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Cities in Wisconsin by employed residents

Milwaukee, WI had the highest employed residents of 32 cities in 2014, at 262,095. Caledonia, WI had the lowest, at 12,848. The median was 20,121. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest262,095Milwaukee, WI
Lowest12,848Caledonia, WI
Median20,12132 cities

All cities, 2014

Milwaukee, WI: 262,095 personsMilwaukee, WI262,095Madison, WI: 144,141 personsMadison, WI144,141Green Bay, WI: 51,586 personsGreen Bay, WI51,586Kenosha, WI: 46,232 personsKenosha, WI46,232Waukesha, WI: 39,531 personsWaukesha, WI39,531Appleton, WI: 37,952 personsAppleton, WI37,952Eau Claire, WI: 37,921 personsEau Claire, WI37,921Racine, WI: 33,465 personsRacine, WI33,465Oshkosh, WI: 33,038 personsOshkosh, WI33,038West Allis, WI: 31,850 personsWest Allis, WI31,850Janesville, WI: 30,765 personsJanesville, WI30,765La Crosse, WI: 28,539 personsLa Crosse, WI28,539Wauwatosa, WI: 25,702 personsWauwatosa, WI25,702Sheboygan, WI: 23,959 personsSheboygan, WI23,959Fond du Lac, WI: 21,908 personsFond du Lac, WI21,908New Berlin, WI: 20,915 personsNew Berlin, WI20,915Oak Creek, WI: 19,327 personsOak Creek, WI19,327Menomonee Falls, WI: 18,935 personsMenomonee Falls, WI18,935Greenfield, WI: 18,841 personsGreenfield, WI18,841Wausau, WI: 18,806 personsWausau, WI18,806Brookfield, WI: 18,399 personsBrookfield, WI18,399Sun Prairie, WI: 18,085 personsSun Prairie, WI18,085Franklin, WI: 17,514 personsFranklin, WI17,514West Bend, WI: 16,236 personsWest Bend, WI16,236Beloit, WI: 15,695 personsBeloit, WI15,695Manitowoc, WI: 15,561 personsManitowoc, WI15,561Fitchburg, WI: 14,808 personsFitchburg, WI14,808Stevens Point, WI: 14,175 personsStevens Point, WI14,175Superior, WI: 14,111 personsSuperior, WI14,111Mount Pleasant, WI: 13,418 personsMount Pleasant, WI13,418Neenah, WI: 13,285 personsNeenah, WI13,285Caledonia, WI: 12,848 personsCaledonia, WI12,848Milwaukee, WI: 262,095 personsMilwaukee, WI262,095Madison, WI: 144,141 personsMadison, WI144,141Green Bay, WI: 51,586 personsGreen Bay, WI51,586Kenosha, WI: 46,232 personsKenosha, WI46,232Waukesha, WI: 39,531 personsWaukesha, WI39,531Appleton, WI: 37,952 personsAppleton, WI37,952Eau Claire, WI: 37,921 personsEau Claire, WI37,921Racine, WI: 33,465 personsRacine, WI33,465Oshkosh, WI: 33,038 personsOshkosh, WI33,038West Allis, WI: 31,850 personsWest Allis, WI31,850Janesville, WI: 30,765 personsJanesville, WI30,765La Crosse, WI: 28,539 personsLa Crosse, WI28,539Wauwatosa, WI: 25,702 personsWauwatosa, WI25,702Sheboygan, WI: 23,959 personsSheboygan, WI23,959Fond du Lac, WI: 21,908 personsFond du Lac, WI21,908New Berlin, WI: 20,915 personsNew Berlin, WI20,915Oak Creek, WI: 19,327 personsOak Creek, WI19,327Menomonee Falls, WI: 18,935 personsMenomonee Falls, WI18,935Greenfield, WI: 18,841 personsGreenfield, WI18,841Wausau, WI: 18,806 personsWausau, WI18,806Brookfield, WI: 18,399 personsBrookfield, WI18,399Sun Prairie, WI: 18,085 personsSun Prairie, WI18,085Franklin, WI: 17,514 personsFranklin, WI17,514West Bend, WI: 16,236 personsWest Bend, WI16,236Beloit, WI: 15,695 personsBeloit, WI15,695Manitowoc, WI: 15,561 personsManitowoc, WI15,561Fitchburg, WI: 14,808 personsFitchburg, WI14,808Stevens Point, WI: 14,175 personsStevens Point, WI14,175Superior, WI: 14,111 personsSuperior, WI14,111Mount Pleasant, WI: 13,418 personsMount Pleasant, WI13,418Neenah, WI: 13,285 personsNeenah, WI13,285Caledonia, WI: 12,848 personsCaledonia, WI12,848
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Milwaukee, WI262,095+1.6%
2Madison, WI144,141+2.3%
3Green Bay, WI51,586+1%
4Kenosha, WI46,232+1.3%
5Waukesha, WI39,531+2.2%
6Appleton, WI37,952+1.8%
7Eau Claire, WI37,921+1.4%
8Racine, WI33,465+1.8%
9Oshkosh, WI33,038+0.9%
10West Allis, WI31,850+1.4%
11Janesville, WI30,765+1.9%
12La Crosse, WI28,539+1.6%
13Wauwatosa, WI25,702+1.5%
14Sheboygan, WI23,959+2.2%
15Fond du Lac, WI21,908+1.3%
16New Berlin, WI20,915+1.5%
17Oak Creek, WI19,327+1.7%
18Menomonee Falls, WI18,935+1.7%
19Greenfield, WI18,841+1.5%
20Wausau, WI18,806+3%
21Brookfield, WI18,399+1.5%
22Sun Prairie, WI18,085+4.2%
23Franklin, WI17,514+1.5%
24West Bend, WI16,236+2%
25Beloit, WI15,695+1.6%
26Manitowoc, WI15,561+1%
27Fitchburg, WI14,808+4.3%
28Stevens Point, WI14,175+2.1%
29Superior, WI14,111+0.7%
30Mount Pleasant, WI13,418+2.2%
31Neenah, WI13,285+1%
32Caledonia, WI12,848+1.8%

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. 3 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.CurrentU10-14. 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, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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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, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/wisconsin-cities?period=2014. 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, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/wisconsin-cities?period=2014.

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, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/wisconsin-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Milwaukee, WI, with 262,095 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Caledonia, WI, with 12,848 in 2014.

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. 3 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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