Data / Civilian labor force / Gloucester, MA

Civilian labor force in Gloucester, MA

Civilian labor force in Gloucester, MA was 16,411 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.5% from 2024. That is the 45th highest of 58 cities in 2025.

2025, persons16,411
Change on 2024+0.5%
Rank45th of 58Cities in Massachusetts ranked
Series high16,8082002
Series low15,0562016

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.

Civilian labor force in Gloucester, MA, 1990 to 2025

15K15.5K16K16.5K17K19901996200220082014202020251990: 16,220 persons1991: 16,036 persons1992: 16,266 persons1993: 16,042 persons1994: 15,926 persons1995: 15,812 persons1996: 15,817 persons1997: 16,214 persons1998: 16,443 persons1999: 16,404 persons2000: 16,299 persons2001: 16,623 persons2002: 16,808 persons2003: 16,671 persons2004: 16,564 persons2005: 16,516 persons2006: 16,004 persons2007: 16,042 persons2008: 16,250 persons2009: 16,290 persons2010: 15,135 persons2011: 15,138 persons2012: 15,202 persons2013: 15,312 persons2014: 15,466 persons2015: 15,531 persons2016: 15,056 persons2017: 15,386 persons2018: 15,874 persons2019: 16,012 persons2020: 15,776 persons2021: 15,871 persons2022: 15,876 persons2023: 15,967 persons2024: 16,326 persons2025: 16,411 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202516,411
202416,326
202315,967
202215,876
202115,871
202015,776
201916,012
201815,874
201715,386
201615,056
201515,531
201415,466
201315,312
201215,202
201115,138
201015,135
200916,290
200816,250
200716,042
200616,004
200516,516
200416,564
200316,671
200216,808
200116,623
200016,299
199916,404
199816,443
199716,214
199615,817
199515,812
199415,926
199316,042
199216,266
199116,036
199016,220

Rankings

Definition

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Civilian labor force, Gloucester, MA, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Civilian labor force, Gloucester, MA, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/civilian-labor-force/gloucester-ma. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Civilian labor force, Gloucester, MA, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/civilian-labor-force/gloucester-ma.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Civilian labor force, Gloucester, MA, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/civilian-labor-force/gloucester-ma (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{bureau_civilian_labor_force_gloucester_2025,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average: Civilian labor force, Gloucester, MA, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/civilian-labor-force/gloucester-ma. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
TI  - Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average: Civilian labor force, Gloucester, MA, 1990 to 2025
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
PB  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/civilian-labor-force/gloucester-ma
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/civilian-labor-force/gloucester-ma.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest civilian labor force in Gloucester, MA? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"civilian_labor_force","place":"us-place-2526150"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=civilian_labor_force&place=us-place-2526150

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the civilian labor force in Gloucester, MA?

Civilian labor force in Gloucester, MA was 16,411 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.5% from 2024. That is the 45th highest of 58 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest civilian labor force in Gloucester, MA?

16,808 in 2002, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

Civilian labor force elsewhere in Massachusetts

Related statistics for Gloucester, MA

All statistics for Gloucester, MA | Gloucester, MA in figures