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Cities in Massachusetts by civilian labor force

Boston, MA had the highest civilian labor force of 58 cities in 2014, at 360,088. Palmer Town, MA had the lowest, at 6,261. The median was 23,138. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest360,088Boston, MA
Lowest6,261Palmer Town, MA
Median23,13858 cities

All cities, 2014

Boston, MA: 360,088 personsBoston, MA360,088Worcester, MA: 91,203 personsWorcester, MA91,203Cambridge, MA: 64,024 personsCambridge, MA64,024Springfield, MA: 63,949 personsSpringfield, MA63,949Lowell, MA: 54,110 personsLowell, MA54,110Quincy, MA: 52,810 personsQuincy, MA52,810Somerville, MA: 49,530 personsSomerville, MA49,530New Bedford, MA: 47,407 personsNew Bedford, MA47,407Lynn, MA: 46,908 personsLynn, MA46,908Brockton, MA: 46,890 personsBrockton, MA46,890Newton, MA: 46,251 personsNewton, MA46,251Fall River, MA: 40,074 personsFall River, MA40,074Framingham, MA: 39,518 personsFramingham, MA39,518Waltham, MA: 36,940 personsWaltham, MA36,940Lawrence, MA: 35,673 personsLawrence, MA35,673Haverhill, MA: 33,949 personsHaverhill, MA33,949Medford, MA: 33,377 personsMedford, MA33,377Malden, MA: 33,239 personsMalden, MA33,239Weymouth Town, MA: 30,274 personsWeymouth Town, MA30,274Taunton, MA: 29,812 personsTaunton, MA29,812Peabody, MA: 28,881 personsPeabody, MA28,881Revere, MA: 28,594 personsRevere, MA28,594Chicopee, MA: 27,730 personsChicopee, MA27,730Methuen, MA: 26,527 personsMethuen, MA26,527Everett, MA: 24,739 personsEverett, MA24,739Attleboro, MA: 24,228 personsAttleboro, MA24,228Salem, MA: 23,918 personsSalem, MA23,918Barnstable Town, MA: 23,827 personsBarnstable Town, MA23,827Marlborough, MA: 23,427 personsMarlborough, MA23,427Beverly, MA: 22,849 personsBeverly, MA22,849Woburn, MA: 22,517 personsWoburn, MA22,517Leominster, MA: 21,992 personsLeominster, MA21,992Pittsfield, MA: 21,874 personsPittsfield, MA21,874Westfield, MA: 21,287 personsWestfield, MA21,287Watertown, MA: 21,237 personsWatertown, MA21,237Braintree Town, MA: 20,323 personsBraintree Town, MA20,323Chelsea, MA: 19,479 personsChelsea, MA19,479Fitchburg, MA: 19,450 personsFitchburg, MA19,450Amherst Town, MA: 18,749 personsAmherst Town, MA18,749Randolph Town, MA: 17,600 personsRandolph Town, MA17,600Franklin Town, MA: 17,544 personsFranklin Town, MA17,544Holyoke, MA: 16,322 personsHolyoke, MA16,322Northampton, MA: 16,096 personsNorthampton, MA16,096North Attleborough Town, MA: 16,031 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA16,031Melrose, MA: 15,988 personsMelrose, MA15,988Agawam Town, MA: 15,979 personsAgawam Town, MA15,979Gloucester, MA: 15,466 personsGloucester, MA15,466West Springfield Town, MA: 14,660 personsWest Springfield Town, MA14,660Bridgewater Town, MA: 14,606 personsBridgewater Town, MA14,606Winthrop Town, MA: 10,412 personsWinthrop Town, MA10,412Amesbury, MA: 9,794 personsAmesbury, MA9,794Newburyport, MA: 9,735 personsNewburyport, MA9,735Gardner, MA: 9,599 personsGardner, MA9,599Easthampton, MA: 9,557 personsEasthampton, MA9,557Greenfield, MA: 9,460 personsGreenfield, MA9,460Southbridge Town, MA: 8,100 personsSouthbridge Town, MA8,100North Adams, MA: 6,273 personsNorth Adams, MA6,273Palmer Town, MA: 6,261 personsPalmer Town, MA6,261Boston, MA: 360,088 personsBoston, MA360,088Worcester, MA: 91,203 personsWorcester, MA91,203Cambridge, MA: 64,024 personsCambridge, MA64,024Springfield, MA: 63,949 personsSpringfield, MA63,949Lowell, MA: 54,110 personsLowell, MA54,110Quincy, MA: 52,810 personsQuincy, MA52,810Somerville, MA: 49,530 personsSomerville, MA49,530New Bedford, MA: 47,407 personsNew Bedford, MA47,407Lynn, MA: 46,908 personsLynn, MA46,908Brockton, MA: 46,890 personsBrockton, MA46,890Newton, MA: 46,251 personsNewton, MA46,251Fall River, MA: 40,074 personsFall River, MA40,074Framingham, MA: 39,518 personsFramingham, MA39,518Waltham, MA: 36,940 personsWaltham, MA36,940Lawrence, MA: 35,673 personsLawrence, MA35,673Haverhill, MA: 33,949 personsHaverhill, MA33,949Medford, MA: 33,377 personsMedford, MA33,377Malden, MA: 33,239 personsMalden, MA33,239Weymouth Town, MA: 30,274 personsWeymouth Town, MA30,274Taunton, MA: 29,812 personsTaunton, MA29,812Peabody, MA: 28,881 personsPeabody, MA28,881Revere, MA: 28,594 personsRevere, MA28,594Chicopee, MA: 27,730 personsChicopee, MA27,730Methuen, MA: 26,527 personsMethuen, MA26,527Everett, MA: 24,739 