# Cities in Michigan by employed residents, 2025

All 51 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/michigan-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Detroit, MI | 238,202 |
| 2 | Grand Rapids, MI | 104,786 |
| 3 | Ann Arbor, MI | 66,540 |
| 4 | Warren, MI | 64,059 |
| 5 | Sterling Heights, MI | 63,085 |
| 6 | Lansing, MI | 58,081 |
| 7 | Livonia, MI | 47,400 |
| 8 | Troy, MI | 45,139 |
| 9 | Farmington Hills, MI | 43,884 |
| 10 | Wyoming, MI | 42,439 |
| 11 | Dearborn, MI | 42,396 |
| 12 | Westland, MI | 40,973 |
| 13 | Rochester Hills, MI | 37,851 |
| 14 | Kalamazoo, MI | 37,444 |
| 15 | Southfield, MI | 35,968 |
| 16 | Royal Oak, MI | 35,648 |
| 17 | Novi, MI | 33,792 |
| 18 | St. Clair Shores, MI | 29,316 |
| 19 | Flint, MI | 29,141 |
| 20 | Kentwood, MI | 28,314 |
| 21 | Taylor, MI | 27,992 |
| 22 | Pontiac, MI | 26,560 |
| 23 | Portage, MI | 26,496 |
| 24 | Dearborn Heights, MI | 25,831 |
| 25 | Battle Creek, MI | 24,126 |
| 26 | East Lansing, MI | 23,604 |
| 27 | Roseville, MI | 23,155 |
| 28 | Midland, MI | 20,622 |
| 29 | Holland, MI | 19,219 |
| 30 | Lincoln Park, MI | 16,741 |
| 31 | Saginaw, MI | 15,761 |
| 32 | Madison Heights, MI | 15,708 |
| 33 | Muskegon, MI | 14,647 |
| 34 | Bay City, MI | 14,618 |
| 35 | Auburn Hills, MI | 14,467 |
| 36 | Oak Park, MI | 14,461 |
| 37 | Allen Park, MI | 14,366 |
| 38 | Eastpointe, MI | 14,339 |
| 39 | Southgate, MI | 14,247 |
| 40 | Walker, MI | 14,122 |
| 41 | Burton, MI | 13,358 |
| 42 | Jackson, MI | 13,235 |
| 43 | Ferndale, MI | 13,182 |
| 44 | Garden City, MI | 12,874 |
| 45 | Port Huron, MI | 12,147 |
| 46 | Wyandotte, MI | 12,105 |
| 47 | Norton Shores, MI | 11,742 |
| 48 | Romulus, MI | 11,275 |
| 49 | Inkster, MI | 9,832 |
| 50 | Mount Pleasant, MI | 9,762 |
| 51 | Hamtramck, MI | 7,886 |