Data / Rankings / Civilian labor force / Cities in Massachusetts

Cities in Massachusetts by civilian labor force

Boston, MA had the highest civilian labor force of 58 cities in 2022, at 387,325. North Adams, MA had the lowest, at 5,545. The median was 23,818. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest387,325Boston, MA
Lowest5,545North Adams, MA
Median23,81858 cities

All cities, 2022

Boston, MA: 387,325 personsBoston, MA387,325Worcester, MA: 105,994 personsWorcester, MA105,994Cambridge, MA: 71,014 personsCambridge, MA71,014Springfield, MA: 67,651 personsSpringfield, MA67,651Lowell, MA: 62,369 personsLowell, MA62,369Quincy, MA: 59,647 personsQuincy, MA59,647Somerville, MA: 56,557 personsSomerville, MA56,557Brockton, MA: 52,478 personsBrockton, MA52,478Lynn, MA: 52,101 personsLynn, MA52,101New Bedford, MA: 47,380 personsNew Bedford, MA47,380Newton, MA: 46,565 personsNewton, MA46,565Fall River, MA: 44,665 personsFall River, MA44,665Lawrence, MA: 43,751 personsLawrence, MA43,751Framingham, MA: 39,418 personsFramingham, MA39,418Waltham, MA: 38,680 personsWaltham, MA38,680Malden, MA: 37,675 personsMalden, MA37,675Haverhill, MA: 36,670 personsHaverhill, MA36,670Medford, MA: 35,920 personsMedford, MA35,920Weymouth Town, MA: 33,122 personsWeymouth Town, MA33,122Revere, MA: 32,354 personsRevere, MA32,354Taunton, MA: 31,595 personsTaunton, MA31,595Methuen, MA: 28,947 personsMethuen, MA28,947Peabody, MA: 28,616 personsPeabody, MA28,616Everett, MA: 27,928 personsEverett, MA27,928Chicopee, MA: 27,615 personsChicopee, MA27,615Salem, MA: 26,507 personsSalem, MA26,507Barnstable Town, MA: 26,356 personsBarnstable Town, MA26,356Attleboro, MA: 25,490 personsAttleboro, MA25,490Woburn, MA: 24,070 personsWoburn, MA24,070Beverly, MA: 23,565 personsBeverly, MA23,565Leominster, MA: 23,527 personsLeominster, MA23,527Marlborough, MA: 23,383 personsMarlborough, MA23,383Fitchburg, MA: 22,371 personsFitchburg, MA22,371Braintree Town, MA: 22,044 personsBraintree Town, MA22,044Pittsfield, MA: 21,801 personsPittsfield, MA21,801Watertown, MA: 21,392 personsWatertown, MA21,392Westfield, MA: 19,927 personsWestfield, MA19,927Chelsea, MA: 19,520 personsChelsea, MA19,520Randolph Town, MA: 19,089 personsRandolph Town, MA19,089Franklin Town, MA: 19,033 personsFranklin Town, MA19,033Amherst Town, MA: 18,400 personsAmherst Town, MA18,400North Attleborough Town, MA: 17,671 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA17,671Holyoke, MA: 16,651 personsHolyoke, MA16,651Melrose, MA: 16,311 personsMelrose, MA16,311Northampton, MA: 16,080 personsNorthampton, MA16,080Gloucester, MA: 15,876 personsGloucester, MA15,876West Springfield Town, MA: 15,244 personsWest Springfield Town, MA15,244Agawam Town, MA: 15,216 personsAgawam Town, MA15,216Bridgewater Town, MA: 15,071 personsBridgewater Town, MA15,071Winthrop Town, MA: 10,326 personsWinthrop Town, MA10,326Amesbury, MA: 9,834 personsAmesbury, MA9,834Gardner, MA: 9,783 personsGardner, MA9,783Newburyport, MA: 9,695 personsNewburyport, MA9,695Southbridge Town, MA: 8,944 personsSouthbridge Town, MA8,944Easthampton, MA: 8,328 