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Cities in Wisconsin by civilian labor force

Milwaukee, WI had the highest civilian labor force of 35 cities in 2023, at 269,203. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 12,573. The median was 21,200. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest269,203Milwaukee, WI
Lowest12,573Mequon, WI
Median21,20035 cities

All cities, 2023

Milwaukee, WI: 269,203 personsMilwaukee, WI269,203Madison, WI: 168,960 personsMadison, WI168,960Green Bay, WI: 55,144 personsGreen Bay, WI55,144Kenosha, WI: 55,129 personsKenosha, WI55,129Waukesha, WI: 41,863 personsWaukesha, WI41,863Eau Claire, WI: 40,951 personsEau Claire, WI40,951Appleton, WI: 40,885 personsAppleton, WI40,885Racine, WI: 37,122 personsRacine, WI37,122Oshkosh, WI: 35,517 personsOshkosh, WI35,517Janesville, WI: 34,596 personsJanesville, WI34,596West Allis, WI: 31,710 personsWest Allis, WI31,710La Crosse, WI: 28,163 personsLa Crosse, WI28,163Wauwatosa, WI: 26,680 personsWauwatosa, WI26,680Sheboygan, WI: 26,295 personsSheboygan, WI26,295Fond du Lac, WI: 22,634 personsFond du Lac, WI22,634Oak Creek, WI: 21,965 personsOak Creek, WI21,965Sun Prairie, WI: 21,698 personsSun Prairie, WI21,698New Berlin, WI: 21,200 personsNew Berlin, WI21,200Menomonee Falls, WI: 20,989 personsMenomonee Falls, WI20,989Fitchburg, WI: 20,497 personsFitchburg, WI20,497Wausau, WI: 20,363 personsWausau, WI20,363Brookfield, WI: 20,224 personsBrookfield, WI20,224Greenfield, WI: 19,835 personsGreenfield, WI19,835Beloit, WI: 17,850 personsBeloit, WI17,850West Bend, WI: 17,774 personsWest Bend, WI17,774Franklin, WI: 17,631 personsFranklin, WI17,631Manitowoc, WI: 17,134 personsManitowoc, WI17,134Stevens Point, WI: 15,236 personsStevens Point, WI15,236Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,874 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,874Neenah, WI: 14,500 personsNeenah, WI14,500Superior, WI: 14,426 personsSuperior, WI14,426Muskego, WI: 14,272 personsMuskego, WI14,272De Pere, WI: 14,052 personsDe Pere, WI14,052Caledonia, WI: 12,903 personsCaledonia, WI12,903Mequon, WI: 12,573 personsMequon, WI12,573Milwaukee, WI: 269,203 personsMilwaukee, WI269,203Madison, WI: 168,960 personsMadison, WI168,960Green Bay, WI: 55,144 personsGreen Bay, WI55,144Kenosha, WI: 55,129 personsKenosha, WI55,129Waukesha, WI: 41,863 personsWaukesha, WI41,863Eau Claire, WI: 40,951 personsEau Claire, WI40,951Appleton, WI: 40,885 personsAppleton, WI40,885Racine, WI: 37,122 personsRacine, WI37,122Oshkosh, WI: 35,517 personsOshkosh, WI35,517Janesville, WI: 34,596 personsJanesville, WI34,596West Allis, WI: 31,710 personsWest Allis, WI31,710La Crosse, WI: 28,163 personsLa Crosse, WI28,163Wauwatosa, WI: 26,680 personsWauwatosa, WI26,680Sheboygan, WI: 26,295 personsSheboygan, WI26,295Fond du Lac, WI: 22,634 personsFond du Lac, WI22,634Oak Creek, WI: 21,965 personsOak Creek, WI21,965Sun Prairie, WI: 21,698 personsSun Prairie, WI21,698New Berlin, WI: 21,200 personsNew Berlin, WI21,200Menomonee Falls, WI: 20,989 personsMenomonee Falls, WI20,989Fitchburg, WI: 20,497 personsFitchburg, WI20,497Wausau, WI: 20,363 personsWausau, WI20,363Brookfield, WI: 20,224 personsBrookfield, WI20,224Greenfield, WI: 19,835 personsGreenfield, WI19,835Beloit, WI: 17,850 personsBeloit, WI17,850West Bend, WI: 17,774 personsWest Bend, WI17,774Franklin, WI: 17,631 personsFranklin, WI17,631Manitowoc, WI: 17,134 personsManitowoc, WI17,134Stevens Point, WI: 15,236 personsStevens Point, WI15,236Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,874 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,874Neenah, WI: 14,500 personsNeenah, WI14,500Superior, WI: 14,426 personsSuperior, WI14,426Muskego, WI: 14,272 personsMuskego, WI14,272De Pere, WI: 14,052 personsDe Pere, WI14,052Caledonia, WI: 12,903 personsCaledonia, WI12,903Mequon, WI: 12,573 personsMequon, WI12,573
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

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Milwaukee, WI269,203+0.2%
2Madison, WI168,960+2.6%
3Green Bay, WI55,144+1.1%
4Kenosha, WI55,129+1.7%
5Waukesha, WI41,863+1%
6Eau Claire, WI40,951+2.7%
7Appleton, WI40,885+0.6%
8Racine, WI37,122+0.9%
9Oshkosh, WI35,517+0.7%
10Janesville, WI34,596+2.4%
11West Allis, WI31,710+0.8%
12La Crosse, WI28,163+2%
13Wauwatosa, WI26,680+1.4%
14Sheboygan, WI26,295+1.6%
15Fond du Lac, WI22,634-0.2%
16Oak Creek, WI21,965+1.5%
17Sun Prairie, WI21,698+3.5%
18New Berlin, WI21,200+0.7%
19Menomonee Falls, WI20,989+2.3%
20Fitchburg, WI20,497+4.8%
21Wausau, WI20,363+0.5%
22Brookfield, WI20,224+0.9%
23Greenfield, WI19,835-0%
24Beloit, WI17,850+2.2%
25West Bend, WI17,774+0.5%
26Franklin, WI17,631+1.9%
27Manitowoc, WI17,134+0.4%
28Stevens Point, WI15,236+0.4%
29Mount Pleasant, WI14,874+1.5%
30Neenah, WI14,500+0.6%
31Superior, WI14,426+1%
32Muskego, WI14,272+1.1%
33De Pere, WI14,052+1.2%
34Caledonia, WI12,903+0.5%
35Mequon, WI12,573+0.8%

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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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 Wisconsin by civilian labor force, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Milwaukee, WI, with 269,203 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Mequon, WI, with 12,573 in 2023.

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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