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Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents

Boston, MA had the highest employed residents of 58 cities in 2020, at 353,999. North Adams, MA had the lowest, at 4,934. The median was 21,460. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest353,999Boston, MA
Lowest4,934North Adams, MA
Median21,46058 cities

All cities, 2020

Boston, MA: 353,999 personsBoston, MA353,999Worcester, MA: 93,651 personsWorcester, MA93,651Cambridge, MA: 65,237 personsCambridge, MA65,237Springfield, MA: 59,802 personsSpringfield, MA59,802Lowell, MA: 54,972 personsLowell, MA54,972Quincy, MA: 52,956 personsQuincy, MA52,956Somerville, MA: 52,075 personsSomerville, MA52,075Lynn, MA: 46,921 personsLynn, MA46,921Brockton, MA: 46,529 personsBrockton, MA46,529Newton, MA: 42,833 personsNewton, MA42,833New Bedford, MA: 41,549 personsNew Bedford, MA41,549Fall River, MA: 39,336 personsFall River, MA39,336Lawrence, MA: 39,104 personsLawrence, MA39,104Framingham, MA: 35,927 personsFramingham, MA35,927Waltham, MA: 34,960 personsWaltham, MA34,960Malden, MA: 34,602 personsMalden, MA34,602Haverhill, MA: 33,228 personsHaverhill, MA33,228Medford, MA: 33,019 personsMedford, MA33,019Revere, MA: 30,227 personsRevere, MA30,227Weymouth Town, MA: 29,391 personsWeymouth Town, MA29,391Taunton, MA: 27,877 personsTaunton, MA27,877Peabody, MA: 25,936 personsPeabody, MA25,936Methuen, MA: 25,866 personsMethuen, MA25,866Everett, MA: 24,940 personsEverett, MA24,940Chicopee, MA: 24,837 personsChicopee, MA24,837Salem, MA: 23,540 personsSalem, MA23,540Barnstable Town, MA: 23,105 personsBarnstable Town, MA23,105Attleboro, MA: 22,744 personsAttleboro, MA22,744Beverly, MA: 21,491 personsBeverly, MA21,491Woburn, MA: 21,428 personsWoburn, MA21,428Marlborough, MA: 21,349 personsMarlborough, MA21,349Leominster, MA: 21,131 personsLeominster, MA21,131Fitchburg, MA: 20,032 personsFitchburg, MA20,032Braintree Town, MA: 19,921 personsBraintree Town, MA19,921Pittsfield, MA: 19,546 personsPittsfield, MA19,546Watertown, MA: 19,516 personsWatertown, MA19,516Westfield, MA: 17,748 personsWestfield, MA17,748Chelsea, MA: 17,737 personsChelsea, MA17,737Randolph Town, MA: 17,033 personsRandolph Town, MA17,033Franklin Town, MA: 16,607 personsFranklin Town, MA16,607North Attleborough Town, MA: 15,859 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA15,859Melrose, MA: 15,031 personsMelrose, MA15,031Holyoke, MA: 14,937 personsHolyoke, MA14,937Northampton, MA: 14,801 personsNorthampton, MA14,801Gloucester, MA: 14,154 personsGloucester, MA14,154West Springfield Town, MA: 13,827 personsWest Springfield Town, MA13,827Agawam Town, MA: 13,822 personsAgawam Town, MA13,822Bridgewater Town, MA: 12,477 personsBridgewater Town, MA12,477Amherst Town, MA: 12,315 personsAmherst Town, MA12,315Winthrop Town, MA: 9,520 personsWinthrop Town, MA9,520Amesbury, MA: 8,967 personsAmesbury, MA8,967Gardner, MA: 8,854 personsGardner, MA8,854Newburyport, MA: 8,648 personsNewburyport, MA8,648Easthampton, MA: 8,209 personsEasthampton, MA8,209Southbridge Town, MA: 7,868 personsSouthbridge Town, MA7,868Greenfield, MA: 7,349 personsGreenfield, MA7,349Palmer Town, MA: 5,876 personsPalmer Town, MA5,876North Adams, MA: 4,934 personsNorth Adams, MA4,934Boston, MA: 353,999 personsBoston, MA353,999Worcester, MA: 93,651 personsWorcester, MA93,651Cambridge, MA: 65,237 personsCambridge, MA65,237Springfield, MA: 59,802 personsSpringfield, MA59,802Lowell, MA: 54,972 personsLowell, MA54,972Quincy, MA: 52,956 personsQuincy, MA52,956Somerville, MA: 52,075 personsSomerville, MA52,075Lynn, MA: 46,921 personsLynn, MA46,921Brockton, MA: 46,529 personsBrockton, MA46,529Newton, MA: 42,833 personsNewton, MA42,833New Bedford, MA: 41,549 personsNew Bedford, MA41,549Fall River, MA: 39,336 personsFall River, MA39,336Lawrence, MA: 39,104 personsLawrence, MA39,104Framingham, MA: 35,927 personsFramingham, MA35,927Waltham, MA: 34,960 personsWaltham, MA34,960Malden, MA: 34,602 personsMalden, MA34,602Haverhill, MA: 33,228 personsHaverhill, MA33,228Medford, MA: 33,019 personsMedford, MA33,019Revere, MA: 30,227 personsRevere, MA30,227Weymouth Town, MA: 29,391 personsWeymouth Town, MA29,391Taunton, MA: 27,877 personsTaunton, MA27,877Peabody, MA: 25,936 personsPeabody, MA25,936Methuen, MA: 25,866 