Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2006

Delaware

Table 3. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2006
County and sex Number Taxable earnings a
(thousands of dollars)		 OASDI contributions b
(thousands of dollars)
Total c Wage and salary Self-employed Total Wage and salary Self-employed Total Wage and salary Self-employed
Total, Delaware 519,610 499,137 39,704 17,227,032 16,636,098 590,934 2,136,152 2,062,876 73,276
Men 266,387 254,594 22,033 9,980,024 9,611,275 368,749 1,237,523 1,191,798 45,725
Women 253,223 244,542 17,670 7,247,008 7,024,823 222,185 898,629 871,078 27,551
Kent 79,768 76,419 6,763 2,318,012 2,223,645 94,367 287,433 275,732 11,701
Men 41,685 39,697 4,036 1,394,107 1,333,269 60,837 172,869 165,325 7,544
Women 38,084 36,722 2,727 923,905 890,376 33,529 114,564 110,407 4,158
New Castle 314,919 305,062 19,416 11,621,178 11,321,302 299,876 1,441,026 1,403,841 37,185
Men 159,568 153,762 10,471 6,651,334 6,452,281 199,053 824,765 800,083 24,683
Women 155,351 151,300 8,944 4,969,844 4,869,021 100,823 616,261 603,759 12,502
Sussex 98,871 91,703 13,198 2,719,815 2,526,105 193,710 337,257 313,237 24,020
Men 50,567 46,672 7,308 1,535,635 1,429,295 106,340 190,419 177,233 13,186
Women 48,304 45,031 5,890 1,184,180 1,096,809 87,371 146,838 136,004 10,834
Unknown 26,051 d d 568,027 d d 70,435 d d
Men 14,568 d d 398,948 d d 49,470 d d
Women 11,484 d d 169,079 d d 20,966 d d
All areas e 161,205,000 151,200,000 17,525,000 5,047,755,000 4,761,800,000 285,955,000 625,921,620 590,463,200 35,458,420
Men 84,232,466 78,008,595 10,441,133 3,051,571,561 2,849,072,805 202,498,756 378,394,874 353,285,028 25,109,846
Women 76,972,534 73,191,405 7,083,867 1,996,183,439 1,912,727,195 83,456,244 247,526,746 237,178,172 10,348,574
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Continuous Work History Sample, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: State designation is based on employee residence.
OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance.
a. Based on Social Security annual maximum taxable earnings of $94,200 in 2006.
b. Includes both employee and employer contributions. Data are not adjusted for tax refunds to persons who made excess contributions because they worked for two or more employers.
c. Workers with earnings from both wage and salary employment and self-employment are counted in each type of employment but only once in the total.
d. Data not shown to avoid disclosure of information for particular individuals.
e. Includes persons employed in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands; U.S. citizens employed abroad by U.S. employers; persons employed on U.S. oceanborne vessels; and workers with unknown residence.
CONTACT: Greg Diez (410) 965-0153 or eedata.sc@ssa.gov; Fred Galeas (410) 965-5507 or eedata.sc@ssa.gov.
Table 6. Number of persons with Medicare Part A (HI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2006
County and sex Number Taxable earnings a
(thousands of dollars)		 HI contributions b
(thousands of dollars)
Total c Wage and salary Self-employed Total Wage and salary Self-employed Total Wage and salary Self-employed
Total, Delaware 521,550 501,097 41,868 19,708,959 18,728,272 980,688 571,560 543,120 28,440
Men 267,808 256,137 23,394 11,795,386 11,143,212 652,174 342,066 323,153 18,913
Women 253,741 244,960 18,474 7,913,574 7,585,060 328,514 229,494 219,967 9,527
Kent 79,875 76,492 7,215 2,435,135 2,335,416 99,719 70,619 67,727 2,892
Men 41,790 39,784 4,373 1,496,054 1,429,335 66,720 43,386 41,451 1,935
Women 38,085 36,708 2,842 939,081 906,081 33,000 27,233 26,276 957
New Castle 316,319 306,482 20,770 13,582,076 13,000,049 582,027 393,880 377,001 16,879
Men 160,564 154,830 11,369 8,124,383 7,655,024 469,359 235,607 221,996 13,611
Women 155,755 151,652 9,401 5,457,693 5,345,024 112,668 158,273 155,006 3,267
Sussex 99,311 92,180 13,555 3,055,778 2,759,756 296,021 88,618 80,033 8,585
Men 50,891 47,064 7,433 1,734,389 1,620,761 113,628 50,297 47,002 3,295
Women 48,420 45,116 6,122 1,321,389 1,138,995 182,394 38,320 33,031 5,289
Unknown 26,044 d d 635,971 d d 18,443 d d
Men 14,564 d d 440,559 d d 12,776 d d
Women 11,481 d d 195,412 d d 5,667 d d
All areas e 165,091,000 155,238,000 18,412,000 6,265,819,000 5,809,800,000 456,019,000 181,708,751 168,484,200 13,224,551
Men 85,770,862 79,631,692 11,174,619 4,017,802,183 3,666,666,035 351,136,148 116,516,263 106,333,315 10,182,948
Women 79,320,138 75,606,308 7,237,381 2,248,016,817 2,143,133,965 104,882,852 65,192,488 62,150,885 3,041,603
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Continuous Work History Sample, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: State designation is based on employee residence.
HI = Hospital Insurance.
a. There is no annual maximum taxable amount for Medicare earnings.
b. Includes both employee and employer contributions.
c. Workers with earnings from both wage and salary employment and self-employment are counted in each type of employment but only once in the total.
d. Data not shown to avoid disclosure of information for particular individuals.
e. Includes persons employed in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands; U.S. citizens employed abroad by U.S. employers; persons employed on U.S. oceanborne vessels; and workers with unknown residence.
CONTACT: Greg Diez (410) 965-0153 or eedata.sc@ssa.gov; Fred Galeas (410) 965-5507 or eedata.sc@ssa.gov.