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

Rhode Island

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, Rhode Island 613,931 581,652 59,214 21,244,248 20,158,124 1,086,124 2,634,287 2,499,607 134,679
Men 309,212 288,316 35,359 12,265,890 11,467,744 798,145 1,520,970 1,422,000 98,970
Women 304,719 293,336 23,854 8,978,358 8,690,379 287,979 1,113,316 1,077,607 35,709
Bristol 28,863 26,741 3,589 1,196,917 1,100,387 96,530 148,418 136,448 11,970
Men 14,793 13,627 1,900 752,922 680,962 71,960 93,362 84,439 8,923
Women 14,070 13,115 1,689 443,995 419,425 24,569 55,055 52,009 3,047
Kent 101,164 97,130 7,283 3,742,626 3,600,865 141,761 464,086 446,507 17,578
Men 49,692 46,721 5,278 2,105,616 1,988,898 116,719 261,096 246,623 14,473
Women 51,471 50,409 2,005 1,637,009 1,611,967 25,043 202,989 199,884 3,105
Newport 47,624 45,286 4,539 1,838,684 1,735,594 103,090 227,997 215,214 12,783
Men 24,231 22,746 2,639 1,124,005 1,040,284 83,720 139,377 128,995 10,381
Women 23,393 22,541 1,900 714,680 695,310 19,370 88,620 86,218 2,402
Providence 340,196 321,614 34,093 10,898,360 10,380,742 517,618 1,351,397 1,287,212 64,185
Men 171,395 159,834 19,421 6,142,266 5,789,829 352,437 761,641 717,939 43,702
Women 168,801 161,780 14,672 4,756,094 4,590,913 165,181 589,756 569,273 20,482
Washington 76,101 71,003 9,500 2,956,957 2,737,075 219,882 366,663 339,397 27,265
Men 38,133 34,528 5,911 1,779,231 1,613,164 166,067 220,625 200,032 20,592
Women 37,968 36,475 3,589 1,177,726 1,123,910 53,816 146,038 139,365 6,673
Unknown 19,983 d d 610,704 d d 75,727 d d
Men 10,967 d d 361,849 d d 44,869 d d
Women 9,016 d d 248,854 d d 30,858 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, Rhode Island 622,676 590,206 62,262 24,541,678 22,942,319 1,599,358 711,709 665,327 46,381
Men 312,686 291,627 37,357 14,591,534 13,307,493 1,284,041 423,154 385,917 37,237
Women 309,990 298,580 24,905 9,950,143 9,634,826 315,317 288,554 279,410 9,144
Bristol 29,438 27,404 3,799 1,615,574 1,448,245 167,329 46,852 41,999 4,853
Men 15,081 13,906 2,005 1,083,923 940,637 143,287 31,434 27,278 4,155
Women 14,357 13,497 1,794 531,651 507,608 24,042 15,418 14,721 697
Kent 102,336 98,265 7,704 4,197,793 3,997,653 200,140 121,736 115,932 5,804
Men 50,135 47,139 5,488 2,324,059 2,171,480 152,579 67,398 62,973 4,425
Women 52,201 51,127 2,216 1,873,734 1,826,173 47,561 54,338 52,959 1,379
Newport 48,989 46,628 4,749 2,164,554 2,060,646 103,908 62,772 59,759 3,013
Men 24,711 23,212 2,849 1,325,713 1,240,126 85,587 38,446 35,964 2,482
Women 24,277 23,416 1,900 838,841 820,520 18,321 24,326 23,795 531
Providence 344,737 325,984 35,985 12,345,391 11,510,282 835,108 358,016 333,798 24,218
Men 173,111 161,458 20,684 7,157,666 6,492,224 665,442 207,572 188,274 19,298
Women 171,627 164,526 15,302 5,187,725 5,018,059 169,666 150,444 145,524 4,920
Washington 77,232 72,089 9,814 3,481,458 3,195,435 286,022 100,962 92,668 8,295
Men 38,702 35,073 6,121 2,228,249 1,997,954 230,295 64,619 57,941 6,679
Women 38,529 37,016 3,694 1,253,208 1,197,481 55,727 36,343 34,727 1,616
Unknown 19,944 d d 736,909 d d 21,370 d d
Men 10,946 d d 471,923 d d 13,686 d d
Women 8,998 d d 264,985 d d 7,685 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.