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Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents

Boston, MA had the highest employed residents of 58 cities in 2015, at 350,454. North Adams, MA had the lowest, at 5,700. The median was 22,176. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest350,454Boston, MA
Lowest5,700North Adams, MA
Median22,17658 cities

All cities, 2015

Boston, MA: 350,454 personsBoston, MA350,454Worcester, MA: 86,412 personsWorcester, MA86,412Cambridge, MA: 62,699 personsCambridge, MA62,699Springfield, MA: 58,386 personsSpringfield, MA58,386Lowell, MA: 51,292 personsLowell, MA51,292Quincy, MA: 50,540 personsQuincy, MA50,540Somerville, MA: 48,966 personsSomerville, MA48,966Newton, MA: 44,996 personsNewton, MA44,996Lynn, MA: 44,341 personsLynn, MA44,341Brockton, MA: 43,923 personsBrockton, MA43,923New Bedford, MA: 43,319 personsNew Bedford, MA43,319Framingham, MA: 38,330 personsFramingham, MA38,330Fall River, MA: 36,708 personsFall River, MA36,708Waltham, MA: 35,825 personsWaltham, MA35,825Lawrence, MA: 33,015 personsLawrence, MA33,015Haverhill, MA: 32,511 personsHaverhill, MA32,511Medford, MA: 32,059 personsMedford, MA32,059Malden, MA: 31,899 personsMalden, MA31,899Weymouth Town, MA: 28,964 personsWeymouth Town, MA28,964Taunton, MA: 28,007 personsTaunton, MA28,007Peabody, MA: 27,540 personsPeabody, MA27,540Revere, MA: 26,858 personsRevere, MA26,858Chicopee, MA: 26,375 personsChicopee, MA26,375Methuen, MA: 25,364 personsMethuen, MA25,364Everett, MA: 24,600 personsEverett, MA24,600Attleboro, MA: 23,251 personsAttleboro, MA23,251Salem, MA: 22,644 personsSalem, MA22,644Marlborough, MA: 22,529 personsMarlborough, MA22,529Barnstable Town, MA: 22,458 personsBarnstable Town, MA22,458Beverly, MA: 21,893 personsBeverly, MA21,893Woburn, MA: 21,713 personsWoburn, MA21,713Leominster, MA: 20,855 personsLeominster, MA20,855Watertown, MA: 20,694 personsWatertown, MA20,694Pittsfield, MA: 20,533 personsPittsfield, MA20,533Westfield, MA: 20,091 personsWestfield, MA20,091Braintree Town, MA: 19,515 personsBraintree Town, MA19,515Chelsea, MA: 18,790 personsChelsea, MA18,790Fitchburg, MA: 18,119 personsFitchburg, MA18,119Amherst Town, MA: 17,994 personsAmherst Town, MA17,994Franklin Town, MA: 17,015 personsFranklin Town, MA17,015Randolph Town, MA: 16,643 personsRandolph Town, MA16,643Northampton, MA: 15,550 personsNorthampton, MA15,550North Attleborough Town, MA: 15,466 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA15,466Melrose, MA: 15,457 personsMelrose, MA15,457Agawam Town, MA: 15,235 personsAgawam Town, MA15,235Holyoke, MA: 15,226 personsHolyoke, MA15,226Gloucester, MA: 14,589 personsGloucester, MA14,589Bridgewater Town, MA: 14,031 personsBridgewater Town, MA14,031West Springfield Town, MA: 13,896 personsWest Springfield Town, MA13,896Winthrop Town, MA: 9,864 personsWinthrop Town, MA9,864Amesbury, MA: 9,797 personsAmesbury, MA9,797Newburyport, MA: 9,451 personsNewburyport, MA9,451Easthampton, MA: 9,161 personsEasthampton, MA9,161Greenfield, MA: 9,092 personsGreenfield, MA9,092Gardner, MA: 8,944 personsGardner, MA8,944Southbridge Town, MA: 7,501 personsSouthbridge Town, MA7,501Palmer Town, MA: 5,833 personsPalmer Town, MA5,833North Adams, MA: 5,700 personsNorth Adams, MA5,700Boston, MA: 350,454 personsBoston, MA350,454Worcester, MA: 86,412 personsWorcester, MA86,412Cambridge, MA: 62,699 personsCambridge, MA62,699Springfield, MA: 58,386 personsSpringfield, MA58,386Lowell, MA: 51,292 personsLowell, MA51,292Quincy, MA: 50,540 personsQuincy, MA50,540Somerville, MA: 48,966 personsSomerville, MA48,966Newton, MA: 44,996 personsNewton, MA44,996Lynn, MA: 44,341 personsLynn, MA44,341Brockton, MA: 43,923 personsBrockton, MA43,923New Bedford, MA: 43,319 personsNew Bedford, MA43,319Framingham, MA: 38,330 personsFramingham, MA38,330Fall River, MA: 36,708 personsFall River, MA36,708Waltham, MA: 35,825 personsWaltham, MA35,825Lawrence, MA: 33,015 personsLawrence, MA33,015Haverhill, MA: 32,511 personsHaverhill, MA32,511Medford, MA: 32,059 personsMedford, MA32,059Malden, MA: 31,899 personsMalden, MA31,899Weymouth Town, MA: 28,964 personsWeymouth Town, MA28,964Taunton, MA: 28,007 personsTaunton, MA28,007Peabody, MA: 