Satya Rhodes-Conway (Democratic) has been Mayor of Madison since 16 Apr 2019. In Aug 2026 the unemployment rate was 2.9% of the labour force, 0.5 percentage points higher than when Satya Rhodes-Conway took office in April 2019; Wisconsin's moved +0.1 percentage points over the same months. On population growth Madison is 11th of the 71 cities, on pay growth 100th of 116. On violent crime rate the two part most: −170 per 100,000 in Madison, −57 per 100,000 for Wisconsin. Typical home value is up 55.4% since day zero (6.1% a year).

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