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Cities in Wisconsin by employed residents

Milwaukee, WI had the highest employed residents of 35 cities in 2020, at 254,042. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 11,651. The median was 19,294. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest254,042Milwaukee, WI
Lowest11,651Mequon, WI
Median19,29435 cities

All cities, 2020

Milwaukee, WI: 254,042 personsMilwaukee, WI254,042Madison, WI: 154,349 personsMadison, WI154,349Green Bay, WI: 52,390 personsGreen Bay, WI52,390Kenosha, WI: 49,395 personsKenosha, WI49,395Waukesha, WI: 39,005 personsWaukesha, WI39,005Appleton, WI: 38,970 personsAppleton, WI38,970Eau Claire, WI: 36,804 personsEau Claire, WI36,804Racine, WI: 34,205 personsRacine, WI34,205Oshkosh, WI: 33,471 personsOshkosh, WI33,471Janesville, WI: 31,338 personsJanesville, WI31,338West Allis, WI: 29,840 personsWest Allis, WI29,840La Crosse, WI: 26,575 personsLa Crosse, WI26,575Sheboygan, WI: 24,922 personsSheboygan, WI24,922Wauwatosa, WI: 24,674 personsWauwatosa, WI24,674Fond du Lac, WI: 21,428 personsFond du Lac, WI21,428Oak Creek, WI: 19,930 personsOak Creek, WI19,930New Berlin, WI: 19,901 personsNew Berlin, WI19,901Wausau, WI: 19,294 personsWausau, WI19,294Brookfield, WI: 19,035 personsBrookfield, WI19,035Sun Prairie, WI: 19,009 personsSun Prairie, WI19,009Menomonee Falls, WI: 18,915 personsMenomonee Falls, WI18,915Greenfield, WI: 18,726 personsGreenfield, WI18,726Fitchburg, WI: 17,942 personsFitchburg, WI17,942Franklin, WI: 16,620 personsFranklin, WI16,620West Bend, WI: 16,390 personsWest Bend, WI16,390Beloit, WI: 16,257 personsBeloit, WI16,257Manitowoc, WI: 16,205 personsManitowoc, WI16,205Stevens Point, WI: 14,438 personsStevens Point, WI14,438Neenah, WI: 13,711 personsNeenah, WI13,711Mount Pleasant, WI: 13,521 personsMount Pleasant, WI13,521Superior, WI: 13,410 personsSuperior, WI13,410De Pere, WI: 13,290 personsDe Pere, WI13,290Muskego, WI: 13,107 personsMuskego, WI13,107Caledonia, WI: 11,965 personsCaledonia, WI11,965Mequon, WI: 11,651 personsMequon, WI11,651Milwaukee, WI: 254,042 personsMilwaukee, WI254,042Madison, WI: 154,349 personsMadison, WI154,349Green Bay, WI: 52,390 personsGreen Bay, WI52,390Kenosha, WI: 49,395 personsKenosha, WI49,395Waukesha, WI: 39,005 personsWaukesha, WI39,005Appleton, WI: 38,970 personsAppleton, WI38,970Eau Claire, WI: 36,804 personsEau Claire, WI36,804Racine, WI: 34,205 personsRacine, WI34,205Oshkosh, WI: 33,471 personsOshkosh, WI33,471Janesville, WI: 31,338 personsJanesville, WI31,338West Allis, WI: 29,840 personsWest Allis, WI29,840La Crosse, WI: 26,575 personsLa Crosse, WI26,575Sheboygan, WI: 24,922 personsSheboygan, WI24,922Wauwatosa, WI: 24,674 personsWauwatosa, WI24,674Fond du Lac, WI: 21,428 personsFond du Lac, WI21,428Oak Creek, WI: 19,930 personsOak Creek, WI19,930New Berlin, WI: 19,901 personsNew Berlin, WI19,901Wausau, WI: 19,294 personsWausau, WI19,294Brookfield, WI: 19,035 personsBrookfield, WI19,035Sun Prairie, WI: 19,009 personsSun Prairie, WI19,009Menomonee Falls, WI: 18,915 personsMenomonee Falls, WI18,915Greenfield, WI: 18,726 personsGreenfield, WI18,726Fitchburg, WI: 17,942 personsFitchburg, WI17,942Franklin, WI: 16,620 personsFranklin, WI16,620West Bend, WI: 16,390 personsWest Bend, WI16,390Beloit, WI: 16,257 personsBeloit, WI16,257Manitowoc, WI: 16,205 personsManitowoc, WI16,205Stevens Point, WI: 14,438 personsStevens Point, WI14,438Neenah, WI: 13,711 personsNeenah, WI13,711Mount Pleasant, WI: 13,521 personsMount Pleasant, WI13,521Superior, WI: 13,410 personsSuperior, WI13,410De Pere, WI: 13,290 personsDe Pere, WI13,290Muskego, WI: 13,107 personsMuskego, WI13,107Caledonia, WI: 11,965 personsCaledonia, WI11,965Mequon, WI: 11,651 personsMequon, WI11,651
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Milwaukee, WI254,042-4.6%
2Madison, WI154,349-3.1%
3Green Bay, WI52,390-4.1%
4Kenosha, WI49,395-2.5%
5Waukesha, WI39,005-4.1%
6Appleton, WI38,970-3%
7Eau Claire, WI36,804-3.3%
8Racine, WI34,205-4.3%
9Oshkosh, WI33,471-2.6%
10Janesville, WI31,338-3.4%
11West Allis, WI29,840-4.6%
12La Crosse, WI26,575-4.1%
13Sheboygan, WI24,922-3.9%
14Wauwatosa, WI24,674-4.5%
15Fond du Lac, WI21,428-4.8%
16Oak Creek, WI19,930-3.6%
17New Berlin, WI19,901-4%
18Wausau, WI19,294-3.2%
19Brookfield, WI19,035-4.1%
20Sun Prairie, WI19,009-3%
21Menomonee Falls, WI18,915-3.5%
22Greenfield, WI18,726-4.5%
23Fitchburg, WI17,942-2.9%
24Franklin, WI16,620-4.1%
25West Bend, WI16,390-4.6%
26Beloit, WI16,257-4.1%
27Manitowoc, WI16,205-4.4%
28Stevens Point, WI14,438-4.8%
29Neenah, WI13,711-1.6%
30Mount Pleasant, WI13,521-3.6%
31Superior, WI13,410-5%
32De Pere, WI13,290-3.6%
33Muskego, WI13,107-3.4%
34Caledonia, WI11,965-3.8%
35Mequon, WI11,651-3.2%

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.CurrentU20-24. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Wisconsin by employed residents, 2020. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/wisconsin-cities?period=2020. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/wisconsin-cities?period=2020.

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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/wisconsin-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Milwaukee, WI, with 254,042 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Mequon, WI, with 11,651 in 2020.

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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