Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2009

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2009
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 3,423,785 3,190,378 377,975 132,770,486 125,027,675 7,742,811 16,463,540 15,503,432 960,109
Men 1,760,119 1,623,980 216,836 77,584,348 72,242,545 5,341,803 9,620,459 8,958,076 662,384
Women 1,663,666 1,566,398 161,139 55,186,138 52,785,130 2,401,008 6,843,081 6,545,356 297,725
Barnstable 109,977 97,336 18,976 3,371,992 2,984,794 387,198 418,127 370,114 48,013
Men 57,549 49,180 11,796 2,004,248 1,733,652 270,596 248,527 214,973 33,554
Women 52,428 48,156 7,180 1,367,744 1,251,142 116,602 169,600 155,142 14,459
Berkshire 65,553 60,349 7,385 2,032,787 1,878,440 154,347 252,066 232,927 19,139
Men 33,494 30,021 4,616 1,225,039 1,117,287 107,752 151,905 138,544 13,361
Women 32,059 30,328 2,769 807,749 761,154 46,595 100,161 94,383 5,778
Bristol 271,517 257,275 23,797 9,277,587 8,910,103 367,485 1,150,421 1,104,853 45,568
Men 131,199 123,259 12,821 5,236,176 5,011,208 224,968 649,286 621,390 27,896
Women 140,318 134,017 10,975 4,041,411 3,898,895 142,517 501,135 483,463 17,672
Dukes 8,701 6,250 3,282 231,104 182,280 48,825 28,657 22,603 6,054
Men 5,016 3,586 1,949 148,064 116,462 31,602 18,360 14,441 3,919
Women 3,686 2,664 1,333 83,040 65,818 17,223 10,297 8,161 2,136
Essex 379,964 350,103 45,439 14,379,057 13,344,555 1,034,502 1,783,003 1,654,725 128,278
Men 192,847 173,976 27,284 8,284,513 7,538,672 745,841 1,027,280 934,795 92,484
Women 187,117 176,128 18,155 6,094,543 5,805,883 288,661 755,723 719,929 35,794
Franklin 31,231 28,484 4,513 899,495 840,647 58,848 111,537 104,240 7,297
Men 14,131 12,807 2,154 458,825 420,665 38,159 56,894 52,162 4,732
Women 17,101 15,676 2,359 440,670 419,982 20,688 54,643 52,078 2,565
Hampden 215,808 203,382 19,489 6,762,769 6,473,909 288,860 838,583 802,765 35,819
Men 108,874 102,254 10,462 3,838,862 3,645,380 193,482 476,019 452,027 23,992
Women 106,934 101,127 9,026 2,923,907 2,828,529 95,378 362,564 350,738 11,827
Hampshire 73,428 65,472 11,488 2,448,676 2,193,938 254,738 303,636 272,048 31,587
Men 38,401 33,504 7,077 1,465,731 1,269,384 196,348 181,751 157,404 24,347
Women 35,028 31,967 4,411 982,945 924,555 58,390 121,885 114,645 7,240
Middlesex 768,548 714,449 92,006 34,807,431 32,675,472 2,131,959 4,316,122 4,051,759 264,363
Men 401,919 371,415 52,106 20,761,310 19,300,523 1,460,787 2,574,402 2,393,265 181,138
Women 366,629 343,034 39,900 14,046,121 13,374,950 671,172 1,741,719 1,658,494 83,225
Nantucket 7,574 6,250 2,051 223,572 183,417 40,155 27,723 22,744 4,979
Men 4,606 (X) (X) 130,974 (X) (X) 16,241 (X) (X)
Women 2,968 (X) (X) 92,598 (X) (X) 11,482 (X) (X)
Norfolk 356,778 334,325 39,798 16,023,708 15,130,472 893,236 1,986,940 1,876,178 110,761
Men 181,455 168,853 22,053 9,122,467 8,525,522 596,946 1,131,186 1,057,165 74,021
Women 175,324 165,472 17,745 6,901,241 6,604,950 296,291 855,754 819,014 36,740
Plymouth 252,462 234,427 27,694 9,523,543 9,067,423 456,120 1,180,919 1,124,360 56,559
