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Cities in New York by employed residents

New York, NY had the highest employed residents of 39 cities in 2018, at 4.09 million. Kiryas Joel, NY had the lowest, at 6,691. The median was 14,998. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest4,093,831New York, NY
Lowest6,691Kiryas Joel, NY
Median14,99839 cities

All cities, 2018

New York, NY: 4,093,831 personsNew York, NY4,093,831Buffalo, NY: 118,610 personsBuffalo, NY118,610Yonkers, NY: 98,973 personsYonkers, NY98,973Rochester, NY: 94,794 personsRochester, NY94,794Syracuse, NY: 61,101 personsSyracuse, NY61,101Albany, NY: 49,162 personsAlbany, NY49,162New Rochelle, NY: 37,730 personsNew Rochelle, NY37,730Mount Vernon, NY: 36,361 personsMount Vernon, NY36,361Schenectady, NY: 29,318 personsSchenectady, NY29,318White Plains, NY: 29,176 personsWhite Plains, NY29,176Hempstead, NY: 26,820 personsHempstead, NY26,820Utica, NY: 25,183 personsUtica, NY25,183Troy, NY: 23,384 personsTroy, NY23,384Freeport, NY: 22,341 personsFreeport, NY22,341Valley Stream, NY: 20,931 personsValley Stream, NY20,931Niagara Falls, NY: 20,581 personsNiagara Falls, NY20,581Binghamton, NY: 20,142 personsBinghamton, NY20,142Long Beach, NY: 19,522 personsLong Beach, NY19,522Port Chester, NY: 16,574 personsPort Chester, NY16,574North Tonawanda, NY: 14,998 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY14,998Poughkeepsie, NY: 14,738 personsPoughkeepsie, NY14,738Ithaca, NY: 14,674 personsIthaca, NY14,674Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,484 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,484Lindenhurst, NY: 13,492 personsLindenhurst, NY13,492Glen Cove, NY: 13,453 personsGlen Cove, NY13,453Ossining, NY: 13,443 personsOssining, NY13,443Spring Valley, NY: 13,392 personsSpring Valley, NY13,392Peekskill, NY: 13,196 personsPeekskill, NY13,196Middletown, NY: 13,170 personsMiddletown, NY13,170Harrison, NY: 12,632 personsHarrison, NY12,632Newburgh, NY: 12,547 personsNewburgh, NY12,547Rome, NY: 12,369 personsRome, NY12,369Rockville Centre, NY: 12,094 personsRockville Centre, NY12,094Jamestown, NY: 11,919 personsJamestown, NY11,919Auburn, NY: 11,466 personsAuburn, NY11,466Watertown, NY: 10,519 personsWatertown, NY10,519Lockport, NY: 10,287 personsLockport, NY10,287Elmira, NY: 9,716 personsElmira, NY9,716Kiryas Joel, NY: 6,691 personsKiryas Joel, NY6,691New York, NY: 4,093,831 personsNew York, NY4,093,831Buffalo, NY: 118,610 personsBuffalo, NY118,610Yonkers, NY: 98,973 personsYonkers, NY98,973Rochester, NY: 94,794 personsRochester, NY94,794Syracuse, NY: 61,101 personsSyracuse, NY61,101Albany, NY: 49,162 personsAlbany, NY49,162New Rochelle, NY: 37,730 personsNew Rochelle, NY37,730Mount Vernon, NY: 36,361 personsMount Vernon, NY36,361Schenectady, NY: 29,318 personsSchenectady, NY29,318White Plains, NY: 29,176 personsWhite Plains, NY29,176Hempstead, NY: 26,820 personsHempstead, NY26,820Utica, NY: 25,183 personsUtica, NY25,183Troy, NY: 23,384 personsTroy, NY23,384Freeport, NY: 22,341 personsFreeport, NY22,341Valley Stream, NY: 20,931 personsValley Stream, NY20,931Niagara Falls, NY: 20,581 personsNiagara Falls, NY20,581Binghamton, NY: 20,142 personsBinghamton, NY20,142Long Beach, NY: 19,522 personsLong Beach, NY19,522Port Chester, NY: 16,574 personsPort Chester, NY16,574North Tonawanda, NY: 14,998 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY14,998Poughkeepsie, NY: 14,738 personsPoughkeepsie, NY14,738Ithaca, NY: 14,674 personsIthaca, NY14,674Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,484 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,484Lindenhurst, NY: 13,492 personsLindenhurst, NY13,492Glen Cove, NY: 13,453 personsGlen Cove, NY13,453Ossining, NY: 13,443 personsOssining, NY13,443Spring Valley, NY: 13,392 personsSpring Valley, NY13,392Peekskill, NY: 13,196 personsPeekskill, NY13,196Middletown, NY: 13,170 personsMiddletown, NY13,170Harrison, NY: 12,632 personsHarrison, NY12,632Newburgh, NY: 12,547 personsNewburgh, NY12,547Rome, NY: 12,369 personsRome, NY12,369Rockville Centre, NY: 12,094 personsRockville Centre, NY12,094Jamestown, NY: 11,919 personsJamestown, NY11,919Auburn, NY: 11,466 personsAuburn, NY11,466Watertown, NY: 10,519 personsWatertown, NY10,519Lockport, NY: 10,287 personsLockport, NY10,287Elmira, NY: 9,716 personsElmira, NY9,716Kiryas Joel, NY: 6,691 personsKiryas Joel, NY6,691
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1New York, NY4,093,831-0.2%
2Buffalo, NY118,610+0.5%
3Yonkers, NY98,973+2%
4Rochester, NY94,794+0.8%
5Syracuse, NY61,101+1.6%
6Albany, NY49,162+0.2%
7New Rochelle, NY37,730+1.7%
8Mount Vernon, NY36,361+1.6%
9Schenectady, NY29,318+1.1%
10White Plains, NY29,176+1.6%
11Hempstead, NY26,820+0.7%
12Utica, NY25,183+0.3%
13Troy, NY23,384+0.7%
14Freeport, NY22,341+0.7%
15Valley Stream, NY20,931+0.7%
16Niagara Falls, NY20,581+0.1%
17Binghamton, NY20,142+0.8%
18Long Beach, NY19,522+0.7%
19Port Chester, NY16,574+1.7%
20North Tonawanda, NY14,998+0.5%
21Poughkeepsie, NY14,738+1.2%
22Ithaca, NY14,674+0.7%
23Saratoga Springs, NY14,484+1%
24Lindenhurst, NY13,492+0.7%
25Glen Cove, NY13,453+0.7%
26Ossining, NY13,443+1.5%
27Spring Valley, NY13,392+2%
28Peekskill, NY13,196+2.8%
29Middletown, NY13,170+1.8%
30Harrison, NY12,632+1.9%
31Newburgh, NY12,547+1.3%
32Rome, NY12,369+0.6%
33Rockville Centre, NY12,094+0.8%
34Jamestown, NY11,919-0.2%
35Auburn, NY11,466+0.9%
36Watertown, NY10,519-0.1%
37Lockport, NY10,287+0.1%
38Elmira, NY9,716+0.2%
39Kiryas Joel, NY6,691+5.3%

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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

New York, NY, with 4.09 million in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Kiryas Joel, NY, with 6,691 in 2018.

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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