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Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents

Boston, MA had the highest employed residents of 58 cities in 2022, at 373,743. North Adams, MA had the lowest, at 5,245. The median was 23,046. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest373,743Boston, MA
Lowest5,245North Adams, MA
Median23,04658 cities

All cities, 2022

Boston, MA: 373,743 personsBoston, MA373,743Worcester, MA: 101,754 personsWorcester, MA101,754Cambridge, MA: 69,272 personsCambridge, MA69,272Springfield, MA: 63,550 personsSpringfield, MA63,550Lowell, MA: 59,837 personsLowell, MA59,837Quincy, MA: 57,663 personsQuincy, MA57,663Somerville, MA: 55,225 personsSomerville, MA55,225Brockton, MA: 50,033 personsBrockton, MA50,033Lynn, MA: 49,968 personsLynn, MA49,968Newton, MA: 45,291 personsNewton, MA45,291New Bedford, MA: 44,492 personsNew Bedford, MA44,492Fall River, MA: 42,140 personsFall River, MA42,140Lawrence, MA: 41,315 personsLawrence, MA41,315Framingham, MA: 38,216 personsFramingham, MA38,216Waltham, MA: 37,474 personsWaltham, MA37,474Malden, MA: 36,472 personsMalden, MA36,472Haverhill, MA: 35,225 personsHaverhill, MA35,225Medford, MA: 34,860 personsMedford, MA34,860Weymouth Town, MA: 31,898 personsWeymouth Town, MA31,898Revere, MA: 31,107 personsRevere, MA31,107Taunton, MA: 30,204 personsTaunton, MA30,204Methuen, MA: 27,750 personsMethuen, MA27,750Peabody, MA: 27,569 personsPeabody, MA27,569Everett, MA: 27,036 personsEverett, MA27,036Chicopee, MA: 26,341 personsChicopee, MA26,341Salem, MA: 25,601 personsSalem, MA25,601Barnstable Town, MA: 25,292 personsBarnstable Town, MA25,292Attleboro, MA: 24,495 personsAttleboro, MA24,495Woburn, MA: 23,286 personsWoburn, MA23,286Beverly, MA: 22,806 personsBeverly, MA22,806Leominster, MA: 22,575 personsLeominster, MA22,575Marlborough, MA: 22,562 personsMarlborough, MA22,562Braintree Town, MA: 21,360 personsBraintree Town, MA21,360Fitchburg, MA: 21,328 personsFitchburg, MA21,328Pittsfield, MA: 20,893 personsPittsfield, MA20,893Watertown, MA: 20,783 personsWatertown, MA20,783Westfield, MA: 19,087 personsWestfield, MA19,087Chelsea, MA: 18,705 personsChelsea, MA18,705Franklin Town, MA: 18,445 personsFranklin Town, MA18,445Randolph Town, MA: 18,300 personsRandolph Town, MA18,300Amherst Town, MA: 17,719 personsAmherst Town, MA17,719North Attleborough Town, MA: 17,094 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA17,094Melrose, MA: 15,858 personsMelrose, MA15,858Holyoke, MA: 15,764 personsHolyoke, MA15,764Northampton, MA: 15,581 personsNorthampton, MA15,581Gloucester, MA: 15,161 personsGloucester, MA15,161West Springfield Town, MA: 14,645 personsWest Springfield Town, MA14,645Agawam Town, MA: 14,629 personsAgawam Town, MA14,629Bridgewater Town, MA: 14,495 personsBridgewater Town, MA14,495Winthrop Town, MA: 9,958 personsWinthrop Town, MA9,958Amesbury, MA: 9,512 personsAmesbury, MA9,512Newburyport, MA: 9,412 personsNewburyport, MA9,412Gardner, MA: 9,337 personsGardner, MA9,337Southbridge Town, MA: 8,500 personsSouthbridge Town, MA8,500Easthampton, MA: 8,033 personsEasthampton, MA8,033Greenfield, MA: 7,797 personsGreenfield, MA7,797Palmer Town, MA: 6,236 personsPalmer Town, MA6,236North Adams, MA: 5,245 personsNorth Adams, MA5,245Boston, MA: 373,743 personsBoston, MA373,743Worcester, MA: 101,754 personsWorcester, MA101,754Cambridge, MA: 69,272 personsCambridge, MA69,272Springfield, MA: 63,550 personsSpringfield, MA63,550Lowell, MA: 59,837 personsLowell, MA59,837Quincy, MA: 57,663 personsQuincy, MA57,663Somerville, MA: 55,225 personsSomerville, MA55,225Brockton, MA: 50,033 personsBrockton, MA50,033Lynn, MA: 49,968 personsLynn, MA49,968Newton, MA: 45,291 personsNewton, MA45,291New Bedford, MA: 44,492 personsNew Bedford, MA44,492Fall River, MA: 42,140 personsFall River, MA42,140Lawrence, MA: 41,315 personsLawrence, MA41,315Framingham, MA: 38,216 personsFramingham, MA38,216Waltham, MA: 37,474 personsWaltham, MA37,474Malden, MA: 36,472 personsMalden, MA36,472Haverhill, MA: 