Men 127,398 116,189 17,129 5,599,002 5,250,445 348,557 694,276 651,055 43,221
Women 125,064 118,238 10,565 3,924,541 3,816,978 107,563 486,643 473,305 13,338
Suffolk 411,604 390,985 37,028 15,822,327 15,086,076 736,250 1,961,969 1,870,673 91,295
Men 210,454 198,874 20,719 8,872,944 8,395,897 477,047 1,100,245 1,041,091 59,154
Women 201,150 192,111 16,309 6,949,383 6,690,179 259,204 861,723 829,582 32,141
Worcester 401,792 374,284 42,567 15,072,923 14,234,355 838,568 1,869,042 1,765,060 103,982
Men 216,101 200,410 24,207 9,197,395 8,599,153 598,242 1,140,477 1,066,295 74,182
Women 185,691 173,873 18,360 5,875,527 5,635,202 240,326 728,565 698,765 29,800
Unknown 68,847 67,008 2,462 1,893,516 1,841,795 51,721 234,796 228,383 6,413
Men 36,676 (X) (X) 1,238,798 (X) (X) 153,611 (X) (X)
Women 32,171 (X) (X) 654,718 (X) (X) 81,185 (X) (X)
All areas d 157,606,000 147,599,000 16,882,000 5,268,272,000 4,990,900,000 277,372,000 653,265,728 618,871,600 34,394,128
Men 81,572,732 75,616,206 9,685,292 3,111,175,172 2,920,091,673 191,083,499 385,785,721 362,091,367 23,694,354
Women 76,033,268 71,982,794 7,196,708 2,157,096,828 2,070,808,327 86,288,501 267,480,007 256,780,233 10,699,774
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; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
a. Based on Social Security annual maximum taxable earnings of $106,800 in 2009.
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: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@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, 2009
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 3,680,486 3,463,867 401,568 180,132,152 166,948,802 13,183,349 5,223,832 4,841,515 382,317
Men 1,857,888 1,728,920 235,239 111,198,239 101,184,815 10,013,424 3,224,749 2,934,360 290,389
Women 1,822,599 1,734,947 166,329 68,933,913 65,763,987 3,169,925 1,999,083 1,907,156 91,928
Barnstable 117,325 105,637 19,381 4,181,260 3,764,364 416,896 121,257 109,167 12,090
Men 60,918 53,023 12,100 2,528,890 2,231,458 297,432 73,338 64,712 8,626
Women 56,407 52,614 7,281 1,652,370 1,532,906 119,465 47,919 44,454 3,464
Berkshire 70,612 65,794 7,793 2,637,537 2,439,041 198,496 76,489 70,732 5,756
Men 35,564 32,488 5,025 1,687,365 1,534,421 152,943 48,934 44,498 4,435
Women 35,048 33,305 2,769 950,173 904,620 45,553 27,555 26,234 1,321
Bristol 293,764 281,257 25,021 11,368,445 10,956,662 411,783 329,685 317,743 11,942
Men 139,478 132,404 14,049 6,497,638 6,226,204 271,434 188,431 180,560 7,872
Women 154,286 148,853 10,972 4,870,808 4,730,458 140,350 141,253 137,183 4,070
Dukes 10,429 8,173 3,384 335,917 288,032 47,885 9,742 8,353 1,389
Men 5,828 4,495 2,051 207,847 176,799 31,048 6,028 5,127 900
Women 4,601 3,678 1,333 128,070 111,233 16,837 3,714 3,226 488
Essex 406,815 378,313 47,376 19,804,140 17,599,097 2,205,043 574,320 510,374 63,946
Men 202,656 184,304 28,713 12,142,479 10,444,412 1,698,067 352,132 302,888 49,244
Women 204,159 194,009 18,663 7,661,661 7,154,685 506,976 222,188 207,486 14,702
