# Cities in Rhode Island by employed residents, 2025

All 8 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/rhode-island-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Providence, RI | 95,563 |
| 2 | Warwick, RI | 44,125 |
| 3 | Cranston, RI | 42,839 |
| 4 | Pawtucket, RI | 40,960 |
| 5 | East Providence, RI | 24,719 |
| 6 | Woonsocket, RI | 20,435 |
| 7 | Newport, RI | 11,111 |
| 8 | Central Falls, RI | 9,726 |