personsEasthampton, MA8,328Greenfield, MA: 8,127 personsGreenfield, MA8,127Palmer Town, MA: 6,548 personsPalmer Town, MA6,548North Adams, MA: 5,545 personsNorth Adams, MA5,545Boston, MA: 387,325 personsBoston, MA387,325Worcester, MA: 105,994 personsWorcester, MA105,994Cambridge, MA: 71,014 personsCambridge, MA71,014Springfield, MA: 67,651 personsSpringfield, MA67,651Lowell, MA: 62,369 personsLowell, MA62,369Quincy, MA: 59,647 personsQuincy, MA59,647Somerville, MA: 56,557 personsSomerville, MA56,557Brockton, MA: 52,478 personsBrockton, MA52,478Lynn, MA: 52,101 personsLynn, MA52,101New Bedford, MA: 47,380 personsNew Bedford, MA47,380Newton, MA: 46,565 personsNewton, MA46,565Fall River, MA: 44,665 personsFall River, MA44,665Lawrence, MA: 43,751 personsLawrence, MA43,751Framingham, MA: 39,418 personsFramingham, MA39,418Waltham, MA: 38,680 personsWaltham, MA38,680Malden, MA: 37,675 personsMalden, MA37,675Haverhill, MA: 36,670 personsHaverhill, MA36,670Medford, MA: 35,920 personsMedford, MA35,920Weymouth Town, MA: 33,122 personsWeymouth Town, MA33,122Revere, MA: 32,354 personsRevere, MA32,354Taunton, MA: 31,595 personsTaunton, MA31,595Methuen, MA: 28,947 personsMethuen, MA28,947Peabody, MA: 28,616 personsPeabody, MA28,616Everett, MA: 27,928 personsEverett, MA27,928Chicopee, MA: 27,615 personsChicopee, MA27,615Salem, MA: 26,507 personsSalem, MA26,507Barnstable Town, MA: 26,356 personsBarnstable Town, MA26,356Attleboro, MA: 25,490 personsAttleboro, MA25,490Woburn, MA: 24,070 personsWoburn, MA24,070Beverly, MA: 23,565 personsBeverly, MA23,565Leominster, MA: 23,527 personsLeominster, MA23,527Marlborough, MA: 23,383 personsMarlborough, MA23,383Fitchburg, MA: 22,371 personsFitchburg, MA22,371Braintree Town, MA: 22,044 personsBraintree Town, MA22,044Pittsfield, MA: 21,801 personsPittsfield, MA21,801Watertown, MA: 21,392 personsWatertown, MA21,392Westfield, MA: 19,927 personsWestfield, MA19,927Chelsea, MA: 19,520 personsChelsea, MA19,520Randolph Town, MA: 19,089 personsRandolph Town, MA19,089Franklin Town, MA: 19,033 personsFranklin Town, MA19,033Amherst Town, MA: 18,400 personsAmherst Town, MA18,400North Attleborough Town, MA: 17,671 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA17,671Holyoke, MA: 16,651 personsHolyoke, MA16,651Melrose, MA: 16,311 personsMelrose, MA16,311Northampton, MA: 16,080 personsNorthampton, MA16,080Gloucester, MA: 15,876 personsGloucester, MA15,876West Springfield Town, MA: 15,244 personsWest Springfield Town, MA15,244Agawam Town, MA: 15,216 personsAgawam Town, MA15,216Bridgewater Town, MA: 15,071 personsBridgewater Town, MA15,071Winthrop Town, MA: 10,326 personsWinthrop Town, MA10,326Amesbury, MA: 9,834 personsAmesbury, MA9,834Gardner, MA: 9,783 personsGardner, MA9,783Newburyport, MA: 9,695 personsNewburyport, MA9,695Southbridge Town, MA: 8,944 personsSouthbridge Town, MA8,944Easthampton, MA: 8,328 personsEasthampton, MA8,328Greenfield, MA: 8,127 personsGreenfield, MA8,127Palmer Town, MA: 6,548 personsPalmer Town, MA6,548North Adams, MA: 5,545 personsNorth Adams, MA5,545
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

