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

Massachusetts

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, Massachusetts 3,498,219 3,244,798 413,182 125,890,631 117,796,089 8,094,542 15,610,438 14,606,715 1,003,723
Men 1,807,640 1,650,556 246,295 75,329,168 69,551,703 5,777,465 9,340,817 8,624,411 716,406
Women 1,690,579 1,594,242 166,887 50,561,463 48,244,385 2,317,078 6,269,621 5,982,304 287,318
Barnstable 111,685 98,371 21,052 3,368,567 2,937,224 431,343 417,702 364,216 53,487
Men 58,216 49,442 12,871 2,033,034 1,723,247 309,787 252,096 213,683 38,414
Women 53,468 48,929 8,181 1,335,533 1,213,976 121,556 165,606 150,533 15,073
Berkshire 72,971 67,085 8,617 2,086,515 1,932,694 153,822 258,728 239,654 19,074
Men 39,266 35,286 5,345 1,329,456 1,209,104 120,352 164,853 149,929 14,924
Women 33,705 31,799 3,272 757,059 723,590 33,470 93,875 89,725 4,150
Bristol 280,923 266,186 24,979 9,252,845 8,865,443 387,402 1,147,353 1,099,315 48,038
Men 141,719 131,811 15,598 5,523,079 5,232,363 290,716 684,862 648,813 36,049
Women 139,204 134,375 9,381 3,729,766 3,633,080 96,686 462,491 450,502 11,989
Dukes 9,760 6,667 4,799 222,763 155,027 67,737 27,623 19,223 8,399
Men 6,237 4,103 3,272 158,793 105,146 53,647 19,690 13,038 6,652
Women 3,523 2,564 1,527 63,970 49,881 14,090 7,932 6,185 1,747
Essex 385,237 351,119 55,738 13,826,760 12,777,038 1,049,721 1,714,518 1,584,353 130,165
Men 196,548 174,995 33,159 8,207,561 7,455,831 751,730 1,017,738 924,523 93,215
Women 188,689 176,124 22,579 5,619,198 5,321,207 297,991 696,781 659,830 36,951
Franklin 33,107 29,337 4,908 884,368 812,408 71,960 109,662 100,739 8,923
Men 15,705 13,438 2,836 500,977 449,813 51,163 62,121 55,777 6,344
Women 17,403 15,899 2,072 383,392 362,595 20,797 47,541 44,962 2,579
Hampden 226,544 213,154 21,924 6,620,297 6,288,234 332,063 820,917 779,741 41,176
Men 114,904 107,808 12,217 3,894,313 3,662,477 231,836 482,895 454,147 28,748
Women 111,640 105,346 9,708 2,725,985 2,625,757 100,228 338,022 325,594 12,428
Hampshire 75,607 67,700 11,889 2,418,703 2,118,725 299,978 299,919 262,722 37,197
Men 39,739 34,261 7,526 1,486,700 1,249,258 237,442 184,351 154,908 29,443
Women 35,869 33,440 4,363 932,004 869,467 62,536 115,568 107,814 7,754
Middlesex 772,164 710,136 102,423 32,225,822 29,885,156 2,340,666 3,996,002 3,705,759 290,243
Men 406,575 369,583 60,319 19,555,623 17,921,642 1,633,981 2,424,897 2,222,284 202,614
Women 365,589 340,553 42,104 12,670,199 11,963,513 706,686 1,571,105 1,483,476 87,629
Nantucket 8,001 6,052 2,291 280,348 201,565 78,783 34,763 24,994 9,769
Men 4,575 d d 171,136 d d 21,221 d d
Women 3,426 d d 109,212 d d 13,542 d d
Norfolk 359,207 335,425 39,486 14,862,830 14,009,090 853,740 1,842,991 1,737,127 105,864
Men 180,330 166,276 22,361 8,716,309 8,119,374 596,935 1,080,822 1,006,802 74,020
Women 178,877 169,148 17,125 6,146,521 5,889,716 256,804 762,169 730,325 31,844
Plymouth 257,070 237,875 29,778 9,050,322 8,516,248 534,074 1,122,240 1,056,015 66,225
Men 133,047 120,117 19,416 5,455,803 5,053,334 402,469 676,520 626,613 49,906
Women 124,024 117,758 10,362 3,594,519 3,462,914 131,605 445,720 429,401 16,319
Suffolk 419,001 397,689 38,722 14,467,553 13,811,042 656,511 1,793,977 1,712,569 81,407
Men 207,809 195,305 21,379 7,907,162 7,495,292 411,870 980,488 929,416 51,072
Women 211,192 202,383 17,343 6,560,391 6,315,750 244,641 813,488 783,153 30,335
Worcester 400,125 372,557 44,067 14,242,124 13,428,038 814,086 1,766,023 1,665,077 100,947
Men 215,347 197,972 27,160 8,996,713 8,376,365 620,348 1,115,592 1,038,669 76,923
Women 184,778 174,585 16,907 5,245,411 5,051,673 193,737 650,431 626,407 24,023
Unknown 86,817 85,446 2,509 2,080,815 2,058,159 22,657 258,021 255,212 2,809
Men 47,624 d d 1,392,510 d d 172,671 d d
