# Cities in Pennsylvania by employed residents, 2025

All 25 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. 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.
- Source: 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.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/pennsylvania-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Philadelphia, PA | 746,691 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh, PA | 158,709 |
| 3 | Allentown, PA | 56,238 |
| 4 | Erie, PA | 40,099 |
| 5 | Bethlehem, PA | 38,130 |
| 6 | Reading, PA | 37,838 |
| 7 | Scranton, PA | 33,013 |
| 8 | Lancaster, PA | 28,962 |
| 9 | Harrisburg, PA | 22,180 |
| 10 | York, PA | 20,114 |
| 11 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | 19,248 |
| 12 | Altoona, PA | 18,809 |
| 13 | Norristown, PA | 18,311 |
| 14 | Bethel Park, PA | 16,794 |
| 15 | State College, PA | 16,663 |
| 16 | Easton, PA | 15,001 |
| 17 | Plum, PA | 13,816 |
| 18 | Monroeville, PA | 13,491 |
| 19 | Hazleton, PA | 13,414 |
| 20 | Chester, PA | 13,281 |
| 21 | Williamsport, PA | 12,012 |
| 22 | Lebanon, PA | 11,296 |
| 23 | West Mifflin, PA | 8,860 |
| 24 | New Castle, PA | 7,473 |
| 25 | Johnstown, PA | 6,667 |