Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2014

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2014
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 3,594,452 3,342,626 418,572 155,753,419 146,632,498 9,120,921 19,313,424 18,182,430 1,130,994
Men 1,837,615 1,686,956 236,803 89,907,084 83,834,883 6,072,201 11,148,478 10,395,525 752,953
Women 1,756,837 1,655,670 181,769 65,846,335 62,797,615 3,048,719 8,164,945 7,786,904 378,041
Barnstable 115,360 102,342 20,232 4,114,515 3,623,324 491,192 510,200 449,292 60,908
Men 60,025 51,631 11,426 2,457,348 2,151,876 305,472 304,711 266,833 37,879
Women 55,335 50,711 8,805 1,657,167 1,471,447 185,720 205,489 182,459 23,029
Berkshire 64,744 59,810 7,443 2,113,024 1,951,423 161,601 262,015 241,976 20,039
Men 33,928 30,570 4,717 1,286,303 1,158,880 127,423 159,502 143,701 15,800
Women 30,816 29,241 2,725 826,721 792,543 34,178 102,513 98,275 4,238
Bristol 282,507 266,232 25,997 10,633,362 10,248,014 385,348 1,318,537 1,270,754 47,783
Men 137,871 128,004 14,571 6,037,784 5,781,504 256,279 748,685 716,907 31,779
Women 144,636 138,228 11,426 4,595,578 4,466,510 129,069 569,852 553,847 16,005
Dukes 11,210 8,690 4,088 342,394 283,728 58,666 42,457 35,182 7,275
Men 6,073 4,499 2,306 205,132 170,938 34,194 25,436 21,196 4,240
Women 5,138 4,192 1,782 137,262 112,790 24,472 17,021 13,986 3,035
Essex 417,212 383,399 55,348 17,361,902 16,123,731 1,238,172 2,152,876 1,999,343 153,533
Men 210,029 189,246 30,924 9,824,572 9,012,143 812,429 1,218,247 1,117,506 100,741
Women 207,183 194,153 24,425 7,537,330 7,111,588 425,743 934,629 881,837 52,792
Franklin 32,587 29,752 4,508 1,034,062 956,929 77,133 128,224 118,659 9,564
Men 14,139 12,984 1,782 504,918 472,720 32,199 62,610 58,617 3,993
Women 18,447 16,767 2,725 529,143 484,210 44,934 65,614 60,042 5,572
Hampden 226,505 213,068 20,546 7,671,416 7,329,247 342,168 951,256 908,827 42,429
Men 118,305 109,908 12,684 4,394,246 4,142,006 252,240 544,886 513,609 31,278
Women 108,199 103,160 7,862 3,277,170 3,187,241 89,929 406,369 395,218 11,151
Hampshire 69,514 62,060 11,741 2,593,526 2,340,942 252,584 321,597 290,277 31,320
Men 36,631 31,592 7,548 1,605,550 1,397,139 208,411 199,088 173,245 25,843
Women 32,883 30,467 4,193 987,976 943,803 44,174 122,509 117,032 5,478
Middlesex 837,770 775,591 107,028 42,133,454 39,487,346 2,646,108 5,224,548 4,896,431 328,117
Men 430,351 394,441 57,864 24,650,579 22,887,835 1,762,744 3,056,672 2,838,092 218,580
Women 407,418 381,150 49,164 17,482,875 16,599,511 883,364 2,167,877 2,058,339 109,537
Nantucket 8,420 (X) (X) 317,456 (X) (X) 39,365 (X) (X)
Men 4,725 (X) (X) 199,140 (X) (X) 24,693 (X) (X)
Women 3,694 (X) (X) 118,315 (X) (X) 14,671 (X) (X)
Norfolk 379,367 354,363 45,285 19,140,534 18,012,715 1,127,819 2,373,426 2,233,577 139,850
