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Cities in Wisconsin by employed residents

Milwaukee, WI had the highest employed residents of 35 cities in 2018, at 268,601. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 12,063. The median was 20,127. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest268,601Milwaukee, WI
Lowest12,063Mequon, WI
Median20,12735 cities

All cities, 2018

Milwaukee, WI: 268,601 personsMilwaukee, WI268,601Madison, WI: 158,605 personsMadison, WI158,605Green Bay, WI: 55,546 personsGreen Bay, WI55,546Kenosha, WI: 50,958 personsKenosha, WI50,958Waukesha, WI: 40,979 personsWaukesha, WI40,979Appleton, WI: 40,556 personsAppleton, WI40,556Eau Claire, WI: 38,405 personsEau Claire, WI38,405Racine, WI: 36,147 personsRacine, WI36,147Oshkosh, WI: 34,694 personsOshkosh, WI34,694Janesville, WI: 32,407 personsJanesville, WI32,407West Allis, WI: 31,237 personsWest Allis, WI31,237La Crosse, WI: 28,112 personsLa Crosse, WI28,112Sheboygan, WI: 26,141 personsSheboygan, WI26,141Wauwatosa, WI: 26,038 personsWauwatosa, WI26,038Fond du Lac, WI: 22,456 personsFond du Lac, WI22,456Oak Creek, WI: 20,855 personsOak Creek, WI20,855New Berlin, WI: 20,830 personsNew Berlin, WI20,830Wausau, WI: 20,127 personsWausau, WI20,127Greenfield, WI: 19,793 personsGreenfield, WI19,793Brookfield, WI: 19,754 personsBrookfield, WI19,754Menomonee Falls, WI: 19,499 personsMenomonee Falls, WI19,499Sun Prairie, WI: 19,256 personsSun Prairie, WI19,256Fitchburg, WI: 18,130 personsFitchburg, WI18,130Franklin, WI: 17,449 personsFranklin, WI17,449West Bend, WI: 17,269 personsWest Bend, WI17,269Manitowoc, WI: 17,112 personsManitowoc, WI17,112Beloit, WI: 16,981 personsBeloit, WI16,981Stevens Point, WI: 15,516 personsStevens Point, WI15,516Superior, WI: 14,206 personsSuperior, WI14,206Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,135 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,135De Pere, WI: 14,005 personsDe Pere, WI14,005Neenah, WI: 13,974 personsNeenah, WI13,974Muskego, WI: 13,606 personsMuskego, WI13,606Caledonia, WI: 12,502 personsCaledonia, WI12,502Mequon, WI: 12,063 personsMequon, WI12,063Milwaukee, WI: 268,601 personsMilwaukee, WI268,601Madison, WI: 158,605 personsMadison, WI158,605Green Bay, WI: 55,546 personsGreen Bay, WI55,546Kenosha, WI: 50,958 personsKenosha, WI50,958Waukesha, WI: 40,979 personsWaukesha, WI40,979Appleton, WI: 40,556 personsAppleton, WI40,556Eau Claire, WI: 38,405 personsEau Claire, WI38,405Racine, WI: 36,147 personsRacine, WI36,147Oshkosh, WI: 34,694 personsOshkosh, WI34,694Janesville, WI: 32,407 personsJanesville, WI32,407West Allis, WI: 31,237 personsWest Allis, WI31,237La Crosse, WI: 28,112 personsLa Crosse, WI28,112Sheboygan, WI: 26,141 personsSheboygan, WI26,141Wauwatosa, WI: 26,038 personsWauwatosa, WI26,038Fond du Lac, WI: 22,456 personsFond du Lac, WI22,456Oak Creek, WI: 20,855 personsOak Creek, WI20,855New Berlin, WI: 20,830 personsNew Berlin, WI20,830Wausau, WI: 20,127 personsWausau, WI20,127Greenfield, WI: 19,793 personsGreenfield, WI19,793Brookfield, WI: 19,754 personsBrookfield, WI19,754Menomonee Falls, WI: 19,499 personsMenomonee Falls, WI19,499Sun Prairie, WI: 19,256 personsSun Prairie, WI19,256Fitchburg, WI: 18,130 personsFitchburg, WI18,130Franklin, WI: 17,449 personsFranklin, WI17,449West Bend, WI: 17,269 personsWest Bend, WI17,269Manitowoc, WI: 17,112 personsManitowoc, WI17,112Beloit, WI: 16,981 personsBeloit, WI16,981Stevens Point, WI: 15,516 personsStevens Point, WI15,516Superior, WI: 14,206 personsSuperior, WI14,206Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,135 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,135De Pere, WI: 14,005 personsDe Pere, WI14,005Neenah, WI: 13,974 personsNeenah, WI13,974Muskego, WI: 13,606 personsMuskego, WI13,606Caledonia, WI: 12,502 personsCaledonia, WI12,502Mequon, WI: 12,063 personsMequon, WI12,063
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Milwaukee, WI268,601-1%
2Madison, WI158,605+0.1%
3Green Bay, WI55,546-0.6%
4Kenosha, WI50,958+0.1%
5Waukesha, WI40,979-0.6%
6Appleton, WI40,556-1.1%
7Eau Claire, WI38,405-0.6%
8Racine, WI36,147-0.5%
9Oshkosh, WI34,694-1.5%
10Janesville, WI32,407+0.1%
11West Allis, WI31,237-1.3%
12La Crosse, WI28,112-1.2%
13Sheboygan, WI26,141-0.4%
14Wauwatosa, WI26,038-0.2%
15Fond du Lac, WI22,456+0.6%
16Oak Creek, WI20,855-0.2%
17New Berlin, WI20,830-0.7%
18Wausau, WI20,127-0.4%
19Greenfield, WI19,793+0.9%
20Brookfield, WI19,754+1.1%
21Menomonee Falls, WI19,4990%
22Sun Prairie, WI19,256+2.2%
23Fitchburg, WI18,130+1.3%
24Franklin, WI17,449-1.4%
25West Bend, WI17,269-0.3%
26Manitowoc, WI17,112-0.5%
27Beloit, WI16,981+0.1%
28Stevens Point, WI15,516-2%
29Superior, WI14,206-1.2%
30Mount Pleasant, WI14,135+0.2%
31De Pere, WI14,005-0.6%
32Neenah, WI13,974-1.3%
33Muskego, WI13,606-0.2%
34Caledonia, WI12,502+0.1%
35Mequon, WI12,063+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.

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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Milwaukee, WI, with 268,601 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Mequon, WI, with 12,063 in 2018.

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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