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Cities in New York by employed residents

New York, NY had the highest employed residents of 39 cities in 2017, at 4.1 million. Kiryas Joel, NY had the lowest, at 6,353. The median was 14,925. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest4,101,470New York, NY
Lowest6,353Kiryas Joel, NY
Median14,92539 cities

All cities, 2017

New York, NY: 4,101,470 personsNew York, NY4,101,470Buffalo, NY: 118,053 personsBuffalo, NY118,053Yonkers, NY: 97,030 personsYonkers, NY97,030Rochester, NY: 94,046 personsRochester, NY94,046Syracuse, NY: 60,157 personsSyracuse, NY60,157Albany, NY: 49,046 personsAlbany, NY49,046New Rochelle, NY: 37,116 personsNew Rochelle, NY37,116Mount Vernon, NY: 35,799 personsMount Vernon, NY35,799Schenectady, NY: 28,986 personsSchenectady, NY28,986White Plains, NY: 28,725 personsWhite Plains, NY28,725Hempstead, NY: 26,640 personsHempstead, NY26,640Utica, NY: 25,106 personsUtica, NY25,106Troy, NY: 23,220 personsTroy, NY23,220Freeport, NY: 22,196 personsFreeport, NY22,196Valley Stream, NY: 20,794 personsValley Stream, NY20,794Niagara Falls, NY: 20,551 personsNiagara Falls, NY20,551Binghamton, NY: 19,974 personsBinghamton, NY19,974Long Beach, NY: 19,386 personsLong Beach, NY19,386Port Chester, NY: 16,297 personsPort Chester, NY16,297North Tonawanda, NY: 14,925 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY14,925Ithaca, NY: 14,565 personsIthaca, NY14,565Poughkeepsie, NY: 14,562 personsPoughkeepsie, NY14,562Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,345 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,345Lindenhurst, NY: 13,396 personsLindenhurst, NY13,396Glen Cove, NY: 13,353 personsGlen Cove, NY13,353Ossining, NY: 13,239 personsOssining, NY13,239Spring Valley, NY: 13,129 personsSpring Valley, NY13,129Middletown, NY: 12,936 personsMiddletown, NY12,936Peekskill, NY: 12,840 personsPeekskill, NY12,840Harrison, NY: 12,399 personsHarrison, NY12,399Newburgh, NY: 12,380 personsNewburgh, NY12,380Rome, NY: 12,299 personsRome, NY12,299Rockville Centre, NY: 11,999 personsRockville Centre, NY11,999Jamestown, NY: 11,947 personsJamestown, NY11,947Auburn, NY: 11,364 personsAuburn, NY11,364Watertown, NY: 10,528 personsWatertown, NY10,528Lockport, NY: 10,277 personsLockport, NY10,277Elmira, NY: 9,694 personsElmira, NY9,694Kiryas Joel, NY: 6,353 personsKiryas Joel, NY6,353New York, NY: 4,101,470 personsNew York, NY4,101,470Buffalo, NY: 118,053 personsBuffalo, NY118,053Yonkers, NY: 97,030 personsYonkers, NY97,030Rochester, NY: 94,046 personsRochester, NY94,046Syracuse, NY: 60,157 personsSyracuse, NY60,157Albany, NY: 49,046 personsAlbany, NY49,046New Rochelle, NY: 37,116 personsNew Rochelle, NY37,116Mount Vernon, NY: 35,799 personsMount Vernon, NY35,799Schenectady, NY: 28,986 personsSchenectady, NY28,986White Plains, NY: 28,725 personsWhite Plains, NY28,725Hempstead, NY: 26,640 personsHempstead, NY26,640Utica, NY: 25,106 personsUtica, NY25,106Troy, NY: 23,220 personsTroy, NY23,220Freeport, NY: 22,196 personsFreeport, NY22,196Valley Stream, NY: 20,794 personsValley Stream, NY20,794Niagara Falls, NY: 20,551 personsNiagara Falls, NY20,551Binghamton, NY: 19,974 personsBinghamton, NY19,974Long Beach, NY: 19,386 personsLong Beach, NY19,386Port Chester, NY: 16,297 personsPort Chester, NY16,297North Tonawanda, NY: 14,925 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY14,925Ithaca, NY: 14,565 personsIthaca, NY14,565Poughkeepsie, NY: 14,562 personsPoughkeepsie, NY14,562Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,345 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,345Lindenhurst, NY: 13,396 personsLindenhurst, NY13,396Glen Cove, NY: 13,353 personsGlen Cove, NY13,353Ossining, NY: 13,239 personsOssining, NY13,239Spring Valley, NY: 13,129 personsSpring Valley, NY13,129Middletown, NY: 12,936 personsMiddletown, NY12,936Peekskill, NY: 12,840 personsPeekskill, NY12,840Harrison, NY: 12,399 personsHarrison, NY12,399Newburgh, NY: 12,380 personsNewburgh, NY12,380Rome, NY: 12,299 personsRome, NY12,299Rockville Centre, NY: 11,999 personsRockville Centre, NY11,999Jamestown, NY: 11,947 personsJamestown, NY11,947Auburn, NY: 11,364 personsAuburn, NY11,364Watertown, NY: 10,528 personsWatertown, NY10,528Lockport, NY: 10,277 personsLockport, NY10,277Elmira, NY: 9,694 personsElmira, NY9,694Kiryas Joel, NY: 6,353 personsKiryas Joel, NY6,353
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1New York, NY4,101,470+2%
2Buffalo, NY118,053-0.2%
3Yonkers, NY97,030+0.8%
4Rochester, NY94,046-0.8%
5Syracuse, NY60,157-0.6%
6Albany, NY49,046-0.2%
7New Rochelle, NY37,116+0.4%
8Mount Vernon, NY35,799+0.5%
9Schenectady, NY28,986+0.2%
10White Plains, NY28,725+1.6%
11Hempstead, NY26,640+0.5%
12Utica, NY25,106-0.2%
13Troy, NY23,220-0.5%
14Freeport, NY22,196+0.5%
15Valley Stream, NY20,794+0.5%
16Niagara Falls, NY20,551-0.8%
17Binghamton, NY19,974-0.7%
18Long Beach, NY19,386+0.5%
19Port Chester, NY16,297+0.6%
20North Tonawanda, NY14,925-0.7%
21Ithaca, NY14,5650%
22Poughkeepsie, NY14,562+1.2%
23Saratoga Springs, NY14,345+0.5%
24Lindenhurst, NY13,396+0.4%
25Glen Cove, NY13,353+0.5%
26Ossining, NY13,239+0.5%
27Spring Valley, NY13,129+1.2%
28Middletown, NY12,936+1%
29Peekskill, NY12,840+1.1%
30Harrison, NY12,399+0.9%
31Newburgh, NY12,380+0.5%
32Rome, NY12,299+0.2%
33Rockville Centre, NY11,999+0.8%
34Jamestown, NY11,947-1.2%
35Auburn, NY11,364-2.2%
36Watertown, NY10,528-1.5%
37Lockport, NY10,277-0.2%
38Elmira, NY9,694-1.3%
39Kiryas Joel, NY6,353+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.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, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in New York by employed residents, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (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, 2017}},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

New York, NY, with 4.1 million in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Kiryas Joel, NY, with 6,353 in 2017.

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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