Women 39,193 d d 688,305 d d 85,350 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, Massachusetts 3,734,169 3,498,140 442,402 173,355,456 159,609,690 13,745,766 5,027,308 4,628,681 398,627
Men 1,900,724 1,753,684 270,120 110,520,560 100,022,413 10,498,146 3,205,096 2,900,650 304,446
Women 1,833,445 1,744,456 172,282 62,834,896 59,587,276 3,247,620 1,822,212 1,728,031 94,181
Barnstable 118,644 106,125 21,535 4,373,561 3,863,400 510,161 126,833 112,039 14,795
Men 61,184 52,806 13,337 2,799,828 2,425,294 374,534 81,195 70,334 10,861
Women 57,460 53,319 8,199 1,573,733 1,438,106 135,627 45,638 41,705 3,933
Berkshire 78,035 72,904 8,964 2,713,585 2,542,240 171,345 78,694 73,725 4,969
Men 41,071 37,528 5,684 1,776,133 1,637,580 138,553 51,508 47,490 4,018
Women 36,964 35,375 3,279 937,452 904,660 32,792 27,186 26,235 951
Bristol 302,209 289,153 26,017 11,124,937 10,728,104 396,833 322,623 311,115 11,508
Men 149,506 140,885 16,397 6,727,618 6,430,490 297,128 195,101 186,484 8,617
Women 152,703 148,268 9,620 4,397,320 4,297,614 99,705 127,522 124,631 2,891
Dukes 10,981 8,203 4,919 304,774 230,575 74,199 8,838 6,687 2,152
Men 6,845 4,922 3,389 209,357 148,962 60,395 6,071 4,320 1,751
Women 4,135 3,281 1,530 95,417 81,613 13,804 2,767 2,367 400
Essex 408,590 376,822 58,593 19,270,990 17,326,224 1,944,766 558,859 502,461 56,398
Men 204,758 184,668 35,418 12,290,067 10,816,681 1,473,386 356,412 313,684 42,728
Women 203,832 192,154 23,175 6,980,923 6,509,543 471,380 202,447 188,777 13,670
Franklin 35,876 32,094 5,247 1,043,112 965,520 77,592 30,250 28,000 2,250
Men 17,136 14,868 3,170 591,809 534,592 57,216 17,162 15,503 1,659
Women 18,740 17,226 2,077 451,303 430,927 20,376 13,088 12,497 591
Hampden 241,906 228,862 22,738 8,064,000 7,619,302 444,698 233,856 220,960 12,896
Men 122,061 115,251 13,009 4,862,758 4,516,257 346,501 141,020 130,971 10,049
Women 119,846 113,611 9,729 3,201,243 3,103,045 98,197 92,836 89,988 2,848
Hampshire 85,092 77,928 12,462 3,360,022 2,972,120 387,902 97,441 86,191 11,249
Men 44,516 39,579 7,980 2,188,596 1,863,764 324,831 63,469 54,049 9,420
Women 40,576 38,349 4,482 1,171,426 1,108,355 63,071 33,971 32,142 1,829
Middlesex 819,067 761,334 111,721 47,548,295 42,588,966 4,959,329 1,378,901 1,235,080 143,821
Men 424,159 389,639 67,995 31,272,767 27,549,927 3,722,840 906,910 798,948 107,962
Women 394,908 371,695 43,726 16,275,528 15,039,039 1,236,489 471,990 436,132 35,858
Nantucket 8,612 6,767 2,296 387,190 298,542 88,649 11,229 8,658 2,571
Men 4,887 d d 228,506 d d 6,627 d d
Women 3,725 d d 158,684 d d 4,602 d d
Norfolk 382,000 359,699 44,054 21,552,299 20,034,891 1,517,408 625,017 581,012 44,005
Men 189,224 176,158 25,689 13,905,920 12,723,953 1,181,967 403,272 368,995 34,277
Women 192,776 183,541 18,365 7,646,380 7,310,938 335,441 221,745 212,017 9,728
Plymouth 278,565 260,751 32,467 12,475,130 11,646,536 828,594 361,779 337,750 24,029
Men 142,002 129,709 21,535 8,144,737 7,500,398 644,339 236,197 217,512 18,686
Women 136,563 131,042 10,932 4,330,393 4,146,138 184,256 125,581 120,238 5,343
Suffolk 444,316 424,399 40,994 20,275,242 19,211,703 1,063,538 587,982 557,139 30,843
Men 218,399 206,611 23,284 12,118,345 11,365,545 752,800 351,432 329,601 21,831
Women 225,917 217,788 17,709 8,156,897 7,846,158 310,739 236,550 227,539 9,011
Worcester 433,396 407,583 47,115 18,423,564 17,208,131 1,215,434 534,283 499,036 35,248
Men 227,383 210,610 29,734 11,717,083 10,697,495 1,019,588 339,795 310,227 29,568
Women 206,014 196,973 17,381 6,706,482 6,510,636 195,846 194,488 188,808 5,680
Unknown 86,879 85,516 3,279 2,438,754 2,373,437 65,317 70,724 68,830 1,894
Men 47,594 d d 1,687,037 d d 48,924 d d
Women 39,285 d d 751,717 d d 21,800 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.