Wisconsin Data on Demand: Public employee salaries, homicide tracker, and more
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Public Employee Salaries
City of Milwaukee Employee Salaries
2019-2022. Searchable database for all Milwaukee city employee salaries, including hourly rate, total compensation, and total overtime and other compensation. Updated annually.
Last updated May 2023
Milwaukee County Employee Salaries
2019-2022. Searchable database for all Milwaukee city employee salaries, including hourly rate, total compensation, and total overtime and other compensation. Updated annually.
Last updated May 2023
Business & Development
Milwaukee Land and Space Database
Follows newly completed and ongoing commercial projects throughout the Milwaukee area. The list includes apartment buildings, shopping centers, office developments, industrial projects and, of course, breweries.
Updated weekly
Wisconsin Layoffs and Closures
Layoff and closures for Wisconsin businesses from state WARN notices. Includes county, number of affected employees, and date. Historic information also available.
Updated daily
Climate & Weather
Wisconsin Tornadoes Since 1950
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been tracking tornadoes for decades. This interactive map, which contains data from January 1950 to February 28, 2023, pinpoints where a cyclone touched down and traces its path of destruction. For more recent tornadoes, clicking deeper provides more details, damage estimates and whether someone was injured or killed in the storm.
Updated September 2023
Wisconsin Severe Weather Alerts
Track all current severe weather warnings, watches and advisories for Milwaukee, Wisconsin and other areas in the United States on the interactive weather alerts page. This data is updated every 5 minutes.
Live data
Health & Public Safety
Milwaukee Homicide Database
Includes data for every homicide in Milwaukee in 2023. Historic information also available. Victim information included, where available.
Updated weekly
Gun Deaths in Wisconsin
Includes gun death counts and rates for Wisconsin and its counties, compiled from local officials in each county between 2004 and 2020. Demographic information is reported where available.
Updated weekly
Politics & Elections
2023 Local Election Results
Milwaukee area election results for local races in the April 2023 local elections. Results are unofficial and preliminary. This data will be available until November 2024.
Updated April 2023
2023 Statewide Election Results
Results for state-level offices from the spring election in April 2023, including for state Senate district 9 and Wisconsin Supreme Court. Results are preliminary and unofficial. This data will be available until November 2024.
Updated April 2023
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