Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2008

Connecticut

Table 3. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2008
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, Connecticut 2,013,204 1,880,301 223,978 80,320,186 74,764,675 5,555,511 9,959,703 9,270,820 688,883
Men 1,049,557 964,331 136,371 48,583,673 44,440,168 4,143,505 6,024,375 5,510,581 513,795
Women 963,647 915,971 87,607 31,736,513 30,324,507 1,412,006 3,935,328 3,760,239 175,089
Fairfield 475,424 431,859 69,452 21,608,302 19,519,306 2,088,996 2,679,429 2,420,394 259,036
Men 250,069 222,948 41,165 13,356,626 11,788,203 1,568,423 1,656,222 1,461,737 194,484
Women 225,356 208,911 28,288 8,251,676 7,731,102 520,573 1,023,208 958,657 64,551
Hartford 514,777 487,493 49,398 20,239,364 19,105,196 1,134,168 2,509,681 2,369,044 140,637
Men 262,379 245,078 30,715 11,890,557 10,982,945 907,613 1,474,429 1,361,885 112,544
Women 252,398 242,415 18,682 8,348,806 8,122,252 226,555 1,035,252 1,007,159 28,093
Litchfield 112,126 101,535 15,621 4,097,258 3,711,948 385,310 508,060 460,282 47,778
Men 57,389 50,716 9,816 2,540,436 2,240,297 300,139 315,014 277,797 37,217
Women 54,738 50,819 5,805 1,556,822 1,471,651 85,171 193,046 182,485 10,561
Middlesex 91,953 84,425 12,244 3,891,808 3,642,754 249,054 482,584 451,702 30,883
Men 46,057 41,290 7,177 2,241,183 2,070,502 170,681 277,907 256,742 21,164
Women 45,895 43,135 5,066 1,650,625 1,572,252 78,373 204,677 194,959 9,718
New Haven 457,177 430,219 47,709 17,102,295 16,075,676 1,026,619 2,120,685 1,993,384 127,301
Men 237,177 219,362 29,449 10,085,627 9,369,879 715,748 1,250,618 1,161,865 88,753
Women 220,000 210,858 18,260 7,016,668 6,705,797 310,871 870,067 831,519 38,548
New London 167,799 159,834 14,777 6,085,095 5,738,964 346,130 754,552 711,632 42,920
Men 92,398 86,884 9,077 3,899,898 3,650,752 249,147 483,587 452,693 30,894
Women 75,401 72,950 5,700 2,185,196 2,088,213 96,984 270,964 258,938 12,026
Tolland 75,970 71,310 6,861 3,238,109 3,097,609 140,500 401,525 384,103 17,422
Men 40,267 37,090 4,750 2,008,105 1,899,949 108,155 249,005 235,594 13,411
Women 35,703 34,221 2,111 1,230,004 1,197,659 32,345 152,521 148,510 4,011
Windham 71,134 67,417 6,966 2,522,548 2,348,732 173,817 312,796 291,243 21,553
Men 37,686 35,143 3,905 1,561,694 1,439,641 122,053 193,650 178,515 15,135
Women 33,449 32,274 3,061 960,854 909,091 51,763 119,146 112,727 6,419
Unknown 46,844 46,208 950 1,535,408 1,524,490 10,918 190,391 189,037 1,354
Men 26,136 25,819 317 999,547 998,000 1,547 123,944 123,752 192
Women 20,708 20,389 633 535,862 526,490 9,371 66,447 65,285 1,162
All areas d 162,485,000 152,388,000 17,219,000 5,434,139,000 5,133,800,000 300,339,000 673,833,236 636,591,200 37,242,036
Men 84,624,422 78,501,652 10,006,621 3,256,362,147 3,046,599,463 209,762,684 403,788,906 377,778,333 26,010,573
Women 77,860,578 73,886,348 7,212,379 2,177,776,853 2,087,200,537 90,576,316 270,044,330 258,812,867 11,231,463
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 $102,000 in 2008.