27,540 personsPeabody, MA27,540Revere, MA: 26,858 personsRevere, MA26,858Chicopee, MA: 26,375 personsChicopee, MA26,375Methuen, MA: 25,364 personsMethuen, MA25,364Everett, MA: 24,600 personsEverett, MA24,600Attleboro, MA: 23,251 personsAttleboro, MA23,251Salem, MA: 22,644 personsSalem, MA22,644Marlborough, MA: 22,529 personsMarlborough, MA22,529Barnstable Town, MA: 22,458 personsBarnstable Town, MA22,458Beverly, MA: 21,893 personsBeverly, MA21,893Woburn, MA: 21,713 personsWoburn, MA21,713Leominster, MA: 20,855 personsLeominster, MA20,855Watertown, MA: 20,694 personsWatertown, MA20,694Pittsfield, MA: 20,533 personsPittsfield, MA20,533Westfield, MA: 20,091 personsWestfield, MA20,091Braintree Town, MA: 19,515 personsBraintree Town, MA19,515Chelsea, MA: 18,790 personsChelsea, MA18,790Fitchburg, MA: 18,119 personsFitchburg, MA18,119Amherst Town, MA: 17,994 personsAmherst Town, MA17,994Franklin Town, MA: 17,015 personsFranklin Town, MA17,015Randolph Town, MA: 16,643 personsRandolph Town, MA16,643Northampton, MA: 15,550 personsNorthampton, MA15,550North Attleborough Town, MA: 15,466 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA15,466Melrose, MA: 15,457 personsMelrose, MA15,457Agawam Town, MA: 15,235 personsAgawam Town, MA15,235Holyoke, MA: 15,226 personsHolyoke, MA15,226Gloucester, MA: 14,589 personsGloucester, MA14,589Bridgewater Town, MA: 14,031 personsBridgewater Town, MA14,031West Springfield Town, MA: 13,896 personsWest Springfield Town, MA13,896Winthrop Town, MA: 9,864 personsWinthrop Town, MA9,864Amesbury, MA: 9,797 personsAmesbury, MA9,797Newburyport, MA: 9,451 personsNewburyport, MA9,451Easthampton, MA: 9,161 personsEasthampton, MA9,161Greenfield, MA: 9,092 personsGreenfield, MA9,092Gardner, MA: 8,944 personsGardner, MA8,944Southbridge Town, MA: 7,501 personsSouthbridge Town, MA7,501Palmer Town, MA: 5,833 personsPalmer Town, MA5,833North Adams, MA: 5,700 personsNorth Adams, MA5,700
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Boston, MA350,454+2.7%
2Worcester, MA86,412+1.7%
3Cambridge, MA62,699+1.6%
4Springfield, MA58,386+1.3%
5Lowell, MA51,292+1.9%
6Quincy, MA50,540+1.2%
7Somerville, MA48,966+2.8%
8Newton, MA44,996+1.6%
9Lynn, MA44,341+1%
10Brockton, MA43,923+1.5%
11New Bedford, MA43,319+1.7%
12Framingham, MA38,330+1.3%
13Fall River, MA36,708+1.6%
14Waltham, MA35,825+1.5%
15Lawrence, MA33,015+4%
16Haverhill, MA32,511+2%
17Medford, MA32,059+0.9%
18Malden, MA31,899+1.3%
19Weymouth Town, MA28,964+1.5%
20Taunton, MA28,007+1%
21Peabody, MA27,540+0.7%
22Revere, MA26,858-0.4%
23Chicopee, MA26,375+2.8%
24Methuen, MA25,364+2.5%
25Everett, MA24,600+5.1%
26Attleboro, MA23,251+2.2%
27Salem, MA22,644+0.6%
28Marlborough, MA22,529+1.2%
29Barnstable Town, MA22,458+0.7%
30Beverly, MA21,893+1%
31Woburn, MA21,713+1.7%
32Leominster, MA20,855+1.9%
33Watertown, MA20,694+1.5%
34Pittsfield, MA20,533+0.8%
35Westfield, MA20,091+1.3%
36Braintree Town, MA19,515+1.3%
37Chelsea, MA18,790+2.4%
38Fitchburg, MA18,119+1.1%
39Amherst Town, MA17,994+1.3%
40Franklin Town, MA17,015+1.9%
41Randolph Town, MA16,643+1.2%
42Northampton, MA15,550+1%
43North Attleborough Town, MA15,466+2.1%
44Melrose, MA15,457+1.1%
45Agawam Town, MA15,235+1.3%
46Holyoke, MA15,226+2.5%
47Gloucester, MA14,589+1.5%
48Bridgewater Town, MA14,031+1.5%
49West Springfield Town, MA13,896+1.3%
50Winthrop Town, MA9,864-0.1%
51Amesbury, MA9,797+5.3%
52Newburyport, MA9,451+1.9%
53Easthampton, MA9,161+1.1%
54Greenfield, MA9,092+1.5%
55Gardner, MA8,944+0.6%
56Southbridge Town, MA7,501+0.9%
57Palmer Town, MA5,833+1.2%
58North Adams, MA5,700-0.1%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. 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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/massachusetts-cities?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/massachusetts-cities?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/massachusetts-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents, 2015}},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Boston, MA, with 350,454 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

North Adams, MA, with 5,700 in 2015.

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