Real pay during each mayor's tenure, worldwide
148 cities in 2 countries, ranked against one another by how real pay changed from each office-holder's first day in office, each on its own country's figures, next to its own state or country over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Office-holder | Place | In office | Total | vs state or country | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D Kirk Caldwell | Honolulu Mayor · United States | 2 Jan 2013 – 2 Jan 2021 | +28.8% Dec 2012 → Dec 2020 | +4.8 pts Hawaii +23.9% | +3.2%/yr | |
| 2 | N Garnett Johnson | Augusta Mayor · United States | 1 Jan 2023 – now | +28.6% Dec 2022 → Sep 2026 | +24.8 pts Georgia +3.7% | +6.9%/yr | |
| 3 | D Lauren McLean | Boise Mayor · United States | 7 Jan 2020 – now | +24.2% Dec 2019 → Sep 2026 | +8.2 pts Idaho +16.0% | +3.3%/yr | |
| 4 | N Sue Zwahlen | Modesto Mayor · United States | 1 Jan 2021 – now | +15.4% Dec 2020 → Sep 2026 | +22.0 pts California −6.5% | +2.5%/yr | |
| 5 | Con James Palmer | Peterborough Mayor · United Kingdom | 4 May 2017 – 1 May 2021 | +14.7% 2017 → 2021 | +11.6 pts England +3.1% | +3.5%/yr | |
| 6 | R John Giles | Mesa Mayor · United States | 18 Sep 2014 – now | +14.2% Aug 2014 → Sep 2026 | +1.3 pts Arizona +12.9% | +1.1%/yr | |
| 7 | R Betsy Price | Fort Worth Mayor · United States | 12 Jul 2011 – 1 Jun 2021 | +13.5% Jun 2011 → May 2021 | +3.5 pts Texas +9.9% | +1.3%/yr | |
| 8 | D Pete Saenz | Laredo Mayor · United States | 12 Nov 2014 – 1 Dec 2022 | +12.8% Oct 2014 → Nov 2022 | +12.1 pts Texas +0.7% | +1.5%/yr | |
| 9 | R Kevin Faulconer | San Diego Mayor · United States | 3 Mar 2014 – 10 Dec 2020 | +12.5% Feb 2014 → Nov 2020 | −2.9 pts California +15.4% | +1.8%/yr | |
| 10 | D Lyda Krewson | St. Louis Mayor · United States | 18 Apr 2017 – 20 Apr 2021 | +12.2% Mar 2017 → Mar 2021 | +5.4 pts Missouri +6.8% | +2.9%/yr |
Showing 10 of 238 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Rows measure average or median pay in today's money, hourly, weekly or monthly as each country measures it; each place is read from its own statistics office's series (the row's chart names it), so a change is set against the place's own first day, never against another country's level. Every row is indexed to the last month, quarter or count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); each place's own state or country is measured over the same months. Changes are per cent; "per year" compounds them. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. Data as of Sep 2026.