personsEverett, MA24,739Attleboro, MA: 24,228 personsAttleboro, MA24,228Salem, MA: 23,918 personsSalem, MA23,918Barnstable Town, MA: 23,827 personsBarnstable Town, MA23,827Marlborough, MA: 23,427 personsMarlborough, MA23,427Beverly, MA: 22,849 personsBeverly, MA22,849Woburn, MA: 22,517 personsWoburn, MA22,517Leominster, MA: 21,992 personsLeominster, MA21,992Pittsfield, MA: 21,874 personsPittsfield, MA21,874Westfield, MA: 21,287 personsWestfield, MA21,287Watertown, MA: 21,237 personsWatertown, MA21,237Braintree Town, MA: 20,323 personsBraintree Town, MA20,323Chelsea, MA: 19,479 personsChelsea, MA19,479Fitchburg, MA: 19,450 personsFitchburg, MA19,450Amherst Town, MA: 18,749 personsAmherst Town, MA18,749Randolph Town, MA: 17,600 personsRandolph Town, MA17,600Franklin Town, MA: 17,544 personsFranklin Town, MA17,544Holyoke, MA: 16,322 personsHolyoke, MA16,322Northampton, MA: 16,096 personsNorthampton, MA16,096North Attleborough Town, MA: 16,031 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA16,031Melrose, MA: 15,988 personsMelrose, MA15,988Agawam Town, MA: 15,979 personsAgawam Town, MA15,979Gloucester, MA: 15,466 personsGloucester, MA15,466West Springfield Town, MA: 14,660 personsWest Springfield Town, MA14,660Bridgewater Town, MA: 14,606 personsBridgewater Town, MA14,606Winthrop Town, MA: 10,412 personsWinthrop Town, MA10,412Amesbury, MA: 9,794 personsAmesbury, MA9,794Newburyport, MA: 9,735 personsNewburyport, MA9,735Gardner, MA: 9,599 personsGardner, MA9,599Easthampton, MA: 9,557 personsEasthampton, MA9,557Greenfield, MA: 9,460 personsGreenfield, MA9,460Southbridge Town, MA: 8,100 personsSouthbridge Town, MA8,100North Adams, MA: 6,273 personsNorth Adams, MA6,273Palmer Town, MA: 6,261 personsPalmer Town, MA6,261
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Boston, MA360,088+2.4%
2Worcester, MA91,203+1.4%
3Cambridge, MA64,024+3.4%
4Springfield, MA63,949+0.9%
5Lowell, MA54,110+1.3%
6Quincy, MA52,810+0.8%
7Somerville, MA49,530+1.1%
8New Bedford, MA47,407+0.4%
9Lynn, MA46,908+1.6%
10Brockton, MA46,890+1.1%
11Newton, MA46,251+1.5%
12Fall River, MA40,074+0.6%
13Framingham, MA39,518+1.4%
14Waltham, MA36,940+2.3%
15Lawrence, MA35,673+0.3%
16Haverhill, MA33,949+1.8%
17Medford, MA33,377+1.7%
18Malden, MA33,239+1.4%
19Weymouth Town, MA30,274+1.4%
20Taunton, MA29,812+1.3%
21Peabody, MA28,881+1.5%
22Revere, MA28,594+1.5%
23Chicopee, MA27,730+1.3%
24Methuen, MA26,527+1.7%
25Everett, MA24,739+3.8%
26Attleboro, MA24,228+1.3%
27Salem, MA23,918+1.6%
28Barnstable Town, MA23,827+1%
29Marlborough, MA23,427+1.9%
30Beverly, MA22,849+2%
31Woburn, MA22,517+1.7%
32Leominster, MA21,992+1.6%
33Pittsfield, MA21,874-0.1%
34Westfield, MA21,287+2%
35Watertown, MA21,237+4.7%
36Braintree Town, MA20,323+2.9%
37Chelsea, MA19,479+3.8%
38Fitchburg, MA19,450+1.2%
39Amherst Town, MA18,749+3.7%
40Randolph Town, MA17,600+1%
41Franklin Town, MA17,544+1.6%
42Holyoke, MA16,322+0.7%
43Northampton, MA16,096+1.7%
44North Attleborough Town, MA16,031+1.4%
45Melrose, MA15,988+2%
46Agawam Town, MA15,979+1.4%
47Gloucester, MA15,466+1%
48West Springfield Town, MA14,660+0.9%
49Bridgewater Town, MA14,606+4.1%
50Winthrop Town, MA10,412+2.4%
51Amesbury, MA9,794+2%
52Newburyport, MA9,735+2%
53Gardner, MA9,599+1.3%
54Easthampton, MA9,557+1.4%
55Greenfield, MA9,460+0.5%
56Southbridge Town, MA8,100+1%
57North Adams, MA6,273-1%
58Palmer Town, MA6,261+1.6%

Other periods

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Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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.CurrentU10-14. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Massachusetts by civilian labor force, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Massachusetts by civilian labor force, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/massachusetts-cities?period=2014. 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. Cities in Massachusetts by civilian labor force, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/massachusetts-cities?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Massachusetts by civilian labor force, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/massachusetts-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Boston, MA, with 360,088 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Palmer Town, MA, with 6,261 in 2014.

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