# Cities in Arizona by employed residents, 2025

All 32 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. 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.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arizona-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Phoenix, AZ | 892,673 |
| 2 | Mesa, AZ | 268,093 |
| 3 | Tucson, AZ | 258,341 |
| 4 | Chandler, AZ | 161,040 |
| 5 | Gilbert, AZ | 158,042 |
| 6 | Scottsdale, AZ | 134,688 |
| 7 | Glendale, AZ | 127,984 |
| 8 | Tempe, AZ | 117,046 |
| 9 | Peoria, AZ | 99,335 |
| 10 | Surprise, AZ | 77,254 |
| 11 | Goodyear, AZ | 55,676 |
| 12 | Avondale, AZ | 50,020 |
| 13 | Buckeye, AZ | 49,241 |
| 14 | Yuma, AZ | 44,611 |
| 15 | Flagstaff, AZ | 42,968 |
| 16 | Queen Creek, AZ | 42,235 |
| 17 | Maricopa, AZ | 37,815 |
| 18 | Casa Grande, AZ | 30,226 |
| 19 | Marana, AZ | 28,944 |
| 20 | Lake Havasu City, AZ | 23,940 |
| 21 | Prescott Valley, AZ | 22,163 |
| 22 | Oro Valley, AZ | 19,533 |
| 23 | El Mirage, AZ | 18,660 |
| 24 | Apache Junction, AZ | 18,289 |
| 25 | Prescott, AZ | 18,014 |
| 26 | Sierra Vista, AZ | 16,465 |
| 27 | Bullhead City, AZ | 15,795 |
| 28 | Sahuarita, AZ | 14,667 |
| 29 | Kingman, AZ | 14,591 |
| 30 | San Luis, AZ | 14,059 |
| 31 | Fountain Hills, AZ | 10,948 |
| 32 | Florence, AZ | 4,665 |