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Cities in New York by civilian labor force

New York, NY had the highest civilian labor force of 39 cities in 2022, at 4.17 million. Kiryas Joel, NY had the lowest, at 8,985. The median was 15,485. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest4,166,275New York, NY
Lowest8,985Kiryas Joel, NY
Median15,48539 cities

All cities, 2022

New York, NY: 4,166,275 personsNew York, NY4,166,275Buffalo, NY: 122,085 personsBuffalo, NY122,085Yonkers, NY: 108,750 personsYonkers, NY108,750Rochester, NY: 97,363 personsRochester, NY97,363Syracuse, NY: 63,086 personsSyracuse, NY63,086Albany, NY: 50,952 personsAlbany, NY50,952New Rochelle, NY: 44,186 personsNew Rochelle, NY44,186Mount Vernon, NY: 39,153 personsMount Vernon, NY39,153White Plains, NY: 32,286 personsWhite Plains, NY32,286Schenectady, NY: 31,085 personsSchenectady, NY31,085Hempstead, NY: 27,950 personsHempstead, NY27,950Utica, NY: 25,426 personsUtica, NY25,426Troy, NY: 23,742 personsTroy, NY23,742Freeport, NY: 23,251 personsFreeport, NY23,251Valley Stream, NY: 21,607 personsValley Stream, NY21,607Niagara Falls, NY: 20,832 personsNiagara Falls, NY20,832Long Beach, NY: 20,147 personsLong Beach, NY20,147Binghamton, NY: 19,951 personsBinghamton, NY19,951Port Chester, NY: 17,556 personsPort Chester, NY17,556Poughkeepsie, NY: 15,485 personsPoughkeepsie, NY15,485Harrison, NY: 15,211 personsHarrison, NY15,211North Tonawanda, NY: 15,070 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY15,070Ithaca, NY: 15,067 personsIthaca, NY15,067Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,990 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,990Spring Valley, NY: 14,789 personsSpring Valley, NY14,789Peekskill, NY: 14,635 personsPeekskill, NY14,635Ossining, NY: 14,317 personsOssining, NY14,317Lindenhurst, NY: 14,115 personsLindenhurst, NY14,115Glen Cove, NY: 13,929 personsGlen Cove, NY13,929Middletown, NY: 13,722 personsMiddletown, NY13,722Newburgh, NY: 12,940 personsNewburgh, NY12,940Rome, NY: 12,607 personsRome, NY12,607Rockville Centre, NY: 12,444 personsRockville Centre, NY12,444Jamestown, NY: 11,770 personsJamestown, NY11,770Auburn, NY: 11,386 personsAuburn, NY11,386Watertown, NY: 10,724 personsWatertown, NY10,724Lockport, NY: 10,343 personsLockport, NY10,343Elmira, NY: 10,077 personsElmira, NY10,077Kiryas Joel, NY: 8,985 personsKiryas Joel, NY8,985New York, NY: 4,166,275 personsNew York, NY4,166,275Buffalo, NY: 122,085 personsBuffalo, NY122,085Yonkers, NY: 108,750 personsYonkers, NY108,750Rochester, NY: 97,363 personsRochester, NY97,363Syracuse, NY: 63,086 personsSyracuse, NY63,086Albany, NY: 50,952 personsAlbany, NY50,952New Rochelle, NY: 44,186 personsNew Rochelle, NY44,186Mount Vernon, NY: 39,153 personsMount Vernon, NY39,153White Plains, NY: 32,286 personsWhite Plains, NY32,286Schenectady, NY: 31,085 personsSchenectady, NY31,085Hempstead, NY: 27,950 personsHempstead, NY27,950Utica, NY: 25,426 personsUtica, NY25,426Troy, NY: 23,742 personsTroy, NY23,742Freeport, NY: 23,251 personsFreeport, NY23,251Valley Stream, NY: 21,607 personsValley Stream, NY21,607Niagara Falls, NY: 20,832 personsNiagara Falls, NY20,832Long Beach, NY: 20,147 personsLong Beach, NY20,147Binghamton, NY: 19,951 personsBinghamton, NY19,951Port Chester, NY: 17,556 personsPort Chester, NY17,556Poughkeepsie, NY: 15,485 personsPoughkeepsie, NY15,485Harrison, NY: 15,211 personsHarrison, NY15,211North Tonawanda, NY: 15,070 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY15,070Ithaca, NY: 15,067 personsIthaca, NY15,067Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,990 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,990Spring Valley, NY: 14,789 personsSpring Valley, NY14,789Peekskill, NY: 14,635 personsPeekskill, NY14,635Ossining, NY: 14,317 personsOssining, NY14,317Lindenhurst, NY: 14,115 personsLindenhurst, NY14,115Glen Cove, NY: 13,929 personsGlen Cove, NY13,929Middletown, NY: 13,722 personsMiddletown, NY13,722Newburgh, NY: 12,940 personsNewburgh, NY12,940Rome, NY: 12,607 personsRome, NY12,607Rockville Centre, NY: 12,444 personsRockville Centre, NY12,444Jamestown, NY: 11,770 personsJamestown, NY11,770Auburn, NY: 11,386 personsAuburn, NY11,386Watertown, NY: 10,724 personsWatertown, NY10,724Lockport, NY: 10,343 personsLockport, NY10,343Elmira, NY: 10,077 personsElmira, NY10,077Kiryas Joel, NY: 8,985 personsKiryas Joel, NY8,985
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
1New York, NY4,166,275+0.7%
2Buffalo, NY122,085-0.6%
3Yonkers, NY108,750+3.2%
4Rochester, NY97,363-1.3%
5Syracuse, NY63,086+0.6%
6Albany, NY50,952+0.2%
7New Rochelle, NY44,186+5.8%
8Mount Vernon, NY39,153+2.1%
9White Plains, NY32,286+4.6%
10Schenectady, NY31,085-0.7%
11Hempstead, NY27,950+0.5%
12Utica, NY25,426-1.6%
13Troy, NY23,742-0.5%
14Freeport, NY23,251+0.5%
15Valley Stream, NY21,607+1.3%
16Niagara Falls, NY20,832-1.1%
17Long Beach, NY20,147+1.8%
18Binghamton, NY19,951-0.8%
19Port Chester, NY17,556+3.6%
20Poughkeepsie, NY15,485+1%
21Harrison, NY15,211+4.7%
22North Tonawanda, NY15,070+0.3%
23Ithaca, NY15,067+2.3%
24Saratoga Springs, NY14,990+0.5%
25Spring Valley, NY14,789+4.1%
26Peekskill, NY14,635+3.6%
27Ossining, NY14,317+4.3%
28Lindenhurst, NY14,115+1.7%
29Glen Cove, NY13,929+1.8%
30Middletown, NY13,722+0.7%
31Newburgh, NY12,940+0.5%
32Rome, NY12,607-0.8%
33Rockville Centre, NY12,444+1.6%
34Jamestown, NY11,770-1.5%
35Auburn, NY11,386-1.4%
36Watertown, NY10,724+0.2%
37Lockport, NY10,343-0.2%
38Elmira, NY10,077-0.9%
39Kiryas Joel, NY8,985+10.4%

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.

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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 New York 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 New York 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/new-york-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 New York 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/new-york-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 New York 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/new-york-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

New York, NY, with 4.17 million in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Kiryas Joel, NY, with 8,985 in 2022.

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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.

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