MILWAUKEE – The median family income in Madison is $64,264 a year compared to $35,765 in Milwaukee, according to a report by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance.
The group said Monday that the difference has grown to about 80 percent after being less than 10 percent about 15 years ago.
….Madison has some “built-in advantages,” such as the major research center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and that it is the state capital, said Ryan Parsons, a research associate for the alliance.
Parson said, “One of the reasons Madison has such an edge over Milwaukee is having people who can fill high-tech science research jobs. A lot of that work force is missing from a city like Milwaukee.”