Construction in 2008–2012: $160,936,769

Spending by Students and Visitors

Admission visitors: 4,500

Summer program visitors: 3,000

Estimated expenditures by students and visitors: $3,700,000

The college’s OneCard ID system allows students to make purchases at participating Northampton businesses using a debit feature associated with their Smith ID cards. In 2011–12 Smith students spent $47,925 with Northampton merchants through this program.

City of Northampton

Real estate taxes: $515,657

Water and sewer charges: $719,438

Waste removal—paid to City of Northampton Landfill: $326

Permits—paid to City of Northampton: $36,245

Licenses and inspections—paid to City of Northampton: $12,120

Smith is Northampton's largest taxpayer.

Northampton Business Improvement District

Member contribution: $20,000

In-kind contribution: $7,500