Cities in Wisconsin by employed residents, 2025

Milwaukee, WI had the highest employed residents of 35 cities in 2025, at 254,166. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 12,021. The median was 20,482. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Highest254,166Milwaukee, WI

Lowest12,021Mequon, WI

Median20,48235 cities

All cities, 2025

persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2025 persons	Change on 2024
1	Milwaukee, WI	254,166	-1.3%
2	Madison, WI	166,599	-0.5%
3	Kenosha, WI	54,002	+0.3%
4	Green Bay, WI	53,534	-0.3%
5	Eau Claire, WI	40,181	-0.6%
6	Waukesha, WI	40,143	-1.3%
7	Appleton, WI	39,304	-1%
8	Racine, WI	35,235	-1.6%
9	Oshkosh, WI	34,231	-1.3%
10	Janesville, WI	33,508	-0.6%
11	West Allis, WI	30,336	-1.3%
12	La Crosse, WI	27,224	-0.2%
13	Wauwatosa, WI	25,524	-1.3%
14	Sheboygan, WI	25,444	-0.9%
15	Sun Prairie, WI	21,549	-0.5%
16	Oak Creek, WI	21,369	-1.3%
17	Fond du Lac, WI	21,344	-1.1%
18	Fitchburg, WI	20,482	-0.5%
19	Menomonee Falls, WI	20,420	-1.3%
20	New Berlin, WI	20,313	-1.3%
21	Wausau, WI	19,638	-1.3%
22	Brookfield, WI	19,403	-1.3%
23	Greenfield, WI	18,931	-1.3%
24	Franklin, WI	17,237	-1.3%
25	Beloit, WI	17,138	-0.6%
26	West Bend, WI	17,003	-1.3%
27	Manitowoc, WI	16,448	-1.8%
28	Stevens Point, WI	14,869	+0.3%
29	Mount Pleasant, WI	14,163	-1.6%
30	Neenah, WI	14,009	-1.3%
31	Muskego, WI	13,782	-1.3%
32	Superior, WI	13,738	-1%
33	De Pere, WI	13,732	-0.3%
34	Caledonia, WI	12,295	-1.6%
35	Mequon, WI	12,021	-1.3%

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. 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.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Wisconsin by employed residents, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Wisconsin by employed residents, 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/wisconsin-cities. 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 Wisconsin by employed residents, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/wisconsin-cities.

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 Wisconsin by employed residents, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/wisconsin-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Milwaukee, WI, with 254,166 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Mequon, WI, with 12,021 in 2025.

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.