Men 193,204 179,022 25,368 10,902,305 10,196,717 705,588 1,351,886 1,264,393 87,493
Women 186,163 175,341 19,917 8,238,229 7,815,998 422,231 1,021,540 969,184 52,357
Plymouth 264,046 245,989 27,884 11,082,142 10,514,050 568,092 1,374,186 1,303,742 70,443
Men 133,802 123,199 16,353 6,341,207 5,954,329 386,878 786,310 738,337 47,973
Women 130,244 122,790 11,531 4,740,935 4,559,721 181,214 587,876 565,405 22,471
Suffolk 438,055 412,844 44,656 18,577,416 17,729,968 847,448 2,303,600 2,198,516 105,084
Men 221,247 205,809 25,997 10,213,974 9,653,007 560,967 1,266,533 1,196,973 69,560
Women 216,808 207,035 18,659 8,363,442 8,076,961 286,481 1,037,067 1,001,543 35,524
Worcester 424,051 398,326 41,406 17,750,237 16,911,011 839,226 2,201,029 2,096,965 104,064
Men 226,346 211,227 23,796 10,772,512 10,200,113 572,399 1,335,792 1,264,814 70,977
Women 197,705 187,099 17,611 6,977,725 6,710,898 266,827 865,238 832,151 33,087
Unknown 23,107 (X) (X) 887,977 (X) (X) 110,109 (X) (X)
Men 10,940 (X) (X) 511,513 (X) (X) 63,428 (X) (X)
Women 12,167 (X) (X) 376,464 (X) (X) 46,682 (X) (X)
All areas d 165,886,000 154,807,000 18,991,000 6,178,906,026 5,839,700,025 339,206,001 766,184,347 724,122,803 42,061,544
Men 86,110,764 79,657,528 10,588,841 3,679,544,980 3,450,854,893 228,690,087 456,263,577 427,906,007 28,357,571
Women 79,775,236 75,149,472 8,402,159 2,499,361,047 2,388,845,132 110,515,914 309,920,770 296,216,796 13,703,973
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 $117,000 in 2014.
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, 2014
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 3,874,260 3,643,491 437,770 222,387,268 206,547,841 15,839,427 6,449,231 5,989,887 459,343
Men 1,946,327 1,806,784 247,664 138,113,582 126,521,370 11,592,213 4,005,294 3,669,120 336,174
Women 1,927,933 1,836,707 190,106 84,273,686 80,026,472 4,247,214 2,443,937 2,320,768 123,169
Barnstable 123,172 110,907 21,159 5,191,114 4,604,334 586,781 150,542 133,526 17,017
Men 63,210 54,841 11,950 3,122,655 2,749,202 373,452 90,557 79,727 10,830
Women 59,962 56,066 9,209 2,068,460 1,855,131 213,328 59,985 53,799 6,187
Berkshire 70,549 65,768 7,784 2,636,971 2,423,770 213,200 76,472 70,289 6,183
Men 36,303 32,986 4,934 1,648,160 1,471,241 176,919 47,797 42,666 5,131
Women 34,246 32,782 2,850 988,811 952,530 36,281 28,676 27,623 1,052
Bristol 305,537 291,054 27,189 13,157,451 12,746,486 410,964 381,566 369,648 11,918
Men 146,461 137,459 15,239 7,527,556 7,253,602 273,954 218,299 210,354 7,945
Women 159,076 153,595 11,950 5,629,895 5,492,884 137,011 163,267 159,294 3,973
Dukes 12,218 9,906 4,276 467,262 404,986 62,276 13,551 11,745 1,806
Men 6,492 5,004 2,412 270,121 233,823 36,298 7,834 6,781 1,053
Women 5,726 4,902 1,864 197,141 171,163 25,978 5,717 4,964 753
Essex 446,694 415,953 57,887 27,172,913 24,285,163 2,887,749 788,014 704,270 83,745
