# Cities in Wisconsin by employed residents, 2025

All 35 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/wisconsin-cities

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