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Cities in Wisconsin by employed residents

Milwaukee, WI had the highest employed residents of 32 cities in 2015, at 264,100. Caledonia, WI had the lowest, at 12,905. The median was 20,302. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest264,100Milwaukee, WI
Lowest12,905Caledonia, WI
Median20,30232 cities

All cities, 2015

Milwaukee, WI: 264,100 personsMilwaukee, WI264,100Madison, WI: 147,078 personsMadison, WI147,078Green Bay, WI: 52,018 personsGreen Bay, WI52,018Kenosha, WI: 46,869 personsKenosha, WI46,869Waukesha, WI: 40,051 personsWaukesha, WI40,051Appleton, WI: 38,359 personsAppleton, WI38,359Eau Claire, WI: 38,138 personsEau Claire, WI38,138Racine, WI: 33,508 personsRacine, WI33,508Oshkosh, WI: 33,271 personsOshkosh, WI33,271West Allis, WI: 32,064 personsWest Allis, WI32,064Janesville, WI: 31,462 personsJanesville, WI31,462La Crosse, WI: 28,521 personsLa Crosse, WI28,521Wauwatosa, WI: 26,159 personsWauwatosa, WI26,159Sheboygan, WI: 24,108 personsSheboygan, WI24,108Fond du Lac, WI: 22,021 personsFond du Lac, WI22,021New Berlin, WI: 21,040 personsNew Berlin, WI21,040Oak Creek, WI: 19,563 personsOak Creek, WI19,563Menomonee Falls, WI: 19,133 personsMenomonee Falls, WI19,133Greenfield, WI: 19,067 personsGreenfield, WI19,067Wausau, WI: 18,961 personsWausau, WI18,961Sun Prairie, WI: 18,564 personsSun Prairie, WI18,564Brookfield, WI: 18,538 personsBrookfield, WI18,538Franklin, WI: 17,606 personsFranklin, WI17,606West Bend, WI: 16,377 personsWest Bend, WI16,377Beloit, WI: 16,027 personsBeloit, WI16,027Manitowoc, WI: 15,504 personsManitowoc, WI15,504Fitchburg, WI: 15,374 personsFitchburg, WI15,374Stevens Point, WI: 14,407 personsStevens Point, WI14,407Superior, WI: 14,064 personsSuperior, WI14,064Mount Pleasant, WI: 13,480 personsMount Pleasant, WI13,480Neenah, WI: 13,360 personsNeenah, WI13,360Caledonia, WI: 12,905 personsCaledonia, WI12,905Milwaukee, WI: 264,100 personsMilwaukee, WI264,100Madison, WI: 147,078 personsMadison, WI147,078Green Bay, WI: 52,018 personsGreen Bay, WI52,018Kenosha, WI: 46,869 personsKenosha, WI46,869Waukesha, WI: 40,051 personsWaukesha, WI40,051Appleton, WI: 38,359 personsAppleton, WI38,359Eau Claire, WI: 38,138 personsEau Claire, WI38,138Racine, WI: 33,508 personsRacine, WI33,508Oshkosh, WI: 33,271 personsOshkosh, WI33,271West Allis, WI: 32,064 personsWest Allis, WI32,064Janesville, WI: 31,462 personsJanesville, WI31,462La Crosse, WI: 28,521 personsLa Crosse, WI28,521Wauwatosa, WI: 26,159 personsWauwatosa, WI26,159Sheboygan, WI: 24,108 personsSheboygan, WI24,108Fond du Lac, WI: 22,021 personsFond du Lac, WI22,021New Berlin, WI: 21,040 personsNew Berlin, WI21,040Oak Creek, WI: 19,563 personsOak Creek, WI19,563Menomonee Falls, WI: 19,133 personsMenomonee Falls, WI19,133Greenfield, WI: 19,067 personsGreenfield, WI19,067Wausau, WI: 18,961 personsWausau, WI18,961Sun Prairie, WI: 18,564 personsSun Prairie, WI18,564Brookfield, WI: 18,538 personsBrookfield, WI18,538Franklin, WI: 17,606 personsFranklin, WI17,606West Bend, WI: 16,377 personsWest Bend, WI16,377Beloit, WI: 16,027 personsBeloit, WI16,027Manitowoc, WI: 15,504 personsManitowoc, WI15,504Fitchburg, WI: 15,374 personsFitchburg, WI15,374Stevens Point, WI: 14,407 personsStevens Point, WI14,407Superior, WI: 14,064 personsSuperior, WI14,064Mount Pleasant, WI: 13,480 personsMount Pleasant, WI13,480Neenah, WI: 13,360 personsNeenah, WI13,360Caledonia, WI: 12,905 personsCaledonia, WI12,905
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Milwaukee, WI264,100+0.8%
2Madison, WI147,078+2%
3Green Bay, WI52,018+0.8%
4Kenosha, WI46,869+1.4%
5Waukesha, WI40,051+1.3%
6Appleton, WI38,359+1.1%
7Eau Claire, WI38,138+0.6%
8Racine, WI33,508+0.1%
9Oshkosh, WI33,271+0.7%
10West Allis, WI32,064+0.7%
11Janesville, WI31,462+2.3%
12La Crosse, WI28,521-0.1%
13Wauwatosa, WI26,159+1.8%
14Sheboygan, WI24,108+0.6%
15Fond du Lac, WI22,021+0.5%
16New Berlin, WI21,040+0.6%
17Oak Creek, WI19,563+1.2%
18Menomonee Falls, WI19,133+1%
19Greenfield, WI19,067+1.2%
20Wausau, WI18,961+0.8%
21Sun Prairie, WI18,564+2.6%
22Brookfield, WI18,538+0.8%
23Franklin, WI17,606+0.5%
24West Bend, WI16,377+0.9%
25Beloit, WI16,027+2.1%
26Manitowoc, WI15,504-0.4%
27Fitchburg, WI15,374+3.8%
28Stevens Point, WI14,407+1.6%
29Superior, WI14,064-0.3%
30Mount Pleasant, WI13,480+0.5%
31Neenah, WI13,360+0.6%
32Caledonia, WI12,905+0.4%

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 2015 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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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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, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/wisconsin-cities?period=2015. 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, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/wisconsin-cities?period=2015.

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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/wisconsin-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Milwaukee, WI, with 264,100 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Caledonia, WI, with 12,905 in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.

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