Franklin 34,131 31,671 4,717 1,071,143 993,893 77,250 31,063 28,823 2,240
Men 15,431 14,201 2,359 569,008 511,984 57,025 16,501 14,848 1,654
Women 18,700 17,470 2,359 502,135 481,909 20,226 14,562 13,975 587
Hampden 232,056 220,163 20,099 8,307,841 7,964,980 342,862 240,927 230,984 9,943
Men 116,693 110,337 11,075 4,816,076 4,566,558 249,518 139,666 132,430 7,236
Women 115,363 109,826 9,024 3,491,765 3,398,421 93,344 101,261 98,554 2,707
Hampshire 82,879 75,908 11,690 3,299,126 2,982,733 316,393 95,675 86,499 9,175
Men 42,515 38,311 7,281 2,007,345 1,748,037 259,308 58,213 50,693 7,520
Women 40,365 37,596 4,409 1,291,781 1,234,696 57,084 37,462 35,806 1,655
Middlesex 820,650 770,418 99,367 48,333,882 44,680,306 3,653,575 1,401,683 1,295,729 105,954
Men 421,627 392,514 58,143 30,849,688 28,019,499 2,830,190 894,641 812,565 82,075
Women 399,022 377,904 41,223 17,484,193 16,660,807 823,386 507,042 483,163 23,878
Nantucket 8,076 6,743 2,153 306,474 263,433 43,041 8,888 7,640 1,248
Men 4,702 (X) (X) 170,877 (X) (X) 4,955 (X) (X)
Women 3,373 (X) (X) 135,597 (X) (X) 3,932 (X) (X)
Norfolk 381,756 360,536 43,992 22,827,827 21,199,089 1,628,738 662,007 614,774 47,233
Men 190,270 178,174 25,124 14,232,353 13,024,990 1,207,363 412,738 377,725 35,014
Women 191,486 182,363 18,868 8,595,474 8,174,099 421,374 249,269 237,049 12,220
Plymouth 275,695 259,190 29,636 13,370,184 12,427,502 942,682 387,735 360,398 27,338
Men 135,303 124,436 18,561 8,459,213 7,724,031 735,182 245,317 223,997 21,320
Women 140,392 134,754 11,075 4,910,971 4,703,471 207,500 142,418 136,401 6,017
Suffolk 439,369 420,404 39,480 22,753,135 20,992,406 1,760,728 659,841 608,780 51,061
Men 221,936 211,173 22,150 13,836,458 12,479,866 1,356,592 401,257 361,916 39,341
Women 217,432 209,232 17,330 8,916,676 8,512,540 404,137 258,584 246,864 11,720
Worcester 437,963 412,538 44,710 19,179,414 18,116,269 1,063,145 556,203 525,372 30,831
Men 228,389 213,420 25,739 11,586,815 10,797,868 788,946 336,018 313,138 22,879
Women 209,574 199,117 18,971 7,592,600 7,318,401 274,199 220,185 212,234 7,952
Unknown 68,967 67,122 2,769 2,355,827 2,280,996 74,831 68,319 66,149 2,170
Men 36,577 (X) (X) 1,606,186 (X) (X) 46,579 (X) (X)
Women 32,390 (X) (X) 749,641 (X) (X) 21,740 (X) (X)
All areas d 161,421,000 151,563,000 17,581,000 6,407,249,000 5,971,300,000 435,949,000 185,810,221 173,167,700 12,642,521
Men 83,021,943 77,133,435 10,262,129 3,981,446,708 3,650,346,611 331,100,098 115,461,955 105,860,052 9,601,903
Women 78,399,057 74,429,565 7,318,871 2,425,802,292 2,320,953,389 104,848,902 70,348,266 67,307,648 3,040,618
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Continuous Work History Sample, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: State designation is based on employee residence.
HI = Hospital Insurance; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
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: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.