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Cities in Wisconsin by employed residents

Milwaukee, WI had the highest employed residents of 35 cities in 2017, at 271,226. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 11,914. The median was 20,211. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest271,226Milwaukee, WI
Lowest11,914Mequon, WI
Median20,21135 cities

All cities, 2017

Milwaukee, WI: 271,226 personsMilwaukee, WI271,226Madison, WI: 158,452 personsMadison, WI158,452Green Bay, WI: 55,867 personsGreen Bay, WI55,867Kenosha, WI: 50,917 personsKenosha, WI50,917Waukesha, WI: 41,212 personsWaukesha, WI41,212Appleton, WI: 41,022 personsAppleton, WI41,022Eau Claire, WI: 38,638 personsEau Claire, WI38,638Racine, WI: 36,315 personsRacine, WI36,315Oshkosh, WI: 35,206 personsOshkosh, WI35,206Janesville, WI: 32,390 personsJanesville, WI32,390West Allis, WI: 31,643 personsWest Allis, WI31,643La Crosse, WI: 28,454 personsLa Crosse, WI28,454Sheboygan, WI: 26,239 personsSheboygan, WI26,239Wauwatosa, WI: 26,086 personsWauwatosa, WI26,086Fond du Lac, WI: 22,318 personsFond du Lac, WI22,318New Berlin, WI: 20,968 personsNew Berlin, WI20,968Oak Creek, WI: 20,899 personsOak Creek, WI20,899Wausau, WI: 20,211 personsWausau, WI20,211Greenfield, WI: 19,620 personsGreenfield, WI19,620Brookfield, WI: 19,530 personsBrookfield, WI19,530Menomonee Falls, WI: 19,496 personsMenomonee Falls, WI19,496Sun Prairie, WI: 18,839 personsSun Prairie, WI18,839Fitchburg, WI: 17,889 personsFitchburg, WI17,889Franklin, WI: 17,695 personsFranklin, WI17,695West Bend, WI: 17,320 personsWest Bend, WI17,320Manitowoc, WI: 17,200 personsManitowoc, WI17,200Beloit, WI: 16,959 personsBeloit, WI16,959Stevens Point, WI: 15,835 personsStevens Point, WI15,835Superior, WI: 14,378 personsSuperior, WI14,378Neenah, WI: 14,151 personsNeenah, WI14,151Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,104 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,104De Pere, WI: 14,093 personsDe Pere, WI14,093Muskego, WI: 13,628 personsMuskego, WI13,628Caledonia, WI: 12,494 personsCaledonia, WI12,494Mequon, WI: 11,914 personsMequon, WI11,914Milwaukee, WI: 271,226 personsMilwaukee, WI271,226Madison, WI: 158,452 personsMadison, WI158,452Green Bay, WI: 55,867 personsGreen Bay, WI55,867Kenosha, WI: 50,917 personsKenosha, WI50,917Waukesha, WI: 41,212 personsWaukesha, WI41,212Appleton, WI: 41,022 personsAppleton, WI41,022Eau Claire, WI: 38,638 personsEau Claire, WI38,638Racine, WI: 36,315 personsRacine, WI36,315Oshkosh, WI: 35,206 personsOshkosh, WI35,206Janesville, WI: 32,390 personsJanesville, WI32,390West Allis, WI: 31,643 personsWest Allis, WI31,643La Crosse, WI: 28,454 personsLa Crosse, WI28,454Sheboygan, WI: 26,239 personsSheboygan, WI26,239Wauwatosa, WI: 26,086 personsWauwatosa, WI26,086Fond du Lac, WI: 22,318 personsFond du Lac, WI22,318New Berlin, WI: 20,968 personsNew Berlin, WI20,968Oak Creek, WI: 20,899 personsOak Creek, WI20,899Wausau, WI: 20,211 personsWausau, WI20,211Greenfield, WI: 19,620 personsGreenfield, WI19,620Brookfield, WI: 19,530 personsBrookfield, WI19,530Menomonee Falls, WI: 19,496 personsMenomonee Falls, WI19,496Sun Prairie, WI: 18,839 personsSun Prairie, WI18,839Fitchburg, WI: 17,889 personsFitchburg, WI17,889Franklin, WI: 17,695 personsFranklin, WI17,695West Bend, WI: 17,320 personsWest Bend, WI17,320Manitowoc, WI: 17,200 personsManitowoc, WI17,200Beloit, WI: 16,959 personsBeloit, WI16,959Stevens Point, WI: 15,835 personsStevens Point, WI15,835Superior, WI: 14,378 personsSuperior, WI14,378Neenah, WI: 14,151 personsNeenah, WI14,151Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,104 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,104De Pere, WI: 14,093 personsDe Pere, WI14,093Muskego, WI: 13,628 personsMuskego, WI13,628Caledonia, WI: 12,494 personsCaledonia, WI12,494Mequon, WI: 11,914 personsMequon, WI11,914
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Milwaukee, WI271,226+0.2%
2Madison, WI158,452+1.5%
3Green Bay, WI55,867+1.1%
4Kenosha, WI50,917+3.6%
5Waukesha, WI41,212+0.9%
6Appleton, WI41,022+0.1%
7Eau Claire, WI38,638+0.8%
8Racine, WI36,315+0.3%
9Oshkosh, WI35,206+0.7%
10Janesville, WI32,390+1.9%
11West Allis, WI31,643-0%
12La Crosse, WI28,454+0.2%
13Sheboygan, WI26,239+1.5%
14Wauwatosa, WI26,086+0.8%
15Fond du Lac, WI22,318+0.2%
16New Berlin, WI20,968+0.7%
17Oak Creek, WI20,899+1.5%
18Wausau, WI20,211+0.8%
19Greenfield, WI19,620+0.3%
20Brookfield, WI19,530+1%
21Menomonee Falls, WI19,496+2.6%
22Sun Prairie, WI18,839+0.8%
23Fitchburg, WI17,889+2.7%
24Franklin, WI17,695+0.5%
25West Bend, WI17,320+0.6%
26Manitowoc, WI17,200+0.3%
27Beloit, WI16,959+1.9%
28Stevens Point, WI15,8350%
29Superior, WI14,378+0.9%
30Neenah, WI14,151+1%
31Mount Pleasant, WI14,104+0.8%
32De Pere, WI14,093+1.7%
33Muskego, WI13,628+1.3%
34Caledonia, WI12,494+0.7%
35Mequon, WI11,914+1%

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. 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Milwaukee, WI, with 271,226 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Mequon, WI, with 11,914 in 2017.

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.

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