35,225 personsHaverhill, MA35,225Medford, MA: 34,860 personsMedford, MA34,860Weymouth Town, MA: 31,898 personsWeymouth Town, MA31,898Revere, MA: 31,107 personsRevere, MA31,107Taunton, MA: 30,204 personsTaunton, MA30,204Methuen, MA: 27,750 personsMethuen, MA27,750Peabody, MA: 27,569 personsPeabody, MA27,569Everett, MA: 27,036 personsEverett, MA27,036Chicopee, MA: 26,341 personsChicopee, MA26,341Salem, MA: 25,601 personsSalem, MA25,601Barnstable Town, MA: 25,292 personsBarnstable Town, MA25,292Attleboro, MA: 24,495 personsAttleboro, MA24,495Woburn, MA: 23,286 personsWoburn, MA23,286Beverly, MA: 22,806 personsBeverly, MA22,806Leominster, MA: 22,575 personsLeominster, MA22,575Marlborough, MA: 22,562 personsMarlborough, MA22,562Braintree Town, MA: 21,360 personsBraintree Town, MA21,360Fitchburg, MA: 21,328 personsFitchburg, MA21,328Pittsfield, MA: 20,893 personsPittsfield, MA20,893Watertown, MA: 20,783 personsWatertown, MA20,783Westfield, MA: 19,087 personsWestfield, MA19,087Chelsea, MA: 18,705 personsChelsea, MA18,705Franklin Town, MA: 18,445 personsFranklin Town, MA18,445Randolph Town, MA: 18,300 personsRandolph Town, MA18,300Amherst Town, MA: 17,719 personsAmherst Town, MA17,719North Attleborough Town, MA: 17,094 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA17,094Melrose, MA: 15,858 personsMelrose, MA15,858Holyoke, MA: 15,764 personsHolyoke, MA15,764Northampton, MA: 15,581 personsNorthampton, MA15,581Gloucester, MA: 15,161 personsGloucester, MA15,161West Springfield Town, MA: 14,645 personsWest Springfield Town, MA14,645Agawam Town, MA: 14,629 personsAgawam Town, MA14,629Bridgewater Town, MA: 14,495 personsBridgewater Town, MA14,495Winthrop Town, MA: 9,958 personsWinthrop Town, MA9,958Amesbury, MA: 9,512 personsAmesbury, MA9,512Newburyport, MA: 9,412 personsNewburyport, MA9,412Gardner, MA: 9,337 personsGardner, MA9,337Southbridge Town, MA: 8,500 personsSouthbridge Town, MA8,500Easthampton, MA: 8,033 personsEasthampton, MA8,033Greenfield, MA: 7,797 personsGreenfield, MA7,797Palmer Town, MA: 6,236 personsPalmer Town, MA6,236North Adams, MA: 5,245 personsNorth Adams, MA5,245
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Boston, MA373,743+3.2%
2Worcester, MA101,754+2.8%
3Cambridge, MA69,272+2.7%
4Springfield, MA63,550+1.1%
5Lowell, MA59,837+2.5%
6Quincy, MA57,663+4.1%
7Somerville, MA55,225+2.5%
8Brockton, MA50,033+2.5%
9Lynn, MA49,968+2.3%
10Newton, MA45,291+2.3%
11New Bedford, MA44,492+2.4%
12Fall River, MA42,140+2.5%
13Lawrence, MA41,315+1.9%
14Framingham, MA38,216+2.4%
15Waltham, MA37,474+2.2%
16Malden, MA36,472+2.2%
17Haverhill, MA35,225+2.1%
18Medford, MA34,860+2.3%
19Weymouth Town, MA31,898+3.1%
20Revere, MA31,107+2.1%
21Taunton, MA30,204+3.1%
22Methuen, MA27,750+3%
23Peabody, MA27,569+2.3%
24Everett, MA27,036+4.4%
25Chicopee, MA26,341+1.1%
26Salem, MA25,601+2.1%
27Barnstable Town, MA25,292+2.6%
28Attleboro, MA24,495+2.6%
29Woburn, MA23,286+3.3%
30Beverly, MA22,806+2.2%
31Leominster, MA22,575+2.7%
32Marlborough, MA22,562+2.4%
33Braintree Town, MA21,360+2.9%
34Fitchburg, MA21,328+2.3%
35Pittsfield, MA20,893+2.8%
36Watertown, MA20,783+2.3%
37Westfield, MA19,087+1.2%
38Chelsea, MA18,705+2.9%
39Franklin Town, MA18,445+3.3%
40Randolph Town, MA18,300+3%
41Amherst Town, MA17,719+4%
42North Attleborough Town, MA17,094+2.8%
43Melrose, MA15,858+2.3%
44Holyoke, MA15,764+1.4%
45Northampton, MA15,581+2.5%
46Gloucester, MA15,161+1.9%
47West Springfield Town, MA14,645+1%
48Agawam Town, MA14,629+1.2%
49Bridgewater Town, MA14,495+3.7%
50Winthrop Town, MA9,958+3%
51Amesbury, MA9,512+1.9%
52Newburyport, MA9,412+4.4%
53Gardner, MA9,337+2.3%
54Southbridge Town, MA8,500+3%
55Easthampton, MA8,033+2.8%
56Greenfield, MA7,797+1.8%
57Palmer Town, MA6,236+1.2%
58North Adams, MA5,245+2.6%

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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Boston, MA, with 373,743 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

North Adams, MA, with 5,245 in 2022.

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