personsMethuen, MA25,866Everett, MA: 24,940 personsEverett, MA24,940Chicopee, MA: 24,837 personsChicopee, MA24,837Salem, MA: 23,540 personsSalem, MA23,540Barnstable Town, MA: 23,105 personsBarnstable Town, MA23,105Attleboro, MA: 22,744 personsAttleboro, MA22,744Beverly, MA: 21,491 personsBeverly, MA21,491Woburn, MA: 21,428 personsWoburn, MA21,428Marlborough, MA: 21,349 personsMarlborough, MA21,349Leominster, MA: 21,131 personsLeominster, MA21,131Fitchburg, MA: 20,032 personsFitchburg, MA20,032Braintree Town, MA: 19,921 personsBraintree Town, MA19,921Pittsfield, MA: 19,546 personsPittsfield, MA19,546Watertown, MA: 19,516 personsWatertown, MA19,516Westfield, MA: 17,748 personsWestfield, MA17,748Chelsea, MA: 17,737 personsChelsea, MA17,737Randolph Town, MA: 17,033 personsRandolph Town, MA17,033Franklin Town, MA: 16,607 personsFranklin Town, MA16,607North Attleborough Town, MA: 15,859 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA15,859Melrose, MA: 15,031 personsMelrose, MA15,031Holyoke, MA: 14,937 personsHolyoke, MA14,937Northampton, MA: 14,801 personsNorthampton, MA14,801Gloucester, MA: 14,154 personsGloucester, MA14,154West Springfield Town, MA: 13,827 personsWest Springfield Town, MA13,827Agawam Town, MA: 13,822 personsAgawam Town, MA13,822Bridgewater Town, MA: 12,477 personsBridgewater Town, MA12,477Amherst Town, MA: 12,315 personsAmherst Town, MA12,315Winthrop Town, MA: 9,520 personsWinthrop Town, MA9,520Amesbury, MA: 8,967 personsAmesbury, MA8,967Gardner, MA: 8,854 personsGardner, MA8,854Newburyport, MA: 8,648 personsNewburyport, MA8,648Easthampton, MA: 8,209 personsEasthampton, MA8,209Southbridge Town, MA: 7,868 personsSouthbridge Town, MA7,868Greenfield, MA: 7,349 personsGreenfield, MA7,349Palmer Town, MA: 5,876 personsPalmer Town, MA5,876North Adams, MA: 4,934 personsNorth Adams, MA4,934
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Boston, MA353,999-9.6%
2Worcester, MA93,651-9.6%
3Cambridge, MA65,237-8.3%
4Springfield, MA59,802-9%
5Lowell, MA54,972-8.2%
6Quincy, MA52,956-8.9%
7Somerville, MA52,075-8.8%
8Lynn, MA46,921-8.3%
9Brockton, MA46,529-9%
10Newton, MA42,833-8.5%
11New Bedford, MA41,549-9.1%
12Fall River, MA39,336-9%
13Lawrence, MA39,104-8.5%
14Framingham, MA35,927-9%
15Waltham, MA34,960-10.1%
16Malden, MA34,602-9.2%
17Haverhill, MA33,228-8.3%
18Medford, MA33,019-4.3%
19Revere, MA30,227-10.1%
20Weymouth Town, MA29,391-8.3%
21Taunton, MA27,877-8.7%
22Peabody, MA25,936-8.4%
23Methuen, MA25,866-8%
24Everett, MA24,940-9%
25Chicopee, MA24,837-8.7%
26Salem, MA23,540-9.4%
27Barnstable Town, MA23,105-11.7%
28Attleboro, MA22,744-8.6%
29Beverly, MA21,491-8.5%
30Woburn, MA21,428-8.6%
31Marlborough, MA21,349-9.1%
32Leominster, MA21,131-7.8%
33Fitchburg, MA20,032-8.4%
34Braintree Town, MA19,921-9.1%
35Pittsfield, MA19,546-12.8%
36Watertown, MA19,516-7.8%
37Westfield, MA17,748-9.9%
38Chelsea, MA17,737-10%
39Randolph Town, MA17,033-9.1%
40Franklin Town, MA16,607-10.1%
41North Attleborough Town, MA15,859-8.9%
42Melrose, MA15,031-9.1%
43Holyoke, MA14,937-8.8%
44Northampton, MA14,801-3.9%
45Gloucester, MA14,154-7.9%
46West Springfield Town, MA13,827-8.7%
47Agawam Town, MA13,822-8.7%
48Bridgewater Town, MA12,477-14.4%
49Amherst Town, MA12,315-30.7%
50Winthrop Town, MA9,520-9.5%
51Amesbury, MA8,967-8.3%
52Gardner, MA8,854-8%
53Newburyport, MA8,648-7.4%
54Easthampton, MA8,209-3.3%
55Southbridge Town, MA7,868-7.9%
56Greenfield, MA7,349-9.8%
57Palmer Town, MA5,876-8.8%
58North Adams, MA4,934-13.8%

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.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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2020. 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/employed-residents/massachusetts-cities?period=2020. 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, 2020. 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/employed-residents/massachusetts-cities?period=2020.

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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/massachusetts-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Boston, MA, with 353,999 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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North Adams, MA, with 4,934 in 2020.

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