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Cities in New York by employed residents

New York, NY had the highest employed residents of 39 cities in 2023, at 4.05 million. Kiryas Joel, NY had the lowest, at 9,595. The median was 15,747. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest4,049,067New York, NY
Lowest9,595Kiryas Joel, NY
Median15,74739 cities

All cities, 2023

New York, NY: 4,049,067 personsNew York, NY4,049,067Buffalo, NY: 118,526 personsBuffalo, NY118,526Yonkers, NY: 106,467 personsYonkers, NY106,467Rochester, NY: 93,513 personsRochester, NY93,513Syracuse, NY: 60,592 personsSyracuse, NY60,592Albany, NY: 50,092 personsAlbany, NY50,092New Rochelle, NY: 44,268 personsNew Rochelle, NY44,268Mount Vernon, NY: 37,971 personsMount Vernon, NY37,971White Plains, NY: 33,028 personsWhite Plains, NY33,028Schenectady, NY: 30,152 personsSchenectady, NY30,152Hempstead, NY: 27,131 personsHempstead, NY27,131Utica, NY: 24,352 personsUtica, NY24,352Troy, NY: 23,071 personsTroy, NY23,071Freeport, NY: 22,619 personsFreeport, NY22,619Valley Stream, NY: 21,196 personsValley Stream, NY21,196Niagara Falls, NY: 20,021 personsNiagara Falls, NY20,021Long Beach, NY: 19,860 personsLong Beach, NY19,860Binghamton, NY: 19,381 personsBinghamton, NY19,381Port Chester, NY: 17,309 personsPort Chester, NY17,309Harrison, NY: 15,747 personsHarrison, NY15,747Poughkeepsie, NY: 15,136 personsPoughkeepsie, NY15,136Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,751 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,751North Tonawanda, NY: 14,708 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY14,708Spring Valley, NY: 14,678 personsSpring Valley, NY14,678Ithaca, NY: 14,625 personsIthaca, NY14,625Peekskill, NY: 14,434 personsPeekskill, NY14,434Ossining, NY: 14,033 personsOssining, NY14,033Lindenhurst, NY: 13,795 personsLindenhurst, NY13,795Glen Cove, NY: 13,610 personsGlen Cove, NY13,610Middletown, NY: 13,423 personsMiddletown, NY13,423Newburgh, NY: 12,467 personsNewburgh, NY12,467Rockville Centre, NY: 12,235 personsRockville Centre, NY12,235Rome, NY: 12,226 personsRome, NY12,226Jamestown, NY: 11,237 personsJamestown, NY11,237Auburn, NY: 11,064 personsAuburn, NY11,064Watertown, NY: 10,470 personsWatertown, NY10,470Lockport, NY: 10,031 personsLockport, NY10,031Elmira, NY: 9,659 personsElmira, NY9,659Kiryas Joel, NY: 9,595 personsKiryas Joel, NY9,595New York, NY: 4,049,067 personsNew York, NY4,049,067Buffalo, NY: 118,526 personsBuffalo, NY118,526Yonkers, NY: 106,467 personsYonkers, NY106,467Rochester, NY: 93,513 personsRochester, NY93,513Syracuse, NY: 60,592 personsSyracuse, NY60,592Albany, NY: 50,092 personsAlbany, NY50,092New Rochelle, NY: 44,268 personsNew Rochelle, NY44,268Mount Vernon, NY: 37,971 personsMount Vernon, NY37,971White Plains, NY: 33,028 personsWhite Plains, NY33,028Schenectady, NY: 30,152 personsSchenectady, NY30,152Hempstead, NY: 27,131 personsHempstead, NY27,131Utica, NY: 24,352 personsUtica, NY24,352Troy, NY: 23,071 personsTroy, NY23,071Freeport, NY: 22,619 personsFreeport, NY22,619Valley Stream, NY: 21,196 personsValley Stream, NY21,196Niagara Falls, NY: 20,021 personsNiagara Falls, NY20,021Long Beach, NY: 19,860 personsLong Beach, NY19,860Binghamton, NY: 19,381 personsBinghamton, NY19,381Port Chester, NY: 17,309 personsPort Chester, NY17,309Harrison, NY: 15,747 personsHarrison, NY15,747Poughkeepsie, NY: 15,136 personsPoughkeepsie, NY15,136Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,751 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,751North Tonawanda, NY: 14,708 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY14,708Spring Valley, NY: 14,678 personsSpring Valley, NY14,678Ithaca, NY: 14,625 personsIthaca, NY14,625Peekskill, NY: 14,434 personsPeekskill, NY14,434Ossining, NY: 14,033 personsOssining, NY14,033Lindenhurst, NY: 13,795 personsLindenhurst, NY13,795Glen Cove, NY: 13,610 personsGlen Cove, NY13,610Middletown, NY: 13,423 personsMiddletown, NY13,423Newburgh, NY: 12,467 personsNewburgh, NY12,467Rockville Centre, NY: 12,235 personsRockville Centre, NY12,235Rome, NY: 12,226 personsRome, NY12,226Jamestown, NY: 11,237 personsJamestown, NY11,237Auburn, NY: 11,064 personsAuburn, NY11,064Watertown, NY: 10,470 personsWatertown, NY10,470Lockport, NY: 10,031 personsLockport, NY10,031Elmira, NY: 9,659 personsElmira, NY9,659Kiryas Joel, NY: 9,595 personsKiryas Joel, NY9,595
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1New York, NY4,049,067+3%
2Buffalo, NY118,526+1.6%
3Yonkers, NY106,467+1.6%
4Rochester, NY93,513+0.8%
5Syracuse, NY60,592+0.4%
6Albany, NY50,092+1.9%
7New Rochelle, NY44,268+3.7%
8Mount Vernon, NY37,971+1.1%
9White Plains, NY33,028+5.2%
10Schenectady, NY30,152+1.3%
11Hempstead, NY27,131+1.3%
12Utica, NY24,352+0.2%
13Troy, NY23,071+1.2%
14Freeport, NY22,619+1.2%
15Valley Stream, NY21,196+1.2%
16Niagara Falls, NY20,021+0.9%
17Long Beach, NY19,860+1.5%
18Binghamton, NY19,381+1.1%
19Port Chester, NY17,309+1.1%
20Harrison, NY15,747+6.6%
21Poughkeepsie, NY15,136+1.7%
22Saratoga Springs, NY14,751+1.1%
23North Tonawanda, NY14,708+1%
24Spring Valley, NY14,678+2.1%
25Ithaca, NY14,625+0.2%
26Peekskill, NY14,434+1.6%
27Ossining, NY14,033+0.9%
28Lindenhurst, NY13,795+1.2%
29Glen Cove, NY13,610+1.1%
30Middletown, NY13,423+1.8%
31Newburgh, NY12,467+1.1%
32Rockville Centre, NY12,235+1.2%
33Rome, NY12,226+0.8%
34Jamestown, NY11,237-0.6%
35Auburn, NY11,064+1.3%
36Watertown, NY10,470+1.5%
37Lockport, NY10,031+0.9%
38Elmira, NY9,659+0.5%
39Kiryas Joel, NY9,595+9.6%

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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

New York, NY, with 4.05 million in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Kiryas Joel, NY, with 9,595 in 2023.

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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