Cavalier Johnson (Unknown affiliation) has been Mayor of Milwaukee since 1 Apr 2022. In Aug 2026 the unemployment rate was 5.0% of the labour force, 0.5 percentage points higher than when Cavalier Johnson took office in April 2022; Wisconsin's moved +0.3 percentage points over the same months. Milwaukee ranks 5th of 106 cities on the fall in violent crime; on population growth it is 65th of 71. Milwaukee and Wisconsin part most on the average hourly pay, −1.1% a year against −0.2%; the gap was widest in Dec 2024, −2.5% against +4.0%. Since day zero typical home value jumped 6.2% a year, 31.2% in all.

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