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

Delaware

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, Delaware 529,391 508,907 36,309 18,349,913 17,800,850 549,063 2,275,389 2,207,305 68,084
Men 271,684 260,754 19,105 10,510,593 10,190,274 320,320 1,303,314 1,263,594 39,720
Women 257,706 248,152 17,205 7,839,320 7,610,576 228,744 972,076 943,711 28,364
Kent 84,743 81,351 5,383 2,638,837 2,569,763 69,074 327,216 318,651 8,565
Men 43,199 41,290 3,061 1,537,073 1,494,129 42,944 190,597 185,272 5,325
Women 41,545 40,061 2,322 1,101,764 1,075,634 26,130 136,619 133,379 3,240
New Castle 310,935 299,996 20,477 12,005,112 11,642,166 362,947 1,488,634 1,443,629 45,005
Men 158,800 153,277 10,450 6,805,107 6,584,422 220,685 843,833 816,468 27,365
Women 152,135 146,719 10,027 5,200,006 5,057,744 142,262 644,801 627,160 17,640
Sussex 101,332 95,286 10,238 2,826,116 2,710,405 115,710 350,438 336,090 14,348
Men 51,855 48,462 5,489 1,575,473 1,519,058 56,415 195,359 188,363 6,996
Women 49,477 46,823 4,750 1,250,642 1,191,347 59,295 155,080 147,727 7,353
Unknown 32,380 d d 879,848 d d 109,101 d d
Men 17,831 d d 592,940 d d 73,525 d d
Women 14,550 d d 286,907 d d 35,577 d d
All areas e 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. Data not shown to avoid disclosing information about 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; 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, Delaware 530,488 509,937 37,990 20,906,964 19,927,484 979,481 606,302 577,897 28,405
Men 272,792 261,871 20,367 12,446,621 11,736,529 710,092 360,952 340,359 20,593
Women 257,697 248,067 17,623 8,460,344 8,190,955 269,389 245,350 237,538 7,812
Kent 84,703 81,291 5,488 2,824,002 2,754,808 69,194 81,896 79,889 2,007
Men 43,231 41,310 3,166 1,682,905 1,638,426 44,479 48,804 47,514 1,290
Women 41,472 39,981 2,322 1,141,096 1,116,381 24,715 33,092 32,375 717
New Castle 311,876 300,932 21,844 14,021,508 13,267,792 753,716 406,624 384,766 21,858
Men 159,680 154,198 11,503 8,335,915 7,729,434 606,481 241,742 224,154 17,588
Women 152,197 146,734 10,342 5,685,593 5,538,358 147,235 164,882 160,612 4,270
Sussex 101,592 95,505 10,447 3,123,464 2,968,153 155,311 90,580 86,076 4,504
Men 52,086 48,673 5,593 1,782,886 1,724,015 58,872 51,704 49,996 1,707
Women 49,506 46,832 4,854 1,340,577 1,244,138 96,439 38,877 36,080 2,797
Unknown 32,317 d d 937,991 d d 27,202 d d
Men 17,795 d d 644,914 d d 18,703 d d
Women 14,522 d d 293,076 d d 8,499 d d
All areas e 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. Data not shown to avoid disclosing information about 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; Sirisha Anne (410) 966-1785 or eedata.sc@ssa.gov.