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Cities in New York by employed residents

New York, NY had the highest employed residents of 39 cities in 2019, at 4.11 million. Kiryas Joel, NY had the lowest, at 7,114. The median was 15,004. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest4,107,885New York, NY
Lowest7,114Kiryas Joel, NY
Median15,00439 cities

All cities, 2019

New York, NY: 4,107,885 personsNew York, NY4,107,885Buffalo, NY: 119,221 personsBuffalo, NY119,221Yonkers, NY: 101,494 personsYonkers, NY101,494Rochester, NY: 95,177 personsRochester, NY95,177Syracuse, NY: 61,428 personsSyracuse, NY61,428Albany, NY: 49,167 personsAlbany, NY49,167New Rochelle, NY: 38,469 personsNew Rochelle, NY38,469Mount Vernon, NY: 37,052 personsMount Vernon, NY37,052White Plains, NY: 29,843 personsWhite Plains, NY29,843Schenectady, NY: 29,495 personsSchenectady, NY29,495Hempstead, NY: 27,006 personsHempstead, NY27,006Utica, NY: 25,463 personsUtica, NY25,463Troy, NY: 23,461 personsTroy, NY23,461Freeport, NY: 22,515 personsFreeport, NY22,515Valley Stream, NY: 21,088 personsValley Stream, NY21,088Niagara Falls, NY: 20,572 personsNiagara Falls, NY20,572Binghamton, NY: 20,090 personsBinghamton, NY20,090Long Beach, NY: 19,701 personsLong Beach, NY19,701Port Chester, NY: 16,882 personsPort Chester, NY16,882North Tonawanda, NY: 15,004 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY15,004Poughkeepsie, NY: 14,898 personsPoughkeepsie, NY14,898Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,679 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,679Ithaca, NY: 14,473 personsIthaca, NY14,473Spring Valley, NY: 13,710 personsSpring Valley, NY13,710Ossining, NY: 13,678 personsOssining, NY13,678Lindenhurst, NY: 13,582 personsLindenhurst, NY13,582Peekskill, NY: 13,563 personsPeekskill, NY13,563Glen Cove, NY: 13,560 personsGlen Cove, NY13,560Harrison, NY: 13,455 personsHarrison, NY13,455Middletown, NY: 13,408 personsMiddletown, NY13,408Newburgh, NY: 12,720 personsNewburgh, NY12,720Rome, NY: 12,565 personsRome, NY12,565Rockville Centre, NY: 12,190 personsRockville Centre, NY12,190Jamestown, NY: 11,875 personsJamestown, NY11,875Auburn, NY: 11,443 personsAuburn, NY11,443Watertown, NY: 10,387 personsWatertown, NY10,387Lockport, NY: 10,294 personsLockport, NY10,294Elmira, NY: 9,795 personsElmira, NY9,795Kiryas Joel, NY: 7,114 personsKiryas Joel, NY7,114New York, NY: 4,107,885 personsNew York, NY4,107,885Buffalo, NY: 119,221 personsBuffalo, NY119,221Yonkers, NY: 101,494 personsYonkers, NY101,494Rochester, NY: 95,177 personsRochester, NY95,177Syracuse, NY: 61,428 personsSyracuse, NY61,428Albany, NY: 49,167 personsAlbany, NY49,167New Rochelle, NY: 38,469 personsNew Rochelle, NY38,469Mount Vernon, NY: 37,052 personsMount Vernon, NY37,052White Plains, NY: 29,843 personsWhite Plains, NY29,843Schenectady, NY: 29,495 personsSchenectady, NY29,495Hempstead, NY: 27,006 personsHempstead, NY27,006Utica, NY: 25,463 personsUtica, NY25,463Troy, NY: 23,461 personsTroy, NY23,461Freeport, NY: 22,515 personsFreeport, NY22,515Valley Stream, NY: 21,088 personsValley Stream, NY21,088Niagara Falls, NY: 20,572 personsNiagara Falls, NY20,572Binghamton, NY: 20,090 personsBinghamton, NY20,090Long Beach, NY: 19,701 personsLong Beach, NY19,701Port Chester, NY: 16,882 personsPort Chester, NY16,882North Tonawanda, NY: 15,004 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY15,004Poughkeepsie, NY: 14,898 personsPoughkeepsie, NY14,898Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,679 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,679Ithaca, NY: 14,473 personsIthaca, NY14,473Spring Valley, NY: 13,710 personsSpring Valley, NY13,710Ossining, NY: 13,678 personsOssining, NY13,678Lindenhurst, NY: 13,582 personsLindenhurst, NY13,582Peekskill, NY: 13,563 personsPeekskill, NY13,563Glen Cove, NY: 13,560 personsGlen Cove, NY13,560Harrison, NY: 13,455 personsHarrison, NY13,455Middletown, NY: 13,408 personsMiddletown, NY13,408Newburgh, NY: 12,720 personsNewburgh, NY12,720Rome, NY: 12,565 personsRome, NY12,565Rockville Centre, NY: 12,190 personsRockville Centre, NY12,190Jamestown, NY: 11,875 personsJamestown, NY11,875Auburn, NY: 11,443 personsAuburn, NY11,443Watertown, NY: 10,387 personsWatertown, NY10,387Lockport, NY: 10,294 personsLockport, NY10,294Elmira, NY: 9,795 personsElmira, NY9,795Kiryas Joel, NY: 7,114 personsKiryas Joel, NY7,114
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1New York, NY4,107,885+0.3%
2Buffalo, NY119,221+0.5%
3Yonkers, NY101,494+2.5%
4Rochester, NY95,177+0.4%
5Syracuse, NY61,428+0.5%
6Albany, NY49,1670%
7New Rochelle, NY38,469+2%
8Mount Vernon, NY37,052+1.9%
9White Plains, NY29,843+2.3%
10Schenectady, NY29,495+0.6%
11Hempstead, NY27,006+0.7%
12Utica, NY25,463+1.1%
13Troy, NY23,461+0.3%
14Freeport, NY22,515+0.8%
15Valley Stream, NY21,088+0.8%
16Niagara Falls, NY20,572-0%
17Binghamton, NY20,090-0.3%
18Long Beach, NY19,701+0.9%
19Port Chester, NY16,882+1.9%
20North Tonawanda, NY15,0040%
21Poughkeepsie, NY14,898+1.1%
22Saratoga Springs, NY14,679+1.3%
23Ithaca, NY14,473-1.4%
24Spring Valley, NY13,710+2.4%
25Ossining, NY13,678+1.7%
26Lindenhurst, NY13,582+0.7%
27Peekskill, NY13,563+2.8%
28Glen Cove, NY13,560+0.8%
29Harrison, NY13,455+6.5%
30Middletown, NY13,408+1.8%
31Newburgh, NY12,720+1.4%
32Rome, NY12,565+1.6%
33Rockville Centre, NY12,190+0.8%
34Jamestown, NY11,875-0.4%
35Auburn, NY11,443-0.2%
36Watertown, NY10,387-1.3%
37Lockport, NY10,294+0.1%
38Elmira, NY9,795+0.8%
39Kiryas Joel, NY7,114+6.3%

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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (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, 2019}},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

New York, NY, with 4.11 million in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Kiryas Joel, NY, with 7,114 in 2019.

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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