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Employed residents in Salem, MA

Employed residents in Salem, MA was 26,332 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.3% from 2024. That is the 27th highest of 58 cities in 2025.

2025, persons26,332
Change on 2024-0.3%
Rank27th of 58Cities in Massachusetts ranked
Series high26,4172024
Series low18,8761992

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Employed residents in Salem, MA, 1990 to 2025

18K20K22K24K26K28K19901996200220082014202020251990: 19,948 persons1991: 19,055 persons1992: 18,876 persons1993: 19,072 persons1994: 19,217 persons1995: 19,575 persons1996: 19,956 persons1997: 20,589 persons1998: 20,899 persons1999: 20,994 persons2000: 22,261 persons2001: 22,571 persons2002: 23,072 persons2003: 22,749 persons2004: 22,508 persons2005: 22,296 persons2006: 22,286 persons2007: 22,175 persons2008: 22,388 persons2009: 21,753 persons2010: 21,245 persons2011: 21,616 persons2012: 21,918 persons2013: 21,957 persons2014: 22,516 persons2015: 22,644 persons2016: 24,494 persons2017: 24,993 persons2018: 25,709 persons2019: 25,988 persons2020: 23,540 persons2021: 25,064 persons2022: 25,601 persons2023: 26,102 persons2024: 26,417 persons2025: 26,332 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202526,332
202426,417
202326,102
202225,601
202125,064
202023,540
201925,988
201825,709
201724,993
201624,494
201522,644
201422,516
201321,957
201221,918
201121,616
201021,245
200921,753
200822,388
200722,175
200622,286
200522,296
200422,508
200322,749
200223,072
200122,571
200022,261
199920,994
199820,899
199720,589
199619,956
199519,575
199419,217
199319,072
199218,876
199119,055
199019,948

Rankings

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Salem, 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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Salem, 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/employed-residents/salem-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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Salem, 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/employed-residents/salem-ma.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Salem, 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/employed-residents/salem-ma (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the employed residents in Salem, MA?

Employed residents in Salem, MA was 26,332 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.3% from 2024. That is the 27th highest of 58 cities in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Salem, MA?

26,417 in 2024, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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