Renard Johnson (Unknown affiliation) has been Mayor of El Paso since 6 Jan 2025. The unemployment rate stood at 4.5% of the labour force in Aug 2026, 0.8 percentage points higher than when Renard Johnson took office in January 2025, while Texas's rose 0.3 percentage points. Among the 116 cities with a year or more of figures, El Paso ranks 13th on pay growth and 104th of 117 on the fall in unemployment. On violent crime rate the two part most: −48 per 100,000 in El Paso, −76 per 100,000 for Texas. Under Oscar Leeser (2021 to 2025) the violent crime rate fell 3 per 100,000. Since day zero typical rent climbed 3.3% a year, 5.9% in all.
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