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Boston, MA387,325+1.1%
2Worcester, MA105,994+0.7%
3Cambridge, MA71,014+1.8%
4Springfield, MA67,651-2%
5Lowell, MA62,369-0.1%
6Quincy, MA59,647+1.9%
7Somerville, MA56,557+1.3%
8Brockton, MA52,478-0.7%
9Lynn, MA52,101-0.3%
10New Bedford, MA47,380-0%
11Newton, MA46,565+1.3%
12Fall River, MA44,665+0.1%
13Lawrence, MA43,751-2.8%
14Framingham, MA39,418+1.1%
15Waltham, MA38,680+1%
16Malden, MA37,675+0.1%
17Haverhill, MA36,670-0.4%
18Medford, MA35,920+1%
19Weymouth Town, MA33,122+1.2%
20Revere, MA32,354-0.3%
21Taunton, MA31,595+1.3%
22Methuen, MA28,947+0.4%
23Peabody, MA28,616+0.5%
24Everett, MA27,928+2.2%
25Chicopee, MA27,615-1.1%
26Salem, MA26,507+0.2%
27Barnstable Town, MA26,356+0.8%
28Attleboro, MA25,490+1.3%
29Woburn, MA24,070+1.9%
30Beverly, MA23,565+1%
31Leominster, MA23,527+0.9%
32Marlborough, MA23,383+0.9%
33Fitchburg, MA22,371+0.1%
34Braintree Town, MA22,044+1.1%
35Pittsfield, MA21,801+0.2%
36Watertown, MA21,392+1.1%
37Westfield, MA19,927-0.5%
38Chelsea, MA19,520+0.1%
39Randolph Town, MA19,089+0.4%
40Franklin Town, MA19,033+1.9%
41Amherst Town, MA18,400+3.3%
42North Attleborough Town, MA17,671+1.5%
43Holyoke, MA16,651-1.5%
44Melrose, MA16,311+1%
45Northampton, MA16,080+1.3%
46Gloucester, MA15,8760%
47West Springfield Town, MA15,244-0.8%
48Agawam Town, MA15,216-0.4%
49Bridgewater Town, MA15,071+2.6%
50Winthrop Town, MA10,326+1.1%
51Amesbury, MA9,834+0.3%
52Gardner, MA9,783-0.1%
53Newburyport, MA9,695+3%
54Southbridge Town, MA8,9440%
55Easthampton, MA8,328+0.9%
56Greenfield, MA8,127+0.1%
57Palmer Town, MA6,548-1%
58North Adams, MA5,545-0.5%

Other periods

About this ranking

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.CurrentU20-24. 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 (Cities in Massachusetts by civilian labor force, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Massachusetts by civilian labor force, 2022. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/massachusetts-cities?period=2022. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/massachusetts-cities?period=2022.

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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/massachusetts-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{bureau_cities_in_massachusetts_by_2022,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average: Cities in Massachusetts by civilian labor force, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/massachusetts-cities?period=2022. 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.CurrentU20-24. 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: Cities in Massachusetts by civilian labor force, 2022
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.CurrentU20-24
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/massachusetts-cities?period=2022
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/massachusetts-cities?period=2022.
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.CurrentU20-24. 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:

Rank Cities in Massachusetts by civilian labor force using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"civilian_labor_force","level":"municipality","within":"Massachusetts","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=civilian_labor_force&level=municipality&within=Massachusetts&limit=10

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

Questions

Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Boston, MA, with 387,325 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

North Adams, MA, with 5,545 in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Civilian labor force: other rankings

Cities in Massachusetts: more rankings