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Cities in Wisconsin by employed residents

Milwaukee, WI had the highest employed residents of 35 cities in 2024, at 257,509. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 12,184. The median was 20,695. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest257,509Milwaukee, WI
Lowest12,184Mequon, WI
Median20,69535 cities

All cities, 2024

Milwaukee, WI: 257,509 personsMilwaukee, WI257,509Madison, WI: 167,432 personsMadison, WI167,432Kenosha, WI: 53,862 personsKenosha, WI53,862Green Bay, WI: 53,700 personsGreen Bay, WI53,700Waukesha, WI: 40,684 personsWaukesha, WI40,684Eau Claire, WI: 40,416 personsEau Claire, WI40,416Appleton, WI: 39,713 personsAppleton, WI39,713Racine, WI: 35,807 personsRacine, WI35,807Oshkosh, WI: 34,668 personsOshkosh, WI34,668Janesville, WI: 33,697 personsJanesville, WI33,697West Allis, WI: 30,735 personsWest Allis, WI30,735La Crosse, WI: 27,292 personsLa Crosse, WI27,292Wauwatosa, WI: 25,859 personsWauwatosa, WI25,859Sheboygan, WI: 25,685 personsSheboygan, WI25,685Sun Prairie, WI: 21,657 personsSun Prairie, WI21,657Oak Creek, WI: 21,650 personsOak Creek, WI21,650Fond du Lac, WI: 21,583 personsFond du Lac, WI21,583Menomonee Falls, WI: 20,695 personsMenomonee Falls, WI20,695New Berlin, WI: 20,586 personsNew Berlin, WI20,586Fitchburg, WI: 20,585 personsFitchburg, WI20,585Wausau, WI: 19,899 personsWausau, WI19,899Brookfield, WI: 19,664 personsBrookfield, WI19,664Greenfield, WI: 19,180 personsGreenfield, WI19,180Franklin, WI: 17,464 personsFranklin, WI17,464Beloit, WI: 17,234 personsBeloit, WI17,234West Bend, WI: 17,221 personsWest Bend, WI17,221Manitowoc, WI: 16,749 personsManitowoc, WI16,749Stevens Point, WI: 14,822 personsStevens Point, WI14,822Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,392 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,392Neenah, WI: 14,188 personsNeenah, WI14,188Muskego, WI: 13,968 personsMuskego, WI13,968Superior, WI: 13,882 personsSuperior, WI13,882De Pere, WI: 13,774 personsDe Pere, WI13,774Caledonia, WI: 12,494 personsCaledonia, WI12,494Mequon, WI: 12,184 personsMequon, WI12,184Milwaukee, WI: 257,509 personsMilwaukee, WI257,509Madison, WI: 167,432 personsMadison, WI167,432Kenosha, WI: 53,862 personsKenosha, WI53,862Green Bay, WI: 53,700 personsGreen Bay, WI53,700Waukesha, WI: 40,684 personsWaukesha, WI40,684Eau Claire, WI: 40,416 personsEau Claire, WI40,416Appleton, WI: 39,713 personsAppleton, WI39,713Racine, WI: 35,807 personsRacine, WI35,807Oshkosh, WI: 34,668 personsOshkosh, WI34,668Janesville, WI: 33,697 personsJanesville, WI33,697West Allis, WI: 30,735 personsWest Allis, WI30,735La Crosse, WI: 27,292 personsLa Crosse, WI27,292Wauwatosa, WI: 25,859 personsWauwatosa, WI25,859Sheboygan, WI: 25,685 personsSheboygan, WI25,685Sun Prairie, WI: 21,657 personsSun Prairie, WI21,657Oak Creek, WI: 21,650 personsOak Creek, WI21,650Fond du Lac, WI: 21,583 personsFond du Lac, WI21,583Menomonee Falls, WI: 20,695 personsMenomonee Falls, WI20,695New Berlin, WI: 20,586 personsNew Berlin, WI20,586Fitchburg, WI: 20,585 personsFitchburg, WI20,585Wausau, WI: 19,899 personsWausau, WI19,899Brookfield, WI: 19,664 personsBrookfield, WI19,664Greenfield, WI: 19,180 personsGreenfield, WI19,180Franklin, WI: 17,464 personsFranklin, WI17,464Beloit, WI: 17,234 personsBeloit, WI17,234West Bend, WI: 17,221 personsWest Bend, WI17,221Manitowoc, WI: 16,749 personsManitowoc, WI16,749Stevens Point, WI: 14,822 personsStevens Point, WI14,822Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,392 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,392Neenah, WI: 14,188 personsNeenah, WI14,188Muskego, WI: 13,968 personsMuskego, WI13,968Superior, WI: 13,882 personsSuperior, WI13,882De Pere, WI: 13,774 personsDe Pere, WI13,774Caledonia, WI: 12,494 personsCaledonia, WI12,494Mequon, WI: 12,184 personsMequon, WI12,184
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Milwaukee, WI257,509-0.5%
2Madison, WI167,432+1.3%
3Kenosha, WI53,862+1%
4Green Bay, WI53,7000%
5Waukesha, WI40,684-0.4%
6Eau Claire, WI40,416+1.2%
7Appleton, WI39,713-0.3%
8Racine, WI35,807+0.4%
9Oshkosh, WI34,668+0.1%
10Janesville, WI33,697+0.5%
11West Allis, WI30,735+0.2%
12La Crosse, WI27,292-0.5%
13Wauwatosa, WI25,859-0.6%
14Sheboygan, WI25,685+0.1%
15Sun Prairie, WI21,657+2.1%
16Oak Creek, WI21,650+1%
17Fond du Lac, WI21,583-1.8%
18Menomonee Falls, WI20,695+1.1%
19New Berlin, WI20,586-0.3%
20Fitchburg, WI20,585+2.5%
21Wausau, WI19,899+0.3%
22Brookfield, WI19,664-0.2%
23Greenfield, WI19,180-0.4%
24Franklin, WI17,464+1.8%
25Beloit, WI17,234+0.4%
26West Bend, WI17,221-0.7%
27Manitowoc, WI16,749+0.6%
28Stevens Point, WI14,822-0.3%
29Mount Pleasant, WI14,392-0.4%
30Neenah, WI14,188+0.2%
31Muskego, WI13,968+0.2%
32Superior, WI13,882+0.1%
33De Pere, WI13,774+0.5%
34Caledonia, WI12,494-0.3%
35Mequon, WI12,184-0.5%

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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Milwaukee, WI, with 257,509 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Mequon, WI, with 12,184 in 2024.

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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