Photo: Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Region · Public domainHow is Pilot Point run?
Pilot Point’s city government spent $185,000 on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, about $2,984 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Pilot Point didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Pilot Point is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
Lake and Peninsula Borough School District
Pilot Point’s K–12 school district, shared with Chignik, Egegik, Newhalen, Nondalton, Port Heiden. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $60,416 per pupil, $28,678 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Alaska districts overall: 24% local, 55% state, 21% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
About $2,984 per resident a year, or $8.18 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 76%.
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Pilot Point didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Pilot Point yet
Every year of Pilot Point’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in Pilot Point
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 62 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (62).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Pilot Point.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Alaska HouseState representatives
- 3Alaska SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Alaska
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Pilot Point’s government
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Questions about Pilot Point’s government
How much does Pilot Point spend per resident?
About $2,984 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Pilot Point didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $444,000.
Who runs Pilot Point’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Pilot Point yet.
How many people work for Pilot Point?
1 full-time and 16 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $29,727 (about $356,724 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Pilot Point in the state legislature?
State Senate District S (Lyman Hoffman) and State House District 37 (Bryce Edgmon). The House district also covers 28 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Pilot Point, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →