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Cities in Wisconsin by civilian labor force

Milwaukee, WI had the highest civilian labor force of 35 cities in 2024, at 268,929. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 12,525. The median was 21,252. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest268,929Milwaukee, WI
Lowest12,525Mequon, WI
Median21,25235 cities

All cities, 2024

Milwaukee, WI: 268,929 personsMilwaukee, WI268,929Madison, WI: 171,445 personsMadison, WI171,445Kenosha, WI: 55,746 personsKenosha, WI55,746Green Bay, WI: 55,267 personsGreen Bay, WI55,267Waukesha, WI: 41,778 personsWaukesha, WI41,778Eau Claire, WI: 41,532 personsEau Claire, WI41,532Appleton, WI: 40,827 personsAppleton, WI40,827Racine, WI: 37,428 personsRacine, WI37,428Oshkosh, WI: 35,669 personsOshkosh, WI35,669Janesville, WI: 34,754 personsJanesville, WI34,754West Allis, WI: 31,864 personsWest Allis, WI31,864La Crosse, WI: 28,078 personsLa Crosse, WI28,078Wauwatosa, WI: 26,580 personsWauwatosa, WI26,580Sheboygan, WI: 26,388 personsSheboygan, WI26,388Fond du Lac, WI: 22,401 personsFond du Lac, WI22,401Oak Creek, WI: 22,209 personsOak Creek, WI22,209Sun Prairie, WI: 22,179 personsSun Prairie, WI22,179Menomonee Falls, WI: 21,252 personsMenomonee Falls, WI21,252New Berlin, WI: 21,166 personsNew Berlin, WI21,166Fitchburg, WI: 21,050 personsFitchburg, WI21,050Wausau, WI: 20,438 personsWausau, WI20,438Brookfield, WI: 20,216 personsBrookfield, WI20,216Greenfield, WI: 19,802 personsGreenfield, WI19,802Franklin, WI: 17,981 personsFranklin, WI17,981Beloit, WI: 17,944 personsBeloit, WI17,944West Bend, WI: 17,682 personsWest Bend, WI17,682Manitowoc, WI: 17,268 personsManitowoc, WI17,268Stevens Point, WI: 15,242 personsStevens Point, WI15,242Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,874 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,874Neenah, WI: 14,576 personsNeenah, WI14,576Superior, WI: 14,395 personsSuperior, WI14,395Muskego, WI: 14,335 personsMuskego, WI14,335De Pere, WI: 14,133 personsDe Pere, WI14,133Caledonia, WI: 12,906 personsCaledonia, WI12,906Mequon, WI: 12,525 personsMequon, WI12,525Milwaukee, WI: 268,929 personsMilwaukee, WI268,929Madison, WI: 171,445 personsMadison, WI171,445Kenosha, WI: 55,746 personsKenosha, WI55,746Green Bay, WI: 55,267 personsGreen Bay, WI55,267Waukesha, WI: 41,778 personsWaukesha, WI41,778Eau Claire, WI: 41,532 personsEau Claire, WI41,532Appleton, WI: 40,827 personsAppleton, WI40,827Racine, WI: 37,428 personsRacine, WI37,428Oshkosh, WI: 35,669 personsOshkosh, WI35,669Janesville, WI: 34,754 personsJanesville, WI34,754West Allis, WI: 31,864 personsWest Allis, WI31,864La Crosse, WI: 28,078 personsLa Crosse, WI28,078Wauwatosa, WI: 26,580 personsWauwatosa, WI26,580Sheboygan, WI: 26,388 personsSheboygan, WI26,388Fond du Lac, WI: 22,401 personsFond du Lac, WI22,401Oak Creek, WI: 22,209 personsOak Creek, WI22,209Sun Prairie, WI: 22,179 personsSun Prairie, WI22,179Menomonee Falls, WI: 21,252 personsMenomonee Falls, WI21,252New Berlin, WI: 21,166 personsNew Berlin, WI21,166Fitchburg, WI: 21,050 personsFitchburg, WI21,050Wausau, WI: 20,438 personsWausau, WI20,438Brookfield, WI: 20,216 personsBrookfield, WI20,216Greenfield, WI: 19,802 personsGreenfield, WI19,802Franklin, WI: 17,981 personsFranklin, WI17,981Beloit, WI: 17,944 personsBeloit, WI17,944West Bend, WI: 17,682 personsWest Bend, WI17,682Manitowoc, WI: 17,268 personsManitowoc, WI17,268Stevens Point, WI: 15,242 personsStevens Point, WI15,242Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,874 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,874Neenah, WI: 14,576 personsNeenah, WI14,576Superior, WI: 14,395 personsSuperior, WI14,395Muskego, WI: 14,335 personsMuskego, WI14,335De Pere, WI: 14,133 personsDe Pere, WI14,133Caledonia, WI: 12,906 personsCaledonia, WI12,906Mequon, WI: 12,525 personsMequon, WI12,525
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

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Milwaukee, WI268,929-0.1%
2Madison, WI171,445+1.5%
3Kenosha, WI55,746+1.1%
4Green Bay, WI55,267+0.2%
5Waukesha, WI41,778-0.2%
6Eau Claire, WI41,532+1.4%
7Appleton, WI40,827-0.1%
8Racine, WI37,428+0.8%
9Oshkosh, WI35,669+0.4%
10Janesville, WI34,754+0.5%
11West Allis, WI31,864+0.5%
12La Crosse, WI28,078-0.3%
13Wauwatosa, WI26,580-0.4%
14Sheboygan, WI26,388+0.4%
15Fond du Lac, WI22,401-1%
16Oak Creek, WI22,209+1.1%
17Sun Prairie, WI22,179+2.2%
18Menomonee Falls, WI21,252+1.3%
19New Berlin, WI21,166-0.2%
20Fitchburg, WI21,050+2.7%
21Wausau, WI20,438+0.4%
22Brookfield, WI20,216-0%
23Greenfield, WI19,802-0.2%
24Franklin, WI17,981+2%
25Beloit, WI17,944+0.5%
26West Bend, WI17,682-0.5%
27Manitowoc, WI17,268+0.8%
28Stevens Point, WI15,2420%
29Mount Pleasant, WI14,8740%
30Neenah, WI14,576+0.5%
31Superior, WI14,395-0.2%
32Muskego, WI14,335+0.4%
33De Pere, WI14,133+0.6%
34Caledonia, WI12,9060%
35Mequon, WI12,525-0.4%

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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Milwaukee, WI, with 268,929 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Mequon, WI, with 12,525 in 2024.

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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