Lisa Brown (Democratic) has been Mayor of Spokane since 1 Jan 2024. In Aug 2026 the unemployment rate was 4.2% of the labour force, 0.7 percentage points lower than when Lisa Brown took office in January 2024, while Washington's rose 0.3 percentage points. Among the 117 cities with a year or more of figures, Spokane ranks 16th on the fall in unemployment and 61st of 116 on pay growth. The violent crime rate moved −142 per 100,000 in Spokane against −88 per 100,000 for Washington. Over Nadine Woodward's tenure, 2019 to 2024, the violent crime rate moved −2 per 100,000. Typical rent is up 8.3% since day zero (3.0% a year).

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