Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2011

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2011
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 3,454,541 3,216,401 386,816 137,337,494 129,146,147 8,191,347 17,029,849 16,014,122 1,015,727
Men 1,775,419 1,633,265 220,715 79,943,386 74,307,782 5,635,605 9,912,980 9,214,165 698,815
Women 1,679,123 1,583,136 166,101 57,394,108 54,838,366 2,555,742 7,116,869 6,799,957 316,912
Barnstable 110,742 98,004 19,813 3,509,113 3,095,526 413,588 435,130 383,845 51,285
Men 57,320 48,900 12,011 2,105,708 1,807,374 298,334 261,108 224,114 36,993
Women 53,422 49,105 7,802 1,403,405 1,288,152 115,254 174,022 159,731 14,291
Berkshire 63,903 59,151 7,391 1,961,100 1,838,360 122,740 243,176 227,957 15,220
Men 33,292 30,549 3,798 1,217,311 1,132,490 84,821 150,947 140,429 10,518
Women 30,611 28,602 3,593 743,789 705,870 37,918 92,230 87,528 4,702
Bristol 273,616 258,337 23,303 9,638,870 9,299,107 339,763 1,195,220 1,153,089 42,131
Men 132,336 122,915 13,961 5,411,193 5,191,644 219,549 670,988 643,764 27,224
Women 141,279 135,422 9,342 4,227,677 4,107,463 120,215 524,232 509,325 14,907
Dukes 10,220 7,791 3,696 274,461 211,947 62,514 34,033 26,281 7,752
Men 5,822 4,306 2,361 173,253 131,320 41,933 21,483 16,284 5,200
Women 4,398 3,486 1,335 101,208 80,626 20,581 12,550 9,998 2,552
Essex 394,587 363,927 50,405 15,167,890 14,049,760 1,118,129 1,880,818 1,742,170 138,648
Men 197,910 178,171 29,771 8,579,920 7,806,623 773,297 1,063,910 968,021 95,889
Women 196,676 185,757 20,634 6,587,970 6,243,138 344,832 816,908 774,149 42,759
Franklin 32,976 29,934 4,414 947,994 876,072 71,922 117,551 108,633 8,918
Men 15,054 13,327 2,361 475,907 431,026 44,881 59,012 53,447 5,565
Women 17,921 16,607 2,053 472,087 445,046 27,041 58,539 55,186 3,353
Hampden 226,921 213,846 19,094 7,082,692 6,791,544 291,149 878,254 842,151 36,102
Men 117,085 109,896 10,779 4,121,813 3,921,190 200,623 511,105 486,228 24,877
Women 109,837 103,950 8,315 2,960,880 2,870,354 90,526 367,149 355,924 11,225
Hampshire 73,523 65,302 11,600 2,511,955 2,250,628 261,327 311,482 279,078 32,405
Men 39,523 34,137 7,391 1,559,897 1,342,858 217,039 193,427 166,514 26,913
Women 34,001 31,164 4,209 952,058 907,769 44,288 118,055 112,563 5,492
Middlesex 788,158 732,263 94,753 36,443,887 34,151,663 2,292,223 4,519,042 4,234,806 284,236
Men 410,404 379,510 49,584 21,802,663 20,275,336 1,527,327 2,703,530 2,514,142 189,389
Women 377,755 352,753 45,170 14,641,224 13,876,328 764,896 1,815,512 1,720,665 94,847
Nantucket 6,964 5,741 1,540 234,765 177,624 57,140 29,111 22,025 7,085
Men 3,891 (X) (X) 152,230 (X) (X) 18,877 (X) (X)
Women 3,073 (X) (X) 82,535 (X) (X) 10,234 (X) (X)
Norfolk 368,715 344,450 41,371 16,779,452 15,792,224 987,228 2,080,652 1,958,236 122,416
Men 186,930 172,942 24,125 9,493,485 8,827,948 665,537 1,177,192 1,094,666 82,527
Women 181,785 171,507 17,247 7,285,967 6,964,276 321,691 903,460 863,570 39,890
Plymouth 250,766 233,631 28,539 9,500,201 9,017,912 482,289 1,178,025 1,118,221 59,804
Men 128,686 117,892 17,657 5,491,537 5,120,325 371,212 680,951 634,920 46,030
Women 122,080 115,739 10,882 4,008,664 3,897,587 111,077 497,074 483,301 13,774
Suffolk 420,890 397,757 40,345 16,491,710 15,687,257 804,453 2,044,972 1,945,220 99,752
Men 215,361 201,954 22,277 9,093,802 8,586,095 507,707 1,127,631 1,064,676 62,956
Women 205,529 195,803 18,068 7,397,908 7,101,162 296,746 917,341 880,544 36,796
Worcester 406,010 379,715 40,550 15,978,956 15,092,075 886,881 1,981,391 1,871,417 109,973
Men 217,043 200,929 23,611 9,754,200 9,114,077 640,124 1,209,521 1,130,145 79,375
Women 188,966 178,786 16,939 6,224,756 5,977,998 246,758 771,870 741,272 30,598
Unknown 26,551 (X) (X) 814,448 (X) (X) 100,992 (X) (X)
Men 14,762 (X) (X) 510,467 (X) (X) 63,298 (X) (X)
Women 11,789 (X) (X) 303,981 (X) (X) 37,694 (X) (X)
All areas d 158,617,000 148,209,000 17,731,000 5,486,992,000 5,181,300,000 305,692,000 680,387,008 642,481,200 37,905,808
Men 82,223,087 76,148,183 9,992,942 3,252,399,758 3,044,156,272 208,243,487 403,297,570 377,475,378 25,822,192
Women 76,393,913 72,060,817 7,738,058 2,234,592,242 2,137,143,728 97,448,513 277,089,438 265,005,822 12,083,616
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 2011.
