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Cities in Wisconsin by employed residents

Milwaukee, WI had the highest employed residents of 35 cities in 2022, at 257,840. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 12,169. The median was 20,486. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest257,840Milwaukee, WI
Lowest12,169Mequon, WI
Median20,48635 cities

All cities, 2022

Milwaukee, WI: 257,840 personsMilwaukee, WI257,840Madison, WI: 161,361 personsMadison, WI161,361Green Bay, WI: 53,071 personsGreen Bay, WI53,071Kenosha, WI: 52,429 personsKenosha, WI52,429Waukesha, WI: 40,442 personsWaukesha, WI40,442Appleton, WI: 39,656 personsAppleton, WI39,656Eau Claire, WI: 38,921 personsEau Claire, WI38,921Racine, WI: 35,325 personsRacine, WI35,325Oshkosh, WI: 34,422 personsOshkosh, WI34,422Janesville, WI: 32,682 personsJanesville, WI32,682West Allis, WI: 30,389 personsWest Allis, WI30,389La Crosse, WI: 26,889 personsLa Crosse, WI26,889Wauwatosa, WI: 25,678 personsWauwatosa, WI25,678Sheboygan, WI: 25,231 personsSheboygan, WI25,231Fond du Lac, WI: 22,105 personsFond du Lac, WI22,105Oak Creek, WI: 21,101 personsOak Creek, WI21,101Sun Prairie, WI: 20,505 personsSun Prairie, WI20,505New Berlin, WI: 20,486 personsNew Berlin, WI20,486Menomonee Falls, WI: 20,037 personsMenomonee Falls, WI20,037Wausau, WI: 19,758 personsWausau, WI19,758Brookfield, WI: 19,570 personsBrookfield, WI19,570Greenfield, WI: 19,240 personsGreenfield, WI19,240Fitchburg, WI: 19,194 personsFitchburg, WI19,194West Bend, WI: 17,252 personsWest Bend, WI17,252Franklin, WI: 16,839 personsFranklin, WI16,839Beloit, WI: 16,753 personsBeloit, WI16,753Manitowoc, WI: 16,586 personsManitowoc, WI16,586Stevens Point, WI: 14,793 personsStevens Point, WI14,793Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,210 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,210Neenah, WI: 14,078 personsNeenah, WI14,078Superior, WI: 13,796 personsSuperior, WI13,796Muskego, WI: 13,769 personsMuskego, WI13,769De Pere, WI: 13,556 personsDe Pere, WI13,556Caledonia, WI: 12,458 personsCaledonia, WI12,458Mequon, WI: 12,169 personsMequon, WI12,169Milwaukee, WI: 257,840 personsMilwaukee, WI257,840Madison, WI: 161,361 personsMadison, WI161,361Green Bay, WI: 53,071 personsGreen Bay, WI53,071Kenosha, WI: 52,429 personsKenosha, WI52,429Waukesha, WI: 40,442 personsWaukesha, WI40,442Appleton, WI: 39,656 personsAppleton, WI39,656Eau Claire, WI: 38,921 personsEau Claire, WI38,921Racine, WI: 35,325 personsRacine, WI35,325Oshkosh, WI: 34,422 personsOshkosh, WI34,422Janesville, WI: 32,682 personsJanesville, WI32,682West Allis, WI: 30,389 personsWest Allis, WI30,389La Crosse, WI: 26,889 personsLa Crosse, WI26,889Wauwatosa, WI: 25,678 personsWauwatosa, WI25,678Sheboygan, WI: 25,231 personsSheboygan, WI25,231Fond du Lac, WI: 22,105 personsFond du Lac, WI22,105Oak Creek, WI: 21,101 personsOak Creek, WI21,101Sun Prairie, WI: 20,505 personsSun Prairie, WI20,505New Berlin, WI: 20,486 personsNew Berlin, WI20,486Menomonee Falls, WI: 20,037 personsMenomonee Falls, WI20,037Wausau, WI: 19,758 personsWausau, WI19,758Brookfield, WI: 19,570 personsBrookfield, WI19,570Greenfield, WI: 19,240 personsGreenfield, WI19,240Fitchburg, WI: 19,194 personsFitchburg, WI19,194West Bend, WI: 17,252 personsWest Bend, WI17,252Franklin, WI: 16,839 personsFranklin, WI16,839Beloit, WI: 16,753 personsBeloit, WI16,753Manitowoc, WI: 16,586 personsManitowoc, WI16,586Stevens Point, WI: 14,793 personsStevens Point, WI14,793Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,210 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,210Neenah, WI: 14,078 personsNeenah, WI14,078Superior, WI: 13,796 personsSuperior, WI13,796Muskego, WI: 13,769 personsMuskego, WI13,769De Pere, WI: 13,556 personsDe Pere, WI13,556Caledonia, WI: 12,458 personsCaledonia, WI12,458Mequon, WI: 12,169 personsMequon, WI12,169
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Milwaukee, WI257,840+0.4%
2Madison, WI161,361+2.2%
3Green Bay, WI53,071+0.5%
4Kenosha, WI52,429+1.6%
5Waukesha, WI40,442+0.7%
6Appleton, WI39,656+0.3%
7Eau Claire, WI38,921+2.3%
8Racine, WI35,325+0.8%
9Oshkosh, WI34,422+1%
10Janesville, WI32,682+0.9%
11West Allis, WI30,3890%
12La Crosse, WI26,889+0.9%
13Wauwatosa, WI25,678+1.3%
14Sheboygan, WI25,231-0.3%
15Fond du Lac, WI22,105+0.3%
16Oak Creek, WI21,101+3.5%
17Sun Prairie, WI20,505+2.2%
18New Berlin, WI20,486+0.1%
19Menomonee Falls, WI20,037+2%
20Wausau, WI19,758+0.3%
21Brookfield, WI19,5700%
22Greenfield, WI19,240+0.8%
23Fitchburg, WI19,194+2.1%
24West Bend, WI17,252+1.9%
25Franklin, WI16,839-0%
26Beloit, WI16,753+1%
27Manitowoc, WI16,586-1%
28Stevens Point, WI14,793+3.7%
29Mount Pleasant, WI14,210+1.4%
30Neenah, WI14,078-0%
31Superior, WI13,796+1%
32Muskego, WI13,769+1.6%
33De Pere, WI13,556+0.5%
34Caledonia, WI12,458+0.8%
35Mequon, WI12,169+0.8%

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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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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Milwaukee, WI, with 257,840 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Mequon, WI, with 12,169 in 2022.

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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