# Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents, 2025

All 58 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/massachusetts-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Boston, MA | 391,074 |
| 2 | Worcester, MA | 106,014 |
| 3 | Cambridge, MA | 71,549 |
| 4 | Springfield, MA | 64,089 |
| 5 | Lowell, MA | 61,135 |
| 6 | Quincy, MA | 59,801 |
| 7 | Somerville, MA | 56,568 |
| 8 | Brockton, MA | 51,635 |
| 9 | Lynn, MA | 51,380 |
| 10 | Newton, MA | 46,774 |
| 11 | New Bedford, MA | 46,283 |
| 12 | Fall River, MA | 44,015 |
| 13 | Lawrence, MA | 42,033 |
| 14 | Framingham, MA | 39,090 |
| 15 | Waltham, MA | 38,338 |
| 16 | Malden, MA | 37,356 |
| 17 | Haverhill, MA | 35,880 |
| 18 | Medford, MA | 35,547 |
| 19 | Weymouth Town, MA | 34,090 |
| 20 | Revere, MA | 32,841 |
| 21 | Taunton, MA | 32,256 |
| 22 | Methuen, MA | 28,340 |
| 23 | Peabody, MA | 28,255 |
| 24 | Everett, MA | 28,242 |
| 25 | Chicopee, MA | 26,651 |
| 26 | Barnstable Town, MA | 26,528 |
| 27 | Salem, MA | 26,332 |
| 28 | Attleboro, MA | 25,572 |
| 29 | Woburn, MA | 24,646 |
| 30 | Beverly, MA | 23,335 |
| 31 | Leominster, MA | 23,161 |
| 32 | Marlborough, MA | 23,105 |
| 33 | Braintree Town, MA | 22,107 |
| 34 | Fitchburg, MA | 21,977 |
| 35 | Pittsfield, MA | 21,243 |
| 36 | Watertown, MA | 21,241 |
| 37 | Chelsea, MA | 19,507 |
| 38 | Franklin Town, MA | 19,208 |
| 39 | Westfield, MA | 19,177 |
| 40 | Randolph Town, MA | 18,951 |
| 41 | Amherst Town, MA | 18,059 |
| 42 | North Attleborough Town, MA | 17,829 |
| 43 | Melrose, MA | 16,186 |
| 44 | Holyoke, MA | 15,919 |
| 45 | Northampton, MA | 15,748 |
| 46 | Gloucester, MA | 15,515 |
| 47 | Bridgewater Town, MA | 15,033 |
| 48 | West Springfield Town, MA | 14,988 |
| 49 | Agawam Town, MA | 14,911 |
| 50 | Winthrop Town, MA | 10,266 |
| 51 | Amesbury, MA | 9,744 |
| 52 | Newburyport, MA | 9,686 |
| 53 | Gardner, MA | 9,676 |
| 54 | Southbridge Town, MA | 8,729 |
| 55 | Easthampton, MA | 8,090 |
| 56 | Greenfield, MA | 7,745 |
| 57 | Palmer Town, MA | 6,296 |
| 58 | North Adams, MA | 5,339 |