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Cities in New York by employed residents

New York, NY had the highest employed residents of 39 cities in 2016, at 4.02 million. Kiryas Joel, NY had the lowest, at 6,193. The median was 15,037. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest4,022,410New York, NY
Lowest6,193Kiryas Joel, NY
Median15,03739 cities

All cities, 2016

New York, NY: 4,022,410 personsNew York, NY4,022,410Buffalo, NY: 118,263 personsBuffalo, NY118,263Yonkers, NY: 96,239 personsYonkers, NY96,239Rochester, NY: 94,837 personsRochester, NY94,837Syracuse, NY: 60,505 personsSyracuse, NY60,505Albany, NY: 49,142 personsAlbany, NY49,142New Rochelle, NY: 36,952 personsNew Rochelle, NY36,952Mount Vernon, NY: 35,605 personsMount Vernon, NY35,605Schenectady, NY: 28,921 personsSchenectady, NY28,921White Plains, NY: 28,277 personsWhite Plains, NY28,277Hempstead, NY: 26,497 personsHempstead, NY26,497Utica, NY: 25,148 personsUtica, NY25,148Troy, NY: 23,325 personsTroy, NY23,325Freeport, NY: 22,075 personsFreeport, NY22,075Niagara Falls, NY: 20,712 personsNiagara Falls, NY20,712Valley Stream, NY: 20,689 personsValley Stream, NY20,689Binghamton, NY: 20,122 personsBinghamton, NY20,122Long Beach, NY: 19,297 personsLong Beach, NY19,297Port Chester, NY: 16,196 personsPort Chester, NY16,196North Tonawanda, NY: 15,037 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY15,037Ithaca, NY: 14,562 personsIthaca, NY14,562Poughkeepsie, NY: 14,392 personsPoughkeepsie, NY14,392Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,267 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,267Lindenhurst, NY: 13,347 personsLindenhurst, NY13,347Glen Cove, NY: 13,280 personsGlen Cove, NY13,280Ossining, NY: 13,177 personsOssining, NY13,177Spring Valley, NY: 12,969 personsSpring Valley, NY12,969Middletown, NY: 12,810 personsMiddletown, NY12,810Peekskill, NY: 12,697 personsPeekskill, NY12,697Newburgh, NY: 12,324 personsNewburgh, NY12,324Harrison, NY: 12,292 personsHarrison, NY12,292Rome, NY: 12,273 personsRome, NY12,273Jamestown, NY: 12,093 personsJamestown, NY12,093Rockville Centre, NY: 11,905 personsRockville Centre, NY11,905Auburn, NY: 11,615 personsAuburn, NY11,615Watertown, NY: 10,687 personsWatertown, NY10,687Lockport, NY: 10,298 personsLockport, NY10,298Elmira, NY: 9,820 personsElmira, NY9,820Kiryas Joel, NY: 6,193 personsKiryas Joel, NY6,193New York, NY: 4,022,410 personsNew York, NY4,022,410Buffalo, NY: 118,263 personsBuffalo, NY118,263Yonkers, NY: 96,239 personsYonkers, NY96,239Rochester, NY: 94,837 personsRochester, NY94,837Syracuse, NY: 60,505 personsSyracuse, NY60,505Albany, NY: 49,142 personsAlbany, NY49,142New Rochelle, NY: 36,952 personsNew Rochelle, NY36,952Mount Vernon, NY: 35,605 personsMount Vernon, NY35,605Schenectady, NY: 28,921 personsSchenectady, NY28,921White Plains, NY: 28,277 personsWhite Plains, NY28,277Hempstead, NY: 26,497 personsHempstead, NY26,497Utica, NY: 25,148 personsUtica, NY25,148Troy, NY: 23,325 personsTroy, NY23,325Freeport, NY: 22,075 personsFreeport, NY22,075Niagara Falls, NY: 20,712 personsNiagara Falls, NY20,712Valley Stream, NY: 20,689 personsValley Stream, NY20,689Binghamton, NY: 20,122 personsBinghamton, NY20,122Long Beach, NY: 19,297 personsLong Beach, NY19,297Port Chester, NY: 16,196 personsPort Chester, NY16,196North Tonawanda, NY: 15,037 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY15,037Ithaca, NY: 14,562 personsIthaca, NY14,562Poughkeepsie, NY: 14,392 personsPoughkeepsie, NY14,392Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,267 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,267Lindenhurst, NY: 13,347 personsLindenhurst, NY13,347Glen Cove, NY: 13,280 personsGlen Cove, NY13,280Ossining, NY: 13,177 personsOssining, NY13,177Spring Valley, NY: 12,969 personsSpring Valley, NY12,969Middletown, NY: 12,810 personsMiddletown, NY12,810Peekskill, NY: 12,697 personsPeekskill, NY12,697Newburgh, NY: 12,324 personsNewburgh, NY12,324Harrison, NY: 12,292 personsHarrison, NY12,292Rome, NY: 12,273 personsRome, NY12,273Jamestown, NY: 12,093 personsJamestown, NY12,093Rockville Centre, NY: 11,905 personsRockville Centre, NY11,905Auburn, NY: 11,615 personsAuburn, NY11,615Watertown, NY: 10,687 personsWatertown, NY10,687Lockport, NY: 10,298 personsLockport, NY10,298Elmira, NY: 9,820 personsElmira, NY9,820Kiryas Joel, NY: 6,193 personsKiryas Joel, NY6,193
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1New York, NY4,022,410+1%
2Buffalo, NY118,263+13.3%
3Yonkers, NY96,239+6.2%
4Rochester, NY94,837+10.4%
5Syracuse, NY60,505+9.3%
6Albany, NY49,142+8.8%
7New Rochelle, NY36,952-0.9%
8Mount Vernon, NY35,605+13.2%
9Schenectady, NY28,921+1.2%
10White Plains, NY28,277-8.4%
11Hempstead, NY26,497+1%
12Utica, NY25,148+12.4%
13Troy, NY23,325+5.5%
14Freeport, NY22,075+1.8%
15Niagara Falls, NY20,712+3.1%
16Valley Stream, NY20,689+9.3%
17Binghamton, NY20,122+14.8%
18Long Beach, NY19,297+1.9%
19Port Chester, NY16,196+0.4%
20North Tonawanda, NY15,037-0.3%
21Ithaca, NY14,562+15.3%
22Poughkeepsie, NY14,392+13.3%
23Saratoga Springs, NY14,267+6.5%
24Lindenhurst, NY13,347-9.3%
25Glen Cove, NY13,280-2.1%
26Ossining, NY13,177+3.2%
27Spring Valley, NY12,969-9.3%
28Middletown, NY12,810-1.5%
29Peekskill, NY12,697+1.9%
30Newburgh, NY12,324+6.8%
31Harrison, NY12,292-4.1%
32Rome, NY12,273-4.4%
33Jamestown, NY12,093+4.1%
34Rockville Centre, NY11,905+1.9%
35Auburn, NY11,615+2.2%
36Watertown, NY10,687+1.8%
37Lockport, NY10,298+15.3%
38Elmira, NY9,820+2.7%
39Kiryas Joel, NY6,193+44.4%

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 New York by employed residents, 2016) [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 New York by employed residents, 2016. 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/new-york-cities?period=2016. 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, 2016. 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/new-york-cities?period=2016.

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, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-york-cities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Cities in New York by employed residents, 2016}},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

New York, NY, with 4.02 million in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Kiryas Joel, NY, with 6,193 in 2016.

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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