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, 2011
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 3,723,170 3,503,570 414,640 193,284,029 178,932,982 14,351,048 5,605,237 5,189,056 416,180
Men 1,880,147 1,746,559 242,474 119,563,697 108,715,947 10,847,750 3,467,347 3,152,762 314,585
Women 1,843,023 1,757,011 172,165 73,720,333 70,217,035 3,503,298 2,137,890 2,036,294 101,596
Barnstable 119,529 107,187 20,309 4,398,773 3,906,477 492,296 127,564 113,288 14,277
Men 61,101 52,876 12,474 2,695,058 2,325,297 369,761 78,157 67,434 10,723
Women 58,428 54,311 7,835 1,703,715 1,581,180 122,535 49,408 45,854 3,554
Berkshire 69,182 64,968 8,144 2,574,698 2,389,869 184,829 74,666 69,306 5,360
Men 35,514 33,099 4,433 1,670,948 1,523,667 147,281 48,457 44,186 4,271
Women 33,668 31,869 3,711 903,750 866,202 37,548 26,209 25,120 1,089
Bristol 297,847 284,262 24,845 11,988,166 11,603,939 384,228 347,657 336,514 11,143
Men 141,368 132,806 15,361 6,776,050 6,513,971 262,080 196,505 188,905 7,600
Women 156,479 151,456 9,485 5,212,116 5,089,968 122,148 151,151 147,609 3,542
Dukes 11,549 9,325 3,711 382,196 320,400 61,796 11,084 9,292 1,792
Men 6,539 5,124 2,371 240,518 199,067 41,451 6,975 5,773 1,202
Women 5,010 4,201 1,340 141,678 121,333 20,345 4,109 3,519 590
Essex 421,023 392,576 53,093 22,411,540 19,848,343 2,563,198 649,935 575,602 74,333
Men 207,029 188,449 31,753 13,617,901 11,677,287 1,940,614 394,919 338,641 56,278
Women 213,995 204,127 21,340 8,793,640 8,171,056 622,584 255,016 236,961 18,055
Franklin 36,440 33,816 4,536 1,137,479 1,052,716 84,763 32,987 30,529 2,458
Men 16,790 15,166 2,474 586,288 528,256 58,032 17,002 15,319 1,683
Women 19,650 18,650 2,062 551,191 524,460 26,730 15,985 15,209 775
Hampden 244,558 232,512 19,588 8,621,775 8,256,983 364,792 250,031 239,453 10,579
Men 124,825 118,050 11,237 5,048,706 4,774,348 274,358 146,412 138,456 7,956
Women 119,733 114,463 8,351 3,573,069 3,482,635 90,434 103,619 100,996 2,623
Hampshire 82,610 75,216 11,856 3,467,168 3,136,365 330,803 100,548 90,955 9,593
Men 43,496 38,735 7,629 2,208,671 1,921,648 287,023 64,051 55,728 8,324
Women 39,114 36,481 4,227 1,258,497 1,214,717 43,780 36,496 35,227 1,270
Middlesex 840,874 789,456 104,639 52,810,477 48,486,021 4,324,456 1,531,504 1,406,095 125,409
Men 430,862 401,594 57,526 34,375,212 31,072,005 3,303,207 996,881 901,088 95,793
Women 410,012 387,862 47,113 18,435,265 17,414,016 1,021,249 534,623 505,006 29,616
Nantucket 7,581 6,353 1,546 343,367 269,345 74,022 9,958 7,811 2,147
Men 4,098 (X) (X) 212,017 (X) (X) 6,149 (X) (X)
Women 3,483 (X) (X) 131,350 (X) (X) 3,809 (X) (X)
Norfolk 395,922 373,414 45,773 25,203,373 23,281,618 1,921,756 730,898 675,167 55,731
Men 197,636 184,555 27,423 15,499,089 14,046,246 1,452,843 449,474 407,341 42,132
Women 198,286 188,859 18,351 9,704,285 9,235,372 468,913 281,424 267,826 13,598
Plymouth 273,580 257,721 30,412 13,598,330 12,758,503 839,827 394,352 369,997 24,355
Men 137,011 126,862 19,072 8,439,778 7,848,327 591,450 244,754 227,601 17,152
Women 136,569 130,859 11,340 5,158,552 4,910,176 248,376 149,598 142,395 7,203
Suffolk 452,107 430,389 43,814 24,003,326 22,427,403 1,575,923 696,096 650,395 45,702
Men 228,551 215,707 24,742 14,435,247 13,236,790 1,198,458 418,622 383,867 34,755
Women 223,556 214,682 19,072 9,568,078 9,190,613 377,465 277,474 266,528 10,946
Worcester 443,827 419,834 42,371 21,054,027 19,905,667 1,148,361 610,567 577,264 33,302
Men 230,571 215,502 24,948 12,955,973 12,095,043 860,930 375,723 350,756 24,967
Women 213,256 204,332 17,423 8,098,054 7,810,623 287,431 234,844 226,508 8,335
Unknown 26,541 (X) (X) 1,289,335 (X) (X) 37,391 (X) (X)
Men 14,756 (X) (X) 802,240 (X) (X) 23,265 (X) (X)
Women 11,784 (X) (X) 487,095 (X) (X) 14,126 (X) (X)
All areas d 162,619,000 152,443,000 18,556,000 6,810,089,000 6,321,000,000 489,089,000 197,492,581 183,309,000 14,183,581
Men 83,773,926 77,816,859 10,646,404 4,272,236,129 3,903,658,172 368,577,957 123,894,848 113,206,087 10,688,761
Women 78,845,074 74,626,141 7,909,596 2,537,852,871 2,417,341,828 120,511,043 73,597,733 70,102,913 3,494,820
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.