Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2015
Alaska
| 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, Alaska | 404,797 | 378,816 | 49,195 | 16,469,199 | 15,459,694 | 1,009,505 | 2,042,181 | 1,917,002 | 125,179 |
| Men | 221,042 | 206,164 | 27,618 | 10,361,138 | 9,655,395 | 705,743 | 1,284,781 | 1,197,269 | 87,512 |
| Women | 183,756 | 172,652 | 21,577 | 6,108,061 | 5,804,299 | 303,762 | 757,400 | 719,733 | 37,667 |
| Aleutians East | 1,024 | (X) | (X) | 47,697 | (X) | (X) | 5,914 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Aleutians West | 1,935 | (X) | (X) | 69,321 | (X) | (X) | 8,596 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Anchorage | 173,487 | 163,892 | 18,556 | 7,557,825 | 7,148,526 | 409,299 | 937,170 | 886,417 | 50,753 |
| Men | 94,835 | 89,229 | 10,573 | 4,641,051 | 4,348,988 | 292,062 | 575,490 | 539,275 | 36,216 |
| Women | 78,652 | 74,663 | 7,983 | 2,916,774 | 2,799,538 | 117,237 | 361,680 | 347,143 | 14,537 |
| Bethel | 8,568 | (X) | (X) | 218,403 | (X) | (X) | 27,082 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 4,895 | (X) | (X) | 126,926 | (X) | (X) | 15,739 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 3,673 | (X) | (X) | 91,476 | (X) | (X) | 11,343 | (X) | (X) |
| Bristol Bay | 1,126 | (X) | (X) | 40,685 | (X) | (X) | 5,045 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Denali | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Dillingham | 3,277 | (X) | (X) | 125,497 | (X) | (X) | 15,562 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 1,642 | (X) | (X) | 63,645 | (X) | (X) | 7,892 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 1,636 | (X) | (X) | 61,852 | (X) | (X) | 7,670 | (X) | (X) |
| Fairbanks North Star | 55,980 | 53,069 | 5,178 | 2,156,682 | 2,076,864 | 79,818 | 267,429 | 257,531 | 9,897 |
| Men | 31,846 | 30,660 | 2,266 | 1,427,221 | 1,375,896 | 51,325 | 176,975 | 170,611 | 6,364 |
| Women | 24,134 | 22,409 | 2,913 | 729,461 | 700,968 | 28,494 | 90,453 | 86,920 | 3,533 |
| Haines | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Juneau | 19,736 | 18,335 | 2,589 | 785,744 | 705,856 | 79,888 | 97,432 | 87,526 | 9,906 |
| Men | 9,910 | 9,371 | 1,510 | 495,845 | 444,029 | 51,816 | 61,485 | 55,060 | 6,425 |
| Women | 9,827 | 8,964 | 1,079 | 289,900 | 261,828 | 28,072 | 35,948 | 32,467 | 3,481 |
| Kenai Peninsula | 32,319 | 29,947 | 4,315 | 1,334,497 | 1,275,589 | 58,908 | 165,478 | 158,173 | 7,305 |
| Men | 17,507 | 15,890 | 2,697 | 904,890 | 856,797 | 48,093 | 112,206 | 106,243 | 5,964 |
| Women | 14,811 | 14,057 | 1,618 | 429,607 | 418,792 | 10,815 | 53,271 | 51,930 | 1,341 |
| Ketchikan Gateway | 6,944 | (X) | (X) | 274,082 | (X) | (X) | 33,986 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 3,475 | (X) | (X) | 160,634 | (X) | (X) | 19,919 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 3,469 | (X) | (X) | 113,448 | (X) | (X) | 14,068 | (X) | (X) |
| Kodiak Island | 9,406 | 8,760 | 1,834 | 372,652 | 339,206 | 33,445 | 46,209 | 42,062 | 4,147 |
| Men | 4,799 | (X) | (X) | 206,413 | (X) | (X) | 25,595 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 4,607 | (X) | (X) | 166,238 | (X) | (X) | 20,614 | (X) | (X) |
| Kusilvak | 3,367 | (X) | (X) | 42,689 | (X) | (X) | 5,293 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 2,037 | (X) | (X) | 32,923 | (X) | (X) | 4,082 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 1,330 | (X) | (X) | 9,766 | (X) | (X) | 1,211 | (X) | (X) |
| Lake and Peninsula | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Matanuska-Susitna | 43,805 | 40,031 | 6,581 | 1,932,361 | 1,785,743 | 146,618 | 239,613 | 221,432 | 18,181 |
| Men | 25,003 | 22,307 | 3,992 | 1,271,153 | 1,163,807 | 107,346 | 157,623 | 144,312 | 13,311 |
| Women | 18,801 | 17,724 | 2,589 | 661,208 | 621,936 | 39,272 | 81,990 | 77,120 | 4,870 |
| Nome | 4,991 | (X) | (X) | 105,564 | (X) | (X) | 13,090 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 2,648 | (X) | (X) | 40,867 | (X) | (X) | 5,068 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 2,343 | (X) | (X) | 64,697 | (X) | (X) | 8,022 | (X) | (X) |
| North Slope | 4,793 | (X) | (X) | 186,899 | (X) | (X) | 23,176 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 2,139 | (X) | (X) | 92,811 | (X) | (X) | 11,509 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 2,654 | (X) | (X) | 94,089 | (X) | (X) | 11,667 | (X) | (X) |
| Northwest Arctic | 3,463 | (X) | (X) | 104,832 | (X) | (X) | 12,999 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 1,630 | (X) | (X) | 47,383 | (X) | (X) | 5,875 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 1,833 | (X) | (X) | 57,449 | (X) | (X) | 7,124 | (X) | (X) |
| Sitka | 5,369 | 4,074 | 1,510 | 188,602 | 138,774 | 49,827 | 23,387 | 17,208 | 6,179 |
| Men | 2,589 | (X) | (X) | 102,415 | (X) | (X) | 12,699 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 2,780 | (X) | (X) | 86,186 | (X) | (X) | 10,687 | (X) | (X) |
| Southeast Fairbanks | 3,469 | (X) | (X) | 204,272 | (X) | (X) | 25,330 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 2,444 | (X) | (X) | 177,846 | (X) | (X) | 22,053 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 1,025 | (X) | (X) | 26,426 | (X) | (X) | 3,277 | (X) | (X) |
| Valdez-Cordova | 5,632 | (X) | