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Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents

Boston, MA had the highest employed residents of 58 cities in 2019, at 391,508. North Adams, MA had the lowest, at 5,722. The median was 23,480. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest391,508Boston, MA
Lowest5,722North Adams, MA
Median23,48058 cities

All cities, 2019

Boston, MA: 391,508 personsBoston, MA391,508Worcester, MA: 103,580 personsWorcester, MA103,580Cambridge, MA: 71,170 personsCambridge, MA71,170Springfield, MA: 65,704 personsSpringfield, MA65,704Lowell, MA: 59,856 personsLowell, MA59,856Quincy, MA: 58,131 personsQuincy, MA58,131Somerville, MA: 57,127 personsSomerville, MA57,127Lynn, MA: 51,191 personsLynn, MA51,191Brockton, MA: 51,105 personsBrockton, MA51,105Newton, MA: 46,829 personsNewton, MA46,829New Bedford, MA: 45,691 personsNew Bedford, MA45,691Fall River, MA: 43,208 personsFall River, MA43,208Lawrence, MA: 42,753 personsLawrence, MA42,753Framingham, MA: 39,471 personsFramingham, MA39,471Waltham, MA: 38,881 personsWaltham, MA38,881Malden, MA: 38,087 personsMalden, MA38,087Haverhill, MA: 36,246 personsHaverhill, MA36,246Medford, MA: 34,516 personsMedford, MA34,516Revere, MA: 33,617 personsRevere, MA33,617Weymouth Town, MA: 32,039 personsWeymouth Town, MA32,039Taunton, MA: 30,544 personsTaunton, MA30,544Peabody, MA: 28,313 personsPeabody, MA28,313Methuen, MA: 28,129 personsMethuen, MA28,129Everett, MA: 27,415 personsEverett, MA27,415Chicopee, MA: 27,207 personsChicopee, MA27,207Barnstable Town, MA: 26,175 personsBarnstable Town, MA26,175Salem, MA: 25,988 personsSalem, MA25,988Attleboro, MA: 24,894 personsAttleboro, MA24,894Marlborough, MA: 23,481 personsMarlborough, MA23,481Beverly, MA: 23,478 personsBeverly, MA23,478Woburn, MA: 23,452 personsWoburn, MA23,452Leominster, MA: 22,909 personsLeominster, MA22,909Pittsfield, MA: 22,427 personsPittsfield, MA22,427Braintree Town, MA: 21,918 personsBraintree Town, MA21,918Fitchburg, MA: 21,864 personsFitchburg, MA21,864Watertown, MA: 21,174 personsWatertown, MA21,174Chelsea, MA: 19,713 personsChelsea, MA19,713Westfield, MA: 19,695 personsWestfield, MA19,695Randolph Town, MA: 18,732 personsRandolph Town, MA18,732Franklin Town, MA: 18,479 personsFranklin Town, MA18,479Amherst Town, MA: 17,764 personsAmherst Town, MA17,764North Attleborough Town, MA: 17,401 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA17,401Melrose, MA: 16,542 personsMelrose, MA16,542Holyoke, MA: 16,386 personsHolyoke, MA16,386Northampton, MA: 15,399 personsNorthampton, MA15,399Gloucester, MA: 15,373 personsGloucester, MA15,373Agawam Town, MA: 15,144 personsAgawam Town, MA15,144West Springfield Town, MA: 15,137 personsWest Springfield Town, MA15,137Bridgewater Town, MA: 14,582 personsBridgewater Town, MA14,582Winthrop Town, MA: 10,518 personsWinthrop Town, MA10,518Amesbury, MA: 9,782 personsAmesbury, MA9,782Gardner, MA: 9,625 personsGardner, MA9,625Newburyport, MA: 9,339 personsNewburyport, MA9,339Southbridge Town, MA: 8,546 personsSouthbridge Town, MA8,546Easthampton, MA: 8,487 personsEasthampton, MA8,487Greenfield, MA: 8,145 personsGreenfield, MA8,145Palmer Town, MA: 6,442 personsPalmer Town, MA6,442North Adams, MA: 5,722 personsNorth Adams, MA5,722Boston, MA: 391,508 personsBoston, MA391,508Worcester, MA: 103,580 personsWorcester, MA103,580Cambridge, MA: 71,170 personsCambridge, MA71,170Springfield, MA: 65,704 personsSpringfield, MA65,704Lowell, MA: 59,856 personsLowell, MA59,856Quincy, MA: 58,131 personsQuincy, MA58,131Somerville, MA: 57,127 personsSomerville, MA57,127Lynn, MA: 51,191 personsLynn, MA51,191Brockton, MA: 51,105 personsBrockton, MA51,105Newton, MA: 46,829 personsNewton, MA46,829New Bedford, MA: 45,691 personsNew Bedford, MA45,691Fall River, MA: 43,208 personsFall River, MA43,208Lawrence, MA: 42,753 personsLawrence, MA42,753Framingham, MA: 39,471 personsFramingham, MA39,471Waltham, MA: 38,881 personsWaltham, MA38,881Malden, MA: 38,087 personsMalden, MA38,087Haverhill, MA: 36,246 personsHaverhill, MA36,246Medford, MA: 