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Cities in Wisconsin by civilian labor force

Milwaukee, WI had the highest civilian labor force of 35 cities in 2022, at 268,594. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 12,476. The median was 20,971. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest268,594Milwaukee, WI
Lowest12,476Mequon, WI
Median20,97135 cities

All cities, 2022

Milwaukee, WI: 268,594 personsMilwaukee, WI268,594Madison, WI: 164,744 personsMadison, WI164,744Green Bay, WI: 54,556 personsGreen Bay, WI54,556Kenosha, WI: 54,193 personsKenosha, WI54,193Waukesha, WI: 41,461 personsWaukesha, WI41,461Appleton, WI: 40,628 personsAppleton, WI40,628Eau Claire, WI: 39,855 personsEau Claire, WI39,855Racine, WI: 36,791 personsRacine, WI36,791Oshkosh, WI: 35,287 personsOshkosh, WI35,287Janesville, WI: 33,784 personsJanesville, WI33,784West Allis, WI: 31,448 personsWest Allis, WI31,448La Crosse, WI: 27,598 personsLa Crosse, WI27,598Wauwatosa, WI: 26,320 personsWauwatosa, WI26,320Sheboygan, WI: 25,881 personsSheboygan, WI25,881Fond du Lac, WI: 22,689 personsFond du Lac, WI22,689Oak Creek, WI: 21,630 personsOak Creek, WI21,630New Berlin, WI: 21,044 personsNew Berlin, WI21,044Sun Prairie, WI: 20,971 personsSun Prairie, WI20,971Menomonee Falls, WI: 20,516 personsMenomonee Falls, WI20,516Wausau, WI: 20,262 personsWausau, WI20,262Brookfield, WI: 20,038 personsBrookfield, WI20,038Greenfield, WI: 19,840 personsGreenfield, WI19,840Fitchburg, WI: 19,557 personsFitchburg, WI19,557West Bend, WI: 17,681 personsWest Bend, WI17,681Beloit, WI: 17,468 personsBeloit, WI17,468Franklin, WI: 17,298 personsFranklin, WI17,298Manitowoc, WI: 17,066 personsManitowoc, WI17,066Stevens Point, WI: 15,174 personsStevens Point, WI15,174Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,651 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,651Neenah, WI: 14,418 personsNeenah, WI14,418Superior, WI: 14,288 personsSuperior, WI14,288Muskego, WI: 14,119 personsMuskego, WI14,119De Pere, WI: 13,882 personsDe Pere, WI13,882Caledonia, WI: 12,841 personsCaledonia, WI12,841Mequon, WI: 12,476 personsMequon, WI12,476Milwaukee, WI: 268,594 personsMilwaukee, WI268,594Madison, WI: 164,744 personsMadison, WI164,744Green Bay, WI: 54,556 personsGreen Bay, WI54,556Kenosha, WI: 54,193 personsKenosha, WI54,193Waukesha, WI: 41,461 personsWaukesha, WI41,461Appleton, WI: 40,628 personsAppleton, WI40,628Eau Claire, WI: 39,855 personsEau Claire, WI39,855Racine, WI: 36,791 personsRacine, WI36,791Oshkosh, WI: 35,287 personsOshkosh, WI35,287Janesville, WI: 33,784 personsJanesville, WI33,784West Allis, WI: 31,448 personsWest Allis, WI31,448La Crosse, WI: 27,598 personsLa Crosse, WI27,598Wauwatosa, WI: 26,320 personsWauwatosa, WI26,320Sheboygan, WI: 25,881 personsSheboygan, WI25,881Fond du Lac, WI: 22,689 personsFond du Lac, WI22,689Oak Creek, WI: 21,630 personsOak Creek, WI21,630New Berlin, WI: 21,044 personsNew Berlin, WI21,044Sun Prairie, WI: 20,971 personsSun Prairie, WI20,971Menomonee Falls, WI: 20,516 personsMenomonee Falls, WI20,516Wausau, WI: 20,262 personsWausau, WI20,262Brookfield, WI: 20,038 personsBrookfield, WI20,038Greenfield, WI: 19,840 personsGreenfield, WI19,840Fitchburg, WI: 19,557 personsFitchburg, WI19,557West Bend, WI: 17,681 personsWest Bend, WI17,681Beloit, WI: 17,468 personsBeloit, WI17,468Franklin, WI: 17,298 personsFranklin, WI17,298Manitowoc, WI: 17,066 personsManitowoc, WI17,066Stevens Point, WI: 15,174 personsStevens Point, WI15,174Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,651 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,651Neenah, WI: 14,418 personsNeenah, WI14,418Superior, WI: 14,288 personsSuperior, WI14,288Muskego, WI: 14,119 personsMuskego, WI14,119De Pere, WI: 13,882 personsDe Pere, WI13,882Caledonia, WI: 12,841 personsCaledonia, WI12,841Mequon, WI: 12,476 personsMequon, WI12,476
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
1Milwaukee, WI268,594-2%
2Madison, WI164,744+1.5%
3Green Bay, WI54,556-0.7%
4Kenosha, WI54,193+0.1%
5Waukesha, WI41,461-0.2%
6Appleton, WI40,628-0.5%
7Eau Claire, WI39,855+1.3%
8Racine, WI36,791-1.3%
9Oshkosh, WI35,287+0.1%
10Janesville, WI33,784-0.3%
11West Allis, WI31,448-1.5%
12La Crosse, WI27,598+0.1%
13Wauwatosa, WI26,320+0.4%
14Sheboygan, WI25,881-1.3%
15Fond du Lac, WI22,689-0.9%
16Oak Creek, WI21,630+2.5%
17New Berlin, WI21,044-0.4%
18Sun Prairie, WI20,971+1.1%
19Menomonee Falls, WI20,516+1.2%
20Wausau, WI20,262-0.9%
21Brookfield, WI20,038-0.7%
22Greenfield, WI19,840-0.4%
23Fitchburg, WI19,557+1.2%
24West Bend, WI17,681+0.9%
25Beloit, WI17,468-0.9%
26Franklin, WI17,298-1%
27Manitowoc, WI17,066-1.8%
28Stevens Point, WI15,174+3%
29Mount Pleasant, WI14,651+0.7%
30Neenah, WI14,418-0.9%
31Superior, WI14,288+0.6%
32Muskego, WI14,119+1.1%
33De Pere, WI13,882-0.3%
34Caledonia, WI12,8410%
35Mequon, WI12,476+0.4%

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 Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin 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/wisconsin-cities?period=2022. 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, 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/wisconsin-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 Wisconsin 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/wisconsin-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Milwaukee, WI, with 268,594 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Mequon, WI, with 12,476 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.

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