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Cities in Massachusetts by civilian labor force

Boston, MA had the highest civilian labor force of 58 cities in 2019, at 402,287. North Adams, MA had the lowest, at 5,993. The median was 24,136. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest402,287Boston, MA
Lowest5,993North Adams, MA
Median24,13658 cities

All cities, 2019

Boston, MA: 402,287 personsBoston, MA402,287Worcester, MA: 107,095 personsWorcester, MA107,095Cambridge, MA: 72,531 personsCambridge, MA72,531Springfield, MA: 69,525 personsSpringfield, MA69,525Lowell, MA: 61,938 personsLowell, MA61,938Quincy, MA: 59,709 personsQuincy, MA59,709Somerville, MA: 58,187 personsSomerville, MA58,187Brockton, MA: 53,090 personsBrockton, MA53,090Lynn, MA: 52,855 personsLynn, MA52,855New Bedford, MA: 48,276 personsNew Bedford, MA48,276Newton, MA: 47,883 personsNewton, MA47,883Fall River, MA: 45,500 personsFall River, MA45,500Lawrence, MA: 44,767 personsLawrence, MA44,767Framingham, MA: 40,446 personsFramingham, MA40,446Waltham, MA: 39,820 personsWaltham, MA39,820Malden, MA: 39,045 personsMalden, MA39,045Haverhill, MA: 37,478 personsHaverhill, MA37,478Medford, MA: 35,340 personsMedford, MA35,340Revere, MA: 34,601 personsRevere, MA34,601Weymouth Town, MA: 33,045 personsWeymouth Town, MA33,045Taunton, MA: 31,716 personsTaunton, MA31,716Peabody, MA: 29,140 personsPeabody, MA29,140Methuen, MA: 29,087 personsMethuen, MA29,087Chicopee, MA: 28,395 personsChicopee, MA28,395Everett, MA: 28,132 personsEverett, MA28,132Barnstable Town, MA: 27,158 personsBarnstable Town, MA27,158Salem, MA: 26,754 personsSalem, MA26,754Attleboro, MA: 25,760 personsAttleboro, MA25,760Marlborough, MA: 24,161 personsMarlborough, MA24,161Beverly, MA: 24,110 personsBeverly, MA24,110Woburn, MA: 24,070 personsWoburn, MA24,070Leominster, MA: 23,727 personsLeominster, MA23,727Pittsfield, MA: 23,306 personsPittsfield, MA23,306Fitchburg, MA: 22,727 personsFitchburg, MA22,727Braintree Town, MA: 22,482 personsBraintree Town, MA22,482Watertown, MA: 21,649 personsWatertown, MA21,649Westfield, MA: 20,471 personsWestfield, MA20,471Chelsea, MA: 20,335 personsChelsea, MA20,335Randolph Town, MA: 19,368 personsRandolph Town, MA19,368Franklin Town, MA: 18,970 personsFranklin Town, MA18,970Amherst Town, MA: 18,299 personsAmherst Town, MA18,299North Attleborough Town, MA: 17,899 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA17,899Holyoke, MA: 17,236 personsHolyoke, MA17,236Melrose, MA: 16,939 personsMelrose, MA16,939Gloucester, MA: 16,012 personsGloucester, MA16,012Northampton, MA: 15,794 personsNorthampton, MA15,794West Springfield Town, MA: 15,689 personsWest Springfield Town, MA15,689Agawam Town, MA: 15,669 personsAgawam Town, MA15,669Bridgewater Town, MA: 15,034 personsBridgewater Town, MA15,034Winthrop Town, MA: 10,834 personsWinthrop Town, MA10,834Amesbury, MA: 10,055 personsAmesbury, MA10,055Gardner, MA: 10,032 personsGardner, MA10,032Newburyport, MA: 9,594 personsNewburyport, MA9,594Southbridge Town, MA: 8,936 personsSouthbridge Town, MA8,936Easthampton, MA: 8,761 personsEasthampton, MA8,761Greenfield, MA: 8,433 personsGreenfield, MA8,433Palmer Town, MA: 6,738 personsPalmer Town, MA6,738North Adams, MA: 5,993 personsNorth Adams, MA5,993Boston, MA: 402,287 personsBoston, MA402,287Worcester, MA: 107,095 personsWorcester, MA107,095Cambridge, MA: 72,531 personsCambridge, MA72,531Springfield, MA: 69,525 personsSpringfield, MA69,525Lowell, MA: 61,938 personsLowell, MA61,938Quincy, MA: 59,709 personsQuincy, MA59,709Somerville, MA: 58,187 personsSomerville, MA58,187Brockton, MA: 53,090 personsBrockton, MA53,090Lynn, MA: 52,855 personsLynn, MA52,855New Bedford, MA: 48,276 personsNew Bedford, MA48,276Newton, MA: 47,883 personsNewton, MA47,883Fall River, MA: 45,500 personsFall River, MA45,500Lawrence, MA: 44,767 personsLawrence, MA44,767Framingham, MA: 40,446 personsFramingham, MA40,446Waltham, MA: 39,820 personsWaltham, MA39,820Malden, MA: 39,045 personsMalden, MA39,045Haverhill, MA: 37,478 personsHaverhill, MA37,478Medford, MA: 35,340 personsMedford, MA35,340Revere, MA: 34,601 personsRevere, MA34,601Weymouth Town, MA: 33,045 personsWeymouth Town, MA33,045Taunton, MA: 31,716 personsTaunton, MA31,716Peabody, MA: 29,140 personsPeabody, MA29,140Methuen, MA: 29,087 personsMethuen, MA29,087Chicopee, MA: 28,395 personsChicopee, MA28,395Everett, MA: 28,132 personsEverett, MA28,132Barnstable Town, MA: 27,158 personsBarnstable Town, MA27,158Salem, MA: 26,754 personsSalem, MA26,754Attleboro, MA: 25,760 personsAttleboro, MA25,760Marlborough, MA: 24,161 personsMarlborough, MA24,161Beverly, MA: 24,110 personsBeverly, MA24,110Woburn, MA: 24,070 personsWoburn, MA24,070Leominster, MA: 23,727 personsLeominster, MA23,727Pittsfield, MA: 23,306 personsPittsfield, MA23,306Fitchburg, MA: 22,727 personsFitchburg, MA22,727Braintree Town, MA: 22,482 personsBraintree Town, MA22,482Watertown, MA: 21,649 personsWatertown, MA21,649Westfield, MA: 20,471 personsWestfield, MA20,471Chelsea, MA: 20,335 personsChelsea, MA20,335Randolph Town, MA: 19,368 personsRandolph Town, MA19,368Franklin Town, MA: 18,970 personsFranklin Town, MA18,970Amherst Town, MA: 18,299 personsAmherst Town, MA18,299North Attleborough Town, MA: 17,899 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA17,899Holyoke, MA: 17,236 personsHolyoke, MA17,236Melrose, MA: 16,939 personsMelrose, MA16,939Gloucester, MA: 16,012 personsGloucester, MA16,012Northampton, MA: 15,794 personsNorthampton, MA15,794West Springfield Town, MA: 15,689 personsWest Springfield Town, MA15,689Agawam Town, MA: 15,669 personsAgawam Town, MA15,669Bridgewater Town, MA: 15,034 personsBridgewater Town, MA15,034Winthrop Town, MA: 10,834 personsWinthrop Town, MA10,834Amesbury, MA: 10,055 personsAmesbury, MA10,055Gardner, MA: 10,032 personsGardner, MA10,032Newburyport, MA: 9,594 personsNewburyport, MA9,594Southbridge Town, MA: 8,936 personsSouthbridge Town, MA8,936Easthampton, MA: 8,761 personsEasthampton, MA8,761Greenfield, MA: 8,433 personsGreenfield, MA8,433Palmer Town, MA: 6,738 personsPalmer Town, MA6,738North Adams, MA: 5,993 personsNorth Adams, MA5,993
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