34,516 personsMedford, MA34,516Revere, MA: 33,617 personsRevere, MA33,617Weymouth Town, MA: 32,039 personsWeymouth Town, MA32,039Taunton, MA: 30,544 personsTaunton, MA30,544Peabody, MA: 28,313 personsPeabody, MA28,313Methuen, MA: 28,129 personsMethuen, MA28,129Everett, MA: 27,415 personsEverett, MA27,415Chicopee, MA: 27,207 personsChicopee, MA27,207Barnstable Town, MA: 26,175 personsBarnstable Town, MA26,175Salem, MA: 25,988 personsSalem, MA25,988Attleboro, MA: 24,894 personsAttleboro, MA24,894Marlborough, MA: 23,481 personsMarlborough, MA23,481Beverly, MA: 23,478 personsBeverly, MA23,478Woburn, MA: 23,452 personsWoburn, MA23,452Leominster, MA: 22,909 personsLeominster, MA22,909Pittsfield, MA: 22,427 personsPittsfield, MA22,427Braintree Town, MA: 21,918 personsBraintree Town, MA21,918Fitchburg, MA: 21,864 personsFitchburg, MA21,864Watertown, MA: 21,174 personsWatertown, MA21,174Chelsea, MA: 19,713 personsChelsea, MA19,713Westfield, MA: 19,695 personsWestfield, MA19,695Randolph Town, MA: 18,732 personsRandolph Town, MA18,732Franklin Town, MA: 18,479 personsFranklin Town, MA18,479Amherst Town, MA: 17,764 personsAmherst Town, MA17,764North Attleborough Town, MA: 17,401 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA17,401Melrose, MA: 16,542 personsMelrose, MA16,542Holyoke, MA: 16,386 personsHolyoke, MA16,386Northampton, MA: 15,399 personsNorthampton, MA15,399Gloucester, MA: 15,373 personsGloucester, MA15,373Agawam Town, MA: 15,144 personsAgawam Town, MA15,144West Springfield Town, MA: 15,137 personsWest Springfield Town, MA15,137Bridgewater Town, MA: 14,582 personsBridgewater Town, MA14,582Winthrop Town, MA: 10,518 personsWinthrop Town, MA10,518Amesbury, MA: 9,782 personsAmesbury, MA9,782Gardner, MA: 9,625 personsGardner, MA9,625Newburyport, MA: 9,339 personsNewburyport, MA9,339Southbridge Town, MA: 8,546 personsSouthbridge Town, MA8,546Easthampton, MA: 8,487 personsEasthampton, MA8,487Greenfield, MA: 8,145 personsGreenfield, MA8,145Palmer Town, MA: 6,442 personsPalmer Town, MA6,442North Adams, MA: 5,722 personsNorth Adams, MA5,722
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Boston, MA391,508+1.4%
2Worcester, MA103,580+0.6%
3Cambridge, MA71,170+1.6%
4Springfield, MA65,704+1.2%
5Lowell, MA59,856+0.6%
6Quincy, MA58,131+1.4%
7Somerville, MA57,127+0.9%
8Lynn, MA51,191+1.1%
9Brockton, MA51,105+1.2%
10Newton, MA46,829+0.4%
11New Bedford, MA45,691+0.5%
12Fall River, MA43,208+0.3%
13Lawrence, MA42,753+1%
14Framingham, MA39,471+3.1%
15Waltham, MA38,881+0.8%
16Malden, MA38,087+0.5%
17Haverhill, MA36,246+1.2%
18Medford, MA34,516+0.6%
19Revere, MA33,617+0.3%
20Weymouth Town, MA32,039+1.7%
21Taunton, MA30,544+0.6%
22Peabody, MA28,313+1%
23Methuen, MA28,129+1.3%
24Everett, MA27,415+0.5%
25Chicopee, MA27,207+1%
26Barnstable Town, MA26,175-0.2%
27Salem, MA25,988+1.1%
28Attleboro, MA24,894+0.5%
29Marlborough, MA23,481+0.6%
30Beverly, MA23,478+1.2%
31Woburn, MA23,452+0.8%
32Leominster, MA22,909+0.6%
33Pittsfield, MA22,427-0.5%
34Braintree Town, MA21,918+1.2%
35Fitchburg, MA21,864+0.1%
36Watertown, MA21,174+1.2%
37Chelsea, MA19,713+0.4%
38Westfield, MA19,695+1.3%
39Randolph Town, MA18,732+1.3%
40Franklin Town, MA18,479+4.2%
41Amherst Town, MA17,764+2.7%
42North Attleborough Town, MA17,401+0.6%
43Melrose, MA16,542+0.7%
44Holyoke, MA16,386+1.2%
45Northampton, MA15,399-0%
46Gloucester, MA15,373+1.4%
47Agawam Town, MA15,144+1.2%
48West Springfield Town, MA15,137+1.2%
49Bridgewater Town, MA14,582+2.1%
50Winthrop Town, MA10,518+0.8%
51Amesbury, MA9,782+1.1%
52Gardner, MA9,625+0.7%
53Newburyport, MA9,339+1.6%
54Southbridge Town, MA8,546+0.4%
55Easthampton, MA8,487-0.2%
56Greenfield, MA8,145-0.5%
57Palmer Town, MA6,442+1.1%
58North Adams, MA5,722-0.1%

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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Boston, MA, with 391,508 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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North Adams, MA, with 5,722 in 2019.

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