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Cities in New York by employed residents, 2025

New York, NY had the highest employed residents of 39 cities in 2025, at 4.17 million. Elmira, NY had the lowest, at 9,477. The median was 15,727. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest4,169,104New York, NY
Lowest9,477Elmira, NY
Median15,72739 cities

All cities, 2025

New York, NY: 4,169,104 personsNew York, NY4,169,104Buffalo, NY: 117,389 personsBuffalo, NY117,389Yonkers, NY: 106,592 personsYonkers, NY106,592Rochester, NY: 92,876 personsRochester, NY92,876Syracuse, NY: 61,270 personsSyracuse, NY61,270Albany, NY: 50,044 personsAlbany, NY50,044New Rochelle, NY: 44,540 personsNew Rochelle, NY44,540Mount Vernon, NY: 37,833 personsMount Vernon, NY37,833White Plains, NY: 33,144 personsWhite Plains, NY33,144Schenectady, NY: 30,448 personsSchenectady, NY30,448Hempstead, NY: 27,598 personsHempstead, NY27,598Utica, NY: 24,199 personsUtica, NY24,199Troy, NY: 23,178 personsTroy, NY23,178Freeport, NY: 22,632 personsFreeport, NY22,632Valley Stream, NY: 21,191 personsValley Stream, NY21,191Long Beach, NY: 19,856 personsLong Beach, NY19,856Niagara Falls, NY: 19,778 personsNiagara Falls, NY19,778Binghamton, NY: 19,314 personsBinghamton, NY19,314Port Chester, NY: 17,256 personsPort Chester, NY17,256Harrison, NY: 15,727 personsHarrison, NY15,727Poughkeepsie, NY: 15,330 personsPoughkeepsie, NY15,330Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,827 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,827Spring Valley, NY: 14,731 personsSpring Valley, NY14,731North Tonawanda, NY: 14,534 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY14,534Ithaca, NY: 14,519 personsIthaca, NY14,519Peekskill, NY: 14,393 personsPeekskill, NY14,393Ossining, NY: 14,014 personsOssining, NY14,014Lindenhurst, NY: 13,811 personsLindenhurst, NY13,811Glen Cove, NY: 13,630 personsGlen Cove, NY13,630Middletown, NY: 13,378 personsMiddletown, NY13,378Newburgh, NY: 12,420 personsNewburgh, NY12,420Rome, NY: 12,255 personsRome, NY12,255Rockville Centre, NY: 12,236 personsRockville Centre, NY12,236Jamestown, NY: 11,016 personsJamestown, NY11,016Auburn, NY: 10,953 personsAuburn, NY10,953Watertown, NY: 10,366 personsWatertown, NY10,366Kiryas Joel, NY: 10,024 personsKiryas Joel, NY10,024Lockport, NY: 9,905 personsLockport, NY9,905Elmira, NY: 9,477 personsElmira, NY9,477New York, NY: 4,169,104 personsNew York, NY4,169,104Buffalo, NY: 117,389 personsBuffalo, NY117,389Yonkers, NY: 106,592 personsYonkers, NY106,592Rochester, NY: 92,876 personsRochester, NY92,876Syracuse, NY: 61,270 personsSyracuse, NY61,270Albany, NY: 50,044 personsAlbany, NY50,044New Rochelle, NY: 44,540 personsNew Rochelle, NY44,540Mount Vernon, NY: 37,833 personsMount Vernon, NY37,833White Plains, NY: 33,144 personsWhite Plains, NY33,144Schenectady, NY: 30,448 personsSchenectady, NY30,448Hempstead, NY: 27,598 personsHempstead, NY27,598Utica, NY: 24,199 personsUtica, NY24,199Troy, NY: 23,178 personsTroy, NY23,178Freeport, NY: 22,632 personsFreeport, NY22,632Valley Stream, NY: 21,191 personsValley Stream, NY21,191Long Beach, NY: 19,856 personsLong Beach, NY19,856Niagara Falls, NY: 19,778 personsNiagara Falls, NY19,778Binghamton, NY: 19,314 personsBinghamton, NY19,314Port Chester, NY: 17,256 personsPort Chester, NY17,256Harrison, NY: 15,727 personsHarrison, NY15,727Poughkeepsie, NY: 15,330 personsPoughkeepsie, NY15,330Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,827 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,827Spring Valley, NY: 14,731 personsSpring Valley, NY14,731North Tonawanda, NY: 14,534 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY14,534Ithaca, NY: 14,519 personsIthaca, NY14,519Peekskill, NY: 14,393 personsPeekskill, NY14,393Ossining, NY: 14,014 personsOssining, NY14,014Lindenhurst, NY: 13,811 personsLindenhurst, NY13,811Glen Cove, NY: 13,630 personsGlen Cove, NY13,630Middletown, NY: 13,378 personsMiddletown, NY13,378Newburgh, NY: 12,420 personsNewburgh, NY12,420Rome, NY: 12,255 personsRome, NY12,255Rockville Centre, NY: 12,236 personsRockville Centre, NY12,236Jamestown, NY: 11,016 personsJamestown, NY11,016Auburn, NY: 10,953 personsAuburn, NY10,953Watertown, NY: 10,366 personsWatertown, NY10,366Kiryas Joel, NY: 10,024 personsKiryas Joel, NY10,024Lockport, NY: 9,905 personsLockport, NY9,905Elmira, NY: 9,477 personsElmira, NY9,477
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1New York, NY4,169,104+0.9%
2Buffalo, NY117,389+0.3%
3Yonkers, NY106,5920%
4Rochester, NY92,876+0.4%
5Syracuse, NY61,270+1.5%
6Albany, NY50,044+0.9%
7New Rochelle, NY44,5400%
8Mount Vernon, NY37,8330%
9White Plains, NY33,1440%
10Schenectady, NY30,448+1%
11Hempstead, NY27,598+0.6%
12Utica, NY24,1990%
13Troy, NY23,178+0.9%
14Freeport, NY22,632+0.6%
15Valley Stream, NY21,191+0.6%
16Long Beach, NY19,856+0.6%
17Niagara Falls, NY19,778+0.3%
18Binghamton, NY19,314+0.3%
19Port Chester, NY17,2560%
20Harrison, NY15,7270%
21Poughkeepsie, NY15,330+0.4%
22Saratoga Springs, NY14,827+0.9%
23Spring Valley, NY14,7310%
24North Tonawanda, NY14,534+0.3%
25Ithaca, NY14,519-0.8%
26Peekskill, NY14,3930%
27Ossining, NY14,0140%
28Lindenhurst, NY13,811+0.6%
29Glen Cove, NY13,630+0.6%
30Middletown, NY13,378+0.5%
31Newburgh, NY12,420+0.5%
32Rome, NY12,2550%
33Rockville Centre, NY12,236+0.6%
34Jamestown, NY11,016-0.7%
35Auburn, NY10,953+0.1%
36Watertown, NY10,366+0.6%
37Kiryas Joel, NY10,024+0.5%
38Lockport, NY9,905+0.3%
39Elmira, NY9,477-1%

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.CurrentU25-29. 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 New York by employed residents, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in New York by employed residents, 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-york-cities. 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 New York by employed residents, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-york-cities.

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 New York by employed residents, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-york-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

New York, NY, with 4.17 million in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Elmira, NY, with 9,477 in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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