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. 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; Sirisha Anne (410) 966-1785 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, 2008
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, Connecticut 2,057,307 1,925,533 237,968 120,937,116 109,094,940 11,842,176 3,507,176 3,163,753 343,423
Men 1,063,912 979,178 147,952 82,213,782 72,282,400 9,931,382 2,384,200 2,096,190 288,010
Women 993,395 946,355 90,016 38,723,334 36,812,539 1,910,794 1,122,977 1,067,564 55,413
Fairfield 484,915 441,223 75,664 46,868,845 40,211,281 6,657,564 1,359,197 1,166,127 193,069
Men 253,715 226,491 46,116 35,963,016 30,184,754 5,778,261 1,042,927 875,358 167,570
Women 231,201 214,732 29,548 10,905,830 10,026,527 879,303 316,269 290,769 25,500
Hartford 526,203 499,303 51,709 26,882,352 24,909,588 1,972,764 779,588 722,378 57,210
Men 266,227 249,294 32,608 16,619,460 14,867,643 1,751,818 481,964 431,162 50,803
Women 259,975 250,009 19,101 10,262,891 10,041,945 220,946 297,624 291,216 6,407
Litchfield 115,036 104,503 15,724 5,081,938 4,506,338 575,600 147,376 130,684 16,692
Men 58,031 51,331 9,814 3,134,052 2,721,108 412,945 90,888 78,912 11,975
Women 57,005 53,172 5,910 1,947,886 1,785,231 162,655 56,489 51,772 4,717
Middlesex 93,780 86,200 12,875 4,900,414 4,586,319 314,096 142,112 133,003 9,109
Men 46,617 41,822 7,598 2,934,490 2,697,892 236,597 85,100 78,239 6,861
Women 47,163 44,378 5,276 1,965,925 1,888,427 77,498 57,012 54,764 2,247
New Haven 469,235 442,859 51,393 21,421,711 19,955,311 1,466,400 621,230 578,704 42,526
Men 241,391 223,833 32,714 13,291,423 12,181,757 1,109,666 385,451 353,271 32,180
Women 227,844 219,027 18,679 8,130,288 7,773,554 356,734 235,778 225,433 10,345
New London 170,511 162,481 14,985 7,091,492 6,602,392 489,100 205,653 191,469 14,184
Men 92,976 87,427 9,287 4,616,438 4,252,579 363,859 133,877 123,325 10,552
Women 77,535 75,054 5,699 2,475,054 2,349,813 125,241 71,777 68,145 3,632
Tolland 78,001 73,520 7,387 3,699,344 3,557,828 141,516 107,281 103,177 4,104
Men 40,726 37,629 5,276 2,320,201 2,209,277 110,923 67,286 64,069 3,217
Women 37,275 35,891 2,111 1,379,144 1,348,551 30,593 39,995 39,108 887
Windham 72,872 69,226 7,176 2,946,135 2,731,576 214,559 85,438 79,216 6,222
Men 38,143 35,584 4,116 1,852,585 1,686,986 165,599 53,725 48,923 4,802
Women 34,729 33,641 3,060 1,093,550 1,044,590 48,960 31,713 30,293 1,420
Unknown 46,755 46,219 1,055 2,044,884 2,034,307 10,577 59,302 58,995 307
Men 26,086 25,768 422 1,482,118 1,480,405 1,713 42,981 42,932 50
Women 20,669 20,451 633 562,765 553,902 8,864 16,320 16,063 257
All areas d 166,338,000 156,392,000 18,033,000 6,734,851,000 6,248,700,000 486,151,000 195,310,679 181,212,300 14,098,379
Men 86,104,103 80,052,307 10,681,747 4,264,007,896 3,893,331,623 370,676,274 123,656,229 112,906,617 10,749,612
Women 80,233,897 76,339,693 7,351,253 2,470,843,104 2,355,368,377 115,474,726 71,654,450 68,305,683 3,348,767
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. 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; Sirisha Anne (410) 966-1785 or eedata.sc@ssa.gov.