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Cities in New York by employed residents

New York, NY had the highest employed residents of 39 cities in 2024, at 4.13 million. Elmira, NY had the lowest, at 9,568. The median was 15,723. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest4,132,652New York, NY
Lowest9,568Elmira, NY
Median15,72339 cities

All cities, 2024

New York, NY: 4,132,652 personsNew York, NY4,132,652Buffalo, NY: 117,080 personsBuffalo, NY117,080Yonkers, NY: 106,570 personsYonkers, NY106,570Rochester, NY: 92,537 personsRochester, NY92,537Syracuse, NY: 60,377 personsSyracuse, NY60,377Albany, NY: 49,581 personsAlbany, NY49,581New Rochelle, NY: 44,531 personsNew Rochelle, NY44,531Mount Vernon, NY: 37,825 personsMount Vernon, NY37,825White Plains, NY: 33,137 personsWhite Plains, NY33,137Schenectady, NY: 30,156 personsSchenectady, NY30,156Hempstead, NY: 27,432 personsHempstead, NY27,432Utica, NY: 24,195 personsUtica, NY24,195Troy, NY: 22,966 personsTroy, NY22,966Freeport, NY: 22,495 personsFreeport, NY22,495Valley Stream, NY: 21,063 personsValley Stream, NY21,063Long Beach, NY: 19,736 personsLong Beach, NY19,736Niagara Falls, NY: 19,724 personsNiagara Falls, NY19,724Binghamton, NY: 19,251 personsBinghamton, NY19,251Port Chester, NY: 17,252 personsPort Chester, NY17,252Harrison, NY: 15,723 personsHarrison, NY15,723Poughkeepsie, NY: 15,264 personsPoughkeepsie, NY15,264Spring Valley, NY: 14,727 personsSpring Valley, NY14,727Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,698 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,698Ithaca, NY: 14,632 personsIthaca, NY14,632North Tonawanda, NY: 14,494 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY14,494Peekskill, NY: 14,390 personsPeekskill, NY14,390Ossining, NY: 14,011 personsOssining, NY14,011Lindenhurst, NY: 13,726 personsLindenhurst, NY13,726Glen Cove, NY: 13,548 personsGlen Cove, NY13,548Middletown, NY: 13,314 personsMiddletown, NY13,314Newburgh, NY: 12,361 personsNewburgh, NY12,361Rome, NY: 12,253 personsRome, NY12,253Rockville Centre, NY: 12,162 personsRockville Centre, NY12,162Jamestown, NY: 11,095 personsJamestown, NY11,095Auburn, NY: 10,946 personsAuburn, NY10,946Watertown, NY: 10,309 personsWatertown, NY10,309Kiryas Joel, NY: 9,976 personsKiryas Joel, NY9,976Lockport, NY: 9,878 personsLockport, NY9,878Elmira, NY: 9,568 personsElmira, NY9,568New York, NY: 4,132,652 personsNew York, NY4,132,652Buffalo, NY: 117,080 personsBuffalo, NY117,080Yonkers, NY: 106,570 personsYonkers, NY106,570Rochester, NY: 92,537 personsRochester, NY92,537Syracuse, NY: 60,377 personsSyracuse, NY60,377Albany, NY: 49,581 personsAlbany, NY49,581New Rochelle, NY: 44,531 personsNew Rochelle, NY44,531Mount Vernon, NY: 37,825 personsMount Vernon, NY37,825White Plains, NY: 33,137 personsWhite Plains, NY33,137Schenectady, NY: 30,156 personsSchenectady, NY30,156Hempstead, NY: 27,432 personsHempstead, NY27,432Utica, NY: 24,195 personsUtica, NY24,195Troy, NY: 22,966 personsTroy, NY22,966Freeport, NY: 22,495 personsFreeport, NY22,495Valley Stream, NY: 21,063 personsValley Stream, NY21,063Long Beach, NY: 19,736 personsLong Beach, NY19,736Niagara Falls, NY: 19,724 personsNiagara Falls, NY19,724Binghamton, NY: 19,251 personsBinghamton, NY19,251Port Chester, NY: 17,252 personsPort Chester, NY17,252Harrison, NY: 15,723 personsHarrison, NY15,723Poughkeepsie, NY: 15,264 personsPoughkeepsie, NY15,264Spring Valley, NY: 14,727 personsSpring Valley, NY14,727Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,698 personsSaratoga Springs, NY14,698Ithaca, NY: 14,632 personsIthaca, NY14,632North Tonawanda, NY: 14,494 personsNorth Tonawanda, NY14,494Peekskill, NY: 14,390 personsPeekskill, NY14,390Ossining, NY: 14,011 personsOssining, NY14,011Lindenhurst, NY: 13,726 personsLindenhurst, NY13,726Glen Cove, NY: 13,548 personsGlen Cove, NY13,548Middletown, NY: 13,314 personsMiddletown, NY13,314Newburgh, NY: 12,361 personsNewburgh, NY12,361Rome, NY: 12,253 personsRome, NY12,253Rockville Centre, NY: 12,162 personsRockville Centre, NY12,162Jamestown, NY: 11,095 personsJamestown, NY11,095Auburn, NY: 10,946 personsAuburn, NY10,946Watertown, NY: 10,309 personsWatertown, NY10,309Kiryas Joel, NY: 9,976 personsKiryas Joel, NY9,976Lockport, NY: 9,878 personsLockport, NY9,878Elmira, NY: 9,568 personsElmira, NY9,568
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1New York, NY4,132,652+2.1%
2Buffalo, NY117,080-1.2%
3Yonkers, NY106,570+0.1%
4Rochester, NY92,537-1%
5Syracuse, NY60,377-0.4%
6Albany, NY49,581-1%
7New Rochelle, NY44,531+0.6%
8Mount Vernon, NY37,825-0.4%
9White Plains, NY33,137+0.3%
10Schenectady, NY30,1560%
11Hempstead, NY27,432+1.1%
12Utica, NY24,195-0.6%
13Troy, NY22,966-0.5%
14Freeport, NY22,495-0.5%
15Valley Stream, NY21,063-0.6%
16Long Beach, NY19,736-0.6%
17Niagara Falls, NY19,724-1.5%
18Binghamton, NY19,251-0.7%
19Port Chester, NY17,252-0.3%
20Harrison, NY15,723-0.2%
21Poughkeepsie, NY15,264+0.8%
22Spring Valley, NY14,727+0.3%
23Saratoga Springs, NY14,698-0.4%
24Ithaca, NY14,6320%
25North Tonawanda, NY14,494-1.5%
26Peekskill, NY14,390-0.3%
27Ossining, NY14,011-0.2%
28Lindenhurst, NY13,726-0.5%
29Glen Cove, NY13,548-0.5%
30Middletown, NY13,314-0.8%
31Newburgh, NY12,361-0.9%
32Rome, NY12,253+0.2%
33Rockville Centre, NY12,162-0.6%
34Jamestown, NY11,095-1.3%
35Auburn, NY10,946-1.1%
36Watertown, NY10,309-1.5%
37Kiryas Joel, NY9,976+4%
38Lockport, NY9,878-1.5%
39Elmira, NY9,568-0.9%

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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

New York, NY, with 4.13 million in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Elmira, NY, with 9,568 in 2024.

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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