Men 220,842 201,900 32,342 16,987,549 14,884,529 2,103,020 492,639 431,651 60,988
Women 225,851 214,053 25,545 10,185,363 9,400,635 784,729 295,376 272,618 22,757
Franklin 36,642 34,007 4,714 1,609,997 1,189,539 420,458 46,690 34,497 12,193
Men 16,578 15,523 1,864 975,006 602,247 372,759 28,275 17,465 10,810
Women 20,064 18,485 2,850 634,991 587,292 47,699 18,415 17,031 1,383
Hampden 243,790 231,312 21,488 9,446,737 9,032,874 413,863 273,955 261,953 12,002
Men 124,756 117,035 13,266 5,526,800 5,208,400 318,401 160,277 151,044 9,234
Women 119,034 114,277 8,223 3,919,937 3,824,475 95,462 113,678 110,910 2,768
Hampshire 80,086 73,121 12,279 3,490,461 3,166,861 323,600 101,223 91,839 9,384
Men 40,798 36,254 7,894 2,171,115 1,894,407 276,708 62,962 54,938 8,025
Women 39,289 36,867 4,385 1,319,345 1,272,454 46,892 38,261 36,901 1,360
Middlesex 893,493 836,194 111,937 62,594,331 57,719,967 4,874,364 1,815,236 1,673,879 141,357
Men 452,749 418,914 60,518 40,152,144 36,550,939 3,601,205 1,164,412 1,059,977 104,435
Women 440,744 417,280 51,418 22,442,187 21,169,028 1,273,159 650,823 613,902 36,922
Nantucket 9,344 (X) (X) 504,945 (X) (X) 14,643 (X) (X)
Men 5,131 (X) (X) 351,517 (X) (X) 10,194 (X) (X)
Women 4,213 (X) (X) 153,428 (X) (X) 4,449 (X) (X)
Norfolk 408,269 384,702 47,362 29,064,814 27,090,941 1,973,874 842,880 785,637 57,242
Men 204,526 191,279 26,531 18,426,621 17,054,525 1,372,096 534,372 494,581 39,791
Women 203,742 193,424 20,831 10,638,193 10,036,416 601,777 308,508 291,056 17,452
Plymouth 289,319 272,978 29,163 15,362,523 14,479,284 883,239 445,513 419,899 25,614
Men 143,568 134,089 17,103 9,353,068 8,712,162 640,907 271,239 252,653 18,586
Women 145,751 138,889 12,060 6,009,454 5,767,122 242,332 174,274 167,247 7,028
Suffolk 471,105 448,428 46,704 26,954,361 25,495,917 1,458,444 781,676 739,382 42,295
Men 235,236 221,099 27,189 16,356,069 15,301,085 1,054,984 474,326 443,731 30,595
Women 235,870 227,329 19,515 10,598,292 10,194,831 403,460 307,350 295,650 11,700
Worcester 460,973 438,114 43,306 23,192,313 22,023,844 1,168,469 672,577 638,691 33,886
Men 238,751 225,184 24,887 14,128,339 13,265,835 862,503 409,722 384,709 25,013
Women 222,222 212,929 18,419 9,063,974 8,758,009 305,966 262,855 253,982 8,873
Unknown 23,068 (X) (X) 1,541,075 (X) (X) 44,691 (X) (X)
Men 10,927 (X) (X) 1,116,861 (X) (X) 32,389 (X) (X)
Women 12,141 (X) (X) 424,215 (X) (X) 12,302 (X) (X)
All areas d 169,691,000 158,852,000 19,862,000 7,650,502,010 7,110,853,012 539,648,998 221,864,558 206,214,737 15,649,821
Men 87,565,826 81,203,373 11,074,485 4,822,333,595 4,425,874,343 396,459,252 139,847,674 128,350,356 11,497,318
Women 82,125,174 77,648,628 8,787,515 2,828,168,415 2,684,978,668 143,189,746 82,016,884 77,864,381 4,152,503
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.