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Cities in New York by employed residents

New York, NY had the highest employed residents of 39 cities in 2022, at 3.93 million. Kiryas Joel, NY had the lowest, at 8,754. The median was 14,883. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest3,931,208New York, NY
Lowest8,754Kiryas Joel, NY
Median14,88339 cities

All cities, 2022

New York, NY: 3,931,208 personsNew York, NY3,931,208Buffalo, NY: 116,676 personsBuffalo, NY116,676Yonkers, NY: 104,770 personsYonkers, NY104,770Rochester, NY: 92,769 personsRochester, NY92,769Syracuse, NY: 60,357 personsSyracuse, NY60,357Albany, NY: 49,136 personsAlbany, NY49,136New Rochelle, NY: 42,707 personsNew Rochelle, NY42,707Mount Vernon, NY: 37,570 personsMount Vernon, NY37,570White Plains, NY: 31,405 personsWhite Plains, NY31,405Schenectady, NY: 29,766 personsSchenectady, NY29,766Hempstead, NY: 26,779 personsHempstead, NY26,779Utica, NY: 24,309 personsUtica, NY24,309Troy, NY: 22,807 personsTroy, NY22,807Freeport, NY: 22,352 personsFreeport, NY22,352Valley Stream, NY: 20,938 personsValley Stream, NY20,938Niagara Falls, NY: 19,851 personsNiagara Falls, NY19,851Long Beach, NY: 19,576 personsLong Beach, NY19,576Binghamton, NY: 19,164 personsBinghamton, NY19,164Port Chester, NY: 17,128 personsPort Chester, NY17,128Poughkeepsie, NY: 14,883 personsPoughkeepsie, NY14,883Harrison, NY: 14,773 personsHarrison, NY14,773Ithaca, NY: 14,594 personsIthaca, NY14,594Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,589 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,589North Tonawanda, NY: 14,564 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY14,564Spring Valley, NY: 14,374 personsSpring Valley, NY14,374Peekskill, NY: 14,213 personsPeekskill, NY14,213Ossining, NY: 13,914 personsOssining, NY13,914Lindenhurst, NY: 13,630 personsLindenhurst, NY13,630Glen Cove, NY: 13,462 personsGlen Cove, NY13,462Middletown, NY: 13,182 personsMiddletown, NY13,182Newburgh, NY: 12,333 personsNewburgh, NY12,333Rome, NY: 12,128 personsRome, NY12,128Rockville Centre, NY: 12,089 personsRockville Centre, NY12,089Jamestown, NY: 11,301 personsJamestown, NY11,301Auburn, NY: 10,923 personsAuburn, NY10,923Watertown, NY: 10,320 personsWatertown, NY10,320Lockport, NY: 9,943 personsLockport, NY9,943Elmira, NY: 9,614 personsElmira, NY9,614Kiryas Joel, NY: 8,754 personsKiryas Joel, NY8,754New York, NY: 3,931,208 personsNew York, NY3,931,208Buffalo, NY: 116,676 personsBuffalo, NY116,676Yonkers, NY: 104,770 personsYonkers, NY104,770Rochester, NY: 92,769 personsRochester, NY92,769Syracuse, NY: 60,357 personsSyracuse, NY60,357Albany, NY: 49,136 personsAlbany, NY49,136New Rochelle, NY: 42,707 personsNew Rochelle, NY42,707Mount Vernon, NY: 37,570 personsMount Vernon, NY37,570White Plains, NY: 31,405 personsWhite Plains, NY31,405Schenectady, NY: 29,766 personsSchenectady, NY29,766Hempstead, NY: 26,779 personsHempstead, NY26,779Utica, NY: 24,309 personsUtica, NY24,309Troy, NY: 22,807 personsTroy, NY22,807Freeport, NY: 22,352 personsFreeport, NY22,352Valley Stream, NY: 20,938 personsValley Stream, NY20,938Niagara Falls, NY: 19,851 personsNiagara Falls, NY19,851Long Beach, NY: 19,576 personsLong Beach, NY19,576Binghamton, NY: 19,164 personsBinghamton, NY19,164Port Chester, NY: 17,128 personsPort Chester, NY17,128Poughkeepsie, NY: 14,883 personsPoughkeepsie, NY14,883Harrison, NY: 14,773 personsHarrison, NY14,773Ithaca, NY: 14,594 personsIthaca, NY14,594Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,589 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,589North Tonawanda, NY: 14,564 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY14,564Spring Valley, NY: 14,374 personsSpring Valley, NY14,374Peekskill, NY: 14,213 personsPeekskill, NY14,213Ossining, NY: 13,914 personsOssining, NY13,914Lindenhurst, NY: 13,630 personsLindenhurst, NY13,630Glen Cove, NY: 13,462 personsGlen Cove, NY13,462Middletown, NY: 13,182 personsMiddletown, NY13,182Newburgh, NY: 12,333 personsNewburgh, NY12,333Rome, NY: 12,128 personsRome, NY12,128Rockville Centre, NY: 12,089 personsRockville Centre, NY12,089Jamestown, NY: 11,301 personsJamestown, NY11,301Auburn, NY: 10,923 personsAuburn, NY10,923Watertown, NY: 10,320 personsWatertown, NY10,320Lockport, NY: 9,943 personsLockport, NY9,943Elmira, NY: 9,614 personsElmira, NY9,614Kiryas Joel, NY: 8,754 personsKiryas Joel, NY8,754
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1New York, NY3,931,208+5.7%
2Buffalo, NY116,676+2%
3Yonkers, NY104,770+5.6%
4Rochester, NY92,769+1.5%
5Syracuse, NY60,357+2.9%
6Albany, NY49,136+2%
7New Rochelle, NY42,707+7.6%
8Mount Vernon, NY37,570+4.9%
9White Plains, NY31,405+6.2%
10Schenectady, NY29,766+1.8%
11Hempstead, NY26,779+3.2%
12Utica, NY24,309+0.4%
13Troy, NY22,807+1.4%
14Freeport, NY22,352+3%
15Valley Stream, NY20,938+3.2%
16Niagara Falls, NY19,851+1.8%
17Long Beach, NY19,576+3.4%
18Binghamton, NY19,164+0.9%
19Port Chester, NY17,128+4.9%
20Poughkeepsie, NY14,883+3.2%
21Harrison, NY14,773+6%
22Ithaca, NY14,594+2.9%
23Saratoga Springs, NY14,589+1.7%
24North Tonawanda, NY14,564+1.9%
25Spring Valley, NY14,374+6.2%
26Peekskill, NY14,213+5.2%
27Ossining, NY13,914+6%
28Lindenhurst, NY13,630+3.4%
29Glen Cove, NY13,462+3.3%
30Middletown, NY13,182+3%
31Newburgh, NY12,333+2.3%
32Rome, NY12,128+1.2%
33Rockville Centre, NY12,089+3.1%
34Jamestown, NY11,301+0.1%
35Auburn, NY10,923+0.4%
36Watertown, NY10,320+1.9%
37Lockport, NY9,943+1.8%
38Elmira, NY9,614+1.3%
39Kiryas Joel, NY8,754+11.6%

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.CurrentU20-24. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in New York by employed residents, 2022. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-york-cities?period=2022. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-york-cities?period=2022.

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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-york-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

New York, NY, with 3.93 million in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Kiryas Joel, NY, with 8,754 in 2022.

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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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