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Cities in Wisconsin by civilian labor force, 2025

Milwaukee, WI had the highest civilian labor force of 35 cities in 2025, at 266,089. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 12,401. The median was 21,044. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest266,089Milwaukee, WI
Lowest12,401Mequon, WI
Median21,04435 cities

All cities, 2025

Milwaukee, WI: 266,089 personsMilwaukee, WI266,089Madison, WI: 170,886 personsMadison, WI170,886Kenosha, WI: 56,000 personsKenosha, WI56,000Green Bay, WI: 55,210 personsGreen Bay, WI55,210Eau Claire, WI: 41,391 personsEau Claire, WI41,391Waukesha, WI: 41,332 personsWaukesha, WI41,332Appleton, WI: 40,534 personsAppleton, WI40,534Racine, WI: 36,928 personsRacine, WI36,928Oshkosh, WI: 35,259 personsOshkosh, WI35,259Janesville, WI: 34,675 personsJanesville, WI34,675West Allis, WI: 31,570 personsWest Allis, WI31,570La Crosse, WI: 28,064 personsLa Crosse, WI28,064Wauwatosa, WI: 26,278 personsWauwatosa, WI26,278Sheboygan, WI: 26,230 personsSheboygan, WI26,230Sun Prairie, WI: 22,144 personsSun Prairie, WI22,144Fond du Lac, WI: 22,097 personsFond du Lac, WI22,097Oak Creek, WI: 21,993 personsOak Creek, WI21,993Menomonee Falls, WI: 21,044 personsMenomonee Falls, WI21,044Fitchburg, WI: 20,952 personsFitchburg, WI20,952New Berlin, WI: 20,903 personsNew Berlin, WI20,903Wausau, WI: 20,228 personsWausau, WI20,228Brookfield, WI: 20,003 personsBrookfield, WI20,003Greenfield, WI: 19,589 personsGreenfield, WI19,589Beloit, WI: 17,867 personsBeloit, WI17,867Franklin, WI: 17,809 personsFranklin, WI17,809West Bend, WI: 17,500 personsWest Bend, WI17,500Manitowoc, WI: 16,976 personsManitowoc, WI16,976Stevens Point, WI: 15,305 personsStevens Point, WI15,305Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,666 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,666Neenah, WI: 14,417 personsNeenah, WI14,417Superior, WI: 14,303 personsSuperior, WI14,303Muskego, WI: 14,163 personsMuskego, WI14,163De Pere, WI: 14,121 personsDe Pere, WI14,121Caledonia, WI: 12,736 personsCaledonia, WI12,736Mequon, WI: 12,401 personsMequon, WI12,401Milwaukee, WI: 266,089 personsMilwaukee, WI266,089Madison, WI: 170,886 personsMadison, WI170,886Kenosha, WI: 56,000 personsKenosha, WI56,000Green Bay, WI: 55,210 personsGreen Bay, WI55,210Eau Claire, WI: 41,391 personsEau Claire, WI41,391Waukesha, WI: 41,332 personsWaukesha, WI41,332Appleton, WI: 40,534 personsAppleton, WI40,534Racine, WI: 36,928 personsRacine, WI36,928Oshkosh, WI: 35,259 personsOshkosh, WI35,259Janesville, WI: 34,675 personsJanesville, WI34,675West Allis, WI: 31,570 personsWest Allis, WI31,570La Crosse, WI: 28,064 personsLa Crosse, WI28,064Wauwatosa, WI: 26,278 personsWauwatosa, WI26,278Sheboygan, WI: 26,230 personsSheboygan, WI26,230Sun Prairie, WI: 22,144 personsSun Prairie, WI22,144Fond du Lac, WI: 22,097 personsFond du Lac, WI22,097Oak Creek, WI: 21,993 personsOak Creek, WI21,993Menomonee Falls, WI: 21,044 personsMenomonee Falls, WI21,044Fitchburg, WI: 20,952 personsFitchburg, WI20,952New Berlin, WI: 20,903 personsNew Berlin, WI20,903Wausau, WI: 20,228 personsWausau, WI20,228Brookfield, WI: 20,003 personsBrookfield, WI20,003Greenfield, WI: 19,589 personsGreenfield, WI19,589Beloit, WI: 17,867 personsBeloit, WI17,867Franklin, WI: 17,809 personsFranklin, WI17,809West Bend, WI: 17,500 personsWest Bend, WI17,500Manitowoc, WI: 16,976 personsManitowoc, WI16,976Stevens Point, WI: 15,305 personsStevens Point, WI15,305Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,666 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,666Neenah, WI: 14,417 personsNeenah, WI14,417Superior, WI: 14,303 personsSuperior, WI14,303Muskego, WI: 14,163 personsMuskego, WI14,163De Pere, WI: 14,121 personsDe Pere, WI14,121Caledonia, WI: 12,736 personsCaledonia, WI12,736Mequon, WI: 12,401 personsMequon, WI12,401
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

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Milwaukee, WI266,089-1.1%
2Madison, WI170,886-0.3%
3Kenosha, WI56,000+0.5%
4Green Bay, WI55,210-0.1%
5Eau Claire, WI41,391-0.3%
6Waukesha, WI41,332-1.1%
7Appleton, WI40,534-0.7%
8Racine, WI36,928-1.3%
9Oshkosh, WI35,259-1.1%
10Janesville, WI34,675-0.2%
11West Allis, WI31,570-0.9%
12La Crosse, WI28,064-0%
13Wauwatosa, WI26,278-1.1%
14Sheboygan, WI26,230-0.6%
15Sun Prairie, WI22,144-0.2%
16Fond du Lac, WI22,097-1.4%
17Oak Creek, WI21,993-1%
18Menomonee Falls, WI21,044-1%
19Fitchburg, WI20,952-0.5%
20New Berlin, WI20,903-1.2%
21Wausau, WI20,228-1%
22Brookfield, WI20,003-1.1%
23Greenfield, WI19,589-1.1%
24Beloit, WI17,867-0.4%
25Franklin, WI17,809-1%
26West Bend, WI17,500-1%
27Manitowoc, WI16,976-1.7%
28Stevens Point, WI15,305+0.4%
29Mount Pleasant, WI14,666-1.4%
30Neenah, WI14,417-1.1%
31Superior, WI14,303-0.6%
32Muskego, WI14,163-1.2%
33De Pere, WI14,121-0.1%
34Caledonia, WI12,736-1.3%
35Mequon, WI12,401-1%

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.CurrentU25-29. 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 Wisconsin by civilian labor force, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Wisconsin by civilian labor force, 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/rankings/civilian-labor-force/wisconsin-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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 Wisconsin by civilian labor force, 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/rankings/civilian-labor-force/wisconsin-cities.

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 Wisconsin by civilian labor force, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/wisconsin-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Milwaukee, WI, with 266,089 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Mequon, WI, with 12,401 in 2025.

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.

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