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Boston, MA402,287+1%
2Worcester, MA107,095+0.2%
3Cambridge, MA72,531+1.3%
4Springfield, MA69,525+0.4%
5Lowell, MA61,938+0.3%
6Quincy, MA59,709+0.9%
7Somerville, MA58,187+0.7%
8Brockton, MA53,090+0.5%
9Lynn, MA52,855+0.6%
10New Bedford, MA48,276-0.4%
11Newton, MA47,8830%
12Fall River, MA45,500-0.2%
13Lawrence, MA44,767+0.2%
14Framingham, MA40,446+2.6%
15Waltham, MA39,820+0.3%
16Malden, MA39,045+0.1%
17Haverhill, MA37,478+0.9%
18Medford, MA35,340+0.1%
19Revere, MA34,6010%
20Weymouth Town, MA33,045+1.3%
21Taunton, MA31,716+0.2%
22Peabody, MA29,140+0.5%
23Methuen, MA29,087+1%
24Chicopee, MA28,395+0.4%
25Everett, MA28,132+0.2%
26Barnstable Town, MA27,158-0.5%
27Salem, MA26,754+0.6%
28Attleboro, MA25,760+0.2%
29Marlborough, MA24,161+0.4%
30Beverly, MA24,110+0.7%
31Woburn, MA24,070+0.4%
32Leominster, MA23,727+0.2%
33Pittsfield, MA23,306-1%
34Fitchburg, MA22,727-0.3%
35Braintree Town, MA22,482+0.5%
36Watertown, MA21,649+0.9%
37Westfield, MA20,471+0.7%
38Chelsea, MA20,335-0.1%
39Randolph Town, MA19,368+0.7%
40Franklin Town, MA18,970+3.6%
41Amherst Town, MA18,299+2.4%
42North Attleborough Town, MA17,899+0.1%
43Holyoke, MA17,236+0.5%
44Melrose, MA16,939+0.2%
45Gloucester, MA16,012+0.9%
46Northampton, MA15,794-0.3%
47West Springfield Town, MA15,689+0.8%
48Agawam Town, MA15,669+0.6%
49Bridgewater Town, MA15,034+1.7%
50Winthrop Town, MA10,834+0.4%
51Amesbury, MA10,055+0.6%
52Gardner, MA10,032+0.2%
53Newburyport, MA9,594+1.3%
54Southbridge Town, MA8,936+0.1%
55Easthampton, MA8,761-0.6%
56Greenfield, MA8,433-0.6%
57Palmer Town, MA6,738+0.8%
58North Adams, MA5,993-1%

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.

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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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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, 2019. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/massachusetts-cities?period=2019. 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, 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/massachusetts-cities?period=2019.

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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/massachusetts-cities?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Boston, MA, with 402,287 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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North Adams, MA, with 5,993 in 2019.

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