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Cities in Wisconsin by employed residents

Milwaukee, WI had the highest employed residents of 35 cities in 2023, at 258,683. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 12,249. The median was 20,649. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest258,683Milwaukee, WI
Lowest12,249Mequon, WI
Median20,64935 cities

All cities, 2023

Milwaukee, WI: 258,683 personsMilwaukee, WI258,683Madison, WI: 165,346 personsMadison, WI165,346Green Bay, WI: 53,680 personsGreen Bay, WI53,680Kenosha, WI: 53,326 personsKenosha, WI53,326Waukesha, WI: 40,840 personsWaukesha, WI40,840Eau Claire, WI: 39,920 personsEau Claire, WI39,920Appleton, WI: 39,841 personsAppleton, WI39,841Racine, WI: 35,670 personsRacine, WI35,670Oshkosh, WI: 34,626 personsOshkosh, WI34,626Janesville, WI: 33,529 personsJanesville, WI33,529West Allis, WI: 30,673 personsWest Allis, WI30,673La Crosse, WI: 27,418 personsLa Crosse, WI27,418Wauwatosa, WI: 26,023 personsWauwatosa, WI26,023Sheboygan, WI: 25,657 personsSheboygan, WI25,657Fond du Lac, WI: 21,983 personsFond du Lac, WI21,983Oak Creek, WI: 21,446 personsOak Creek, WI21,446Sun Prairie, WI: 21,208 personsSun Prairie, WI21,208New Berlin, WI: 20,649 personsNew Berlin, WI20,649Menomonee Falls, WI: 20,476 personsMenomonee Falls, WI20,476Fitchburg, WI: 20,082 personsFitchburg, WI20,082Wausau, WI: 19,836 personsWausau, WI19,836Brookfield, WI: 19,709 personsBrookfield, WI19,709Greenfield, WI: 19,261 personsGreenfield, WI19,261West Bend, WI: 17,350 personsWest Bend, WI17,350Beloit, WI: 17,157 personsBeloit, WI17,157Franklin, WI: 17,155 personsFranklin, WI17,155Manitowoc, WI: 16,649 personsManitowoc, WI16,649Stevens Point, WI: 14,867 personsStevens Point, WI14,867Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,448 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,448Neenah, WI: 14,157 personsNeenah, WI14,157Muskego, WI: 13,939 personsMuskego, WI13,939Superior, WI: 13,871 personsSuperior, WI13,871De Pere, WI: 13,699 personsDe Pere, WI13,699Caledonia, WI: 12,535 personsCaledonia, WI12,535Mequon, WI: 12,249 personsMequon, WI12,249Milwaukee, WI: 258,683 personsMilwaukee, WI258,683Madison, WI: 165,346 personsMadison, WI165,346Green Bay, WI: 53,680 personsGreen Bay, WI53,680Kenosha, WI: 53,326 personsKenosha, WI53,326Waukesha, WI: 40,840 personsWaukesha, WI40,840Eau Claire, WI: 39,920 personsEau Claire, WI39,920Appleton, WI: 39,841 personsAppleton, WI39,841Racine, WI: 35,670 personsRacine, WI35,670Oshkosh, WI: 34,626 personsOshkosh, WI34,626Janesville, WI: 33,529 personsJanesville, WI33,529West Allis, WI: 30,673 personsWest Allis, WI30,673La Crosse, WI: 27,418 personsLa Crosse, WI27,418Wauwatosa, WI: 26,023 personsWauwatosa, WI26,023Sheboygan, WI: 25,657 personsSheboygan, WI25,657Fond du Lac, WI: 21,983 personsFond du Lac, WI21,983Oak Creek, WI: 21,446 personsOak Creek, WI21,446Sun Prairie, WI: 21,208 personsSun Prairie, WI21,208New Berlin, WI: 20,649 personsNew Berlin, WI20,649Menomonee Falls, WI: 20,476 personsMenomonee Falls, WI20,476Fitchburg, WI: 20,082 personsFitchburg, WI20,082Wausau, WI: 19,836 personsWausau, WI19,836Brookfield, WI: 19,709 personsBrookfield, WI19,709Greenfield, WI: 19,261 personsGreenfield, WI19,261West Bend, WI: 17,350 personsWest Bend, WI17,350Beloit, WI: 17,157 personsBeloit, WI17,157Franklin, WI: 17,155 personsFranklin, WI17,155Manitowoc, WI: 16,649 personsManitowoc, WI16,649Stevens Point, WI: 14,867 personsStevens Point, WI14,867Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,448 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,448Neenah, WI: 14,157 personsNeenah, WI14,157Muskego, WI: 13,939 personsMuskego, WI13,939Superior, WI: 13,871 personsSuperior, WI13,871De Pere, WI: 13,699 personsDe Pere, WI13,699Caledonia, WI: 12,535 personsCaledonia, WI12,535Mequon, WI: 12,249 personsMequon, WI12,249
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Milwaukee, WI258,683+0.3%
2Madison, WI165,346+2.5%
3Green Bay, WI53,680+1.1%
4Kenosha, WI53,326+1.7%
5Waukesha, WI40,840+1%
6Eau Claire, WI39,920+2.6%
7Appleton, WI39,841+0.5%
8Racine, WI35,670+1%
9Oshkosh, WI34,626+0.6%
10Janesville, WI33,529+2.6%
11West Allis, WI30,673+0.9%
12La Crosse, WI27,418+2%
13Wauwatosa, WI26,023+1.3%
14Sheboygan, WI25,657+1.7%
15Fond du Lac, WI21,983-0.6%
16Oak Creek, WI21,446+1.6%
17Sun Prairie, WI21,208+3.4%
18New Berlin, WI20,649+0.8%
19Menomonee Falls, WI20,476+2.2%
20Fitchburg, WI20,082+4.6%
21Wausau, WI19,836+0.4%
22Brookfield, WI19,709+0.7%
23Greenfield, WI19,261+0.1%
24West Bend, WI17,350+0.6%
25Beloit, WI17,157+2.4%
26Franklin, WI17,155+1.9%
27Manitowoc, WI16,649+0.4%
28Stevens Point, WI14,867+0.5%
29Mount Pleasant, WI14,448+1.7%
30Neenah, WI14,157+0.6%
31Muskego, WI13,939+1.2%
32Superior, WI13,871+0.5%
33De Pere, WI13,699+1.1%
34Caledonia, WI12,535+0.6%
35Mequon, WI12,249+0.7%

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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Milwaukee, WI, with 258,683 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Mequon, WI, with 12,249 in 2023.

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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