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Cities in Wisconsin by employed residents

Milwaukee, WI had the highest employed residents of 35 cities in 2019, at 266,322. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 12,033. The median was 19,940. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest266,322Milwaukee, WI
Lowest12,033Mequon, WI
Median19,94035 cities

All cities, 2019

Milwaukee, WI: 266,322 personsMilwaukee, WI266,322Madison, WI: 159,270 personsMadison, WI159,270Green Bay, WI: 54,646 personsGreen Bay, WI54,646Kenosha, WI: 50,660 personsKenosha, WI50,660Waukesha, WI: 40,688 personsWaukesha, WI40,688Appleton, WI: 40,191 personsAppleton, WI40,191Eau Claire, WI: 38,072 personsEau Claire, WI38,072Racine, WI: 35,730 personsRacine, WI35,730Oshkosh, WI: 34,360 personsOshkosh, WI34,360Janesville, WI: 32,441 personsJanesville, WI32,441West Allis, WI: 31,287 personsWest Allis, WI31,287La Crosse, WI: 27,707 personsLa Crosse, WI27,707Sheboygan, WI: 25,935 personsSheboygan, WI25,935Wauwatosa, WI: 25,836 personsWauwatosa, WI25,836Fond du Lac, WI: 22,520 personsFond du Lac, WI22,520New Berlin, WI: 20,731 personsNew Berlin, WI20,731Oak Creek, WI: 20,674 personsOak Creek, WI20,674Wausau, WI: 19,940 personsWausau, WI19,940Brookfield, WI: 19,850 personsBrookfield, WI19,850Greenfield, WI: 19,614 personsGreenfield, WI19,614Menomonee Falls, WI: 19,610 personsMenomonee Falls, WI19,610Sun Prairie, WI: 19,602 personsSun Prairie, WI19,602Fitchburg, WI: 18,477 personsFitchburg, WI18,477Franklin, WI: 17,331 personsFranklin, WI17,331West Bend, WI: 17,182 personsWest Bend, WI17,182Beloit, WI: 16,956 personsBeloit, WI16,956Manitowoc, WI: 16,942 personsManitowoc, WI16,942Stevens Point, WI: 15,166 personsStevens Point, WI15,166Superior, WI: 14,113 personsSuperior, WI14,113Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,021 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,021Neenah, WI: 13,933 personsNeenah, WI13,933De Pere, WI: 13,793 personsDe Pere, WI13,793Muskego, WI: 13,570 personsMuskego, WI13,570Caledonia, WI: 12,434 personsCaledonia, WI12,434Mequon, WI: 12,033 personsMequon, WI12,033Milwaukee, WI: 266,322 personsMilwaukee, WI266,322Madison, WI: 159,270 personsMadison, WI159,270Green Bay, WI: 54,646 personsGreen Bay, WI54,646Kenosha, WI: 50,660 personsKenosha, WI50,660Waukesha, WI: 40,688 personsWaukesha, WI40,688Appleton, WI: 40,191 personsAppleton, WI40,191Eau Claire, WI: 38,072 personsEau Claire, WI38,072Racine, WI: 35,730 personsRacine, WI35,730Oshkosh, WI: 34,360 personsOshkosh, WI34,360Janesville, WI: 32,441 personsJanesville, WI32,441West Allis, WI: 31,287 personsWest Allis, WI31,287La Crosse, WI: 27,707 personsLa Crosse, WI27,707Sheboygan, WI: 25,935 personsSheboygan, WI25,935Wauwatosa, WI: 25,836 personsWauwatosa, WI25,836Fond du Lac, WI: 22,520 personsFond du Lac, WI22,520New Berlin, WI: 20,731 personsNew Berlin, WI20,731Oak Creek, WI: 20,674 personsOak Creek, WI20,674Wausau, WI: 19,940 personsWausau, WI19,940Brookfield, WI: 19,850 personsBrookfield, WI19,850Greenfield, WI: 19,614 personsGreenfield, WI19,614Menomonee Falls, WI: 19,610 personsMenomonee Falls, WI19,610Sun Prairie, WI: 19,602 personsSun Prairie, WI19,602Fitchburg, WI: 18,477 personsFitchburg, WI18,477Franklin, WI: 17,331 personsFranklin, WI17,331West Bend, WI: 17,182 personsWest Bend, WI17,182Beloit, WI: 16,956 personsBeloit, WI16,956Manitowoc, WI: 16,942 personsManitowoc, WI16,942Stevens Point, WI: 15,166 personsStevens Point, WI15,166Superior, WI: 14,113 personsSuperior, WI14,113Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,021 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,021Neenah, WI: 13,933 personsNeenah, WI13,933De Pere, WI: 13,793 personsDe Pere, WI13,793Muskego, WI: 13,570 personsMuskego, WI13,570Caledonia, WI: 12,434 personsCaledonia, WI12,434Mequon, WI: 12,033 personsMequon, WI12,033
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Milwaukee, WI266,322-0.8%
2Madison, WI159,270+0.4%
3Green Bay, WI54,646-1.6%
4Kenosha, WI50,660-0.6%
5Waukesha, WI40,688-0.7%
6Appleton, WI40,191-0.9%
7Eau Claire, WI38,072-0.9%
8Racine, WI35,730-1.2%
9Oshkosh, WI34,360-1%
10Janesville, WI32,441+0.1%
11West Allis, WI31,287+0.2%
12La Crosse, WI27,707-1.4%
13Sheboygan, WI25,935-0.8%
14Wauwatosa, WI25,836-0.8%
15Fond du Lac, WI22,520+0.3%
16New Berlin, WI20,731-0.5%
17Oak Creek, WI20,674-0.9%
18Wausau, WI19,940-0.9%
19Brookfield, WI19,850+0.5%
20Greenfield, WI19,614-0.9%
21Menomonee Falls, WI19,610+0.6%
22Sun Prairie, WI19,602+1.8%
23Fitchburg, WI18,477+1.9%
24Franklin, WI17,331-0.7%
25West Bend, WI17,182-0.5%
26Beloit, WI16,956-0.1%
27Manitowoc, WI16,942-1%
28Stevens Point, WI15,166-2.3%
29Superior, WI14,113-0.7%
30Mount Pleasant, WI14,021-0.8%
31Neenah, WI13,933-0.3%
32De Pere, WI13,793-1.5%
33Muskego, WI13,570-0.3%
34Caledonia, WI12,434-0.5%
35Mequon, WI12,033-0.2%

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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Milwaukee, WI, with 266,322 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Mequon, WI, with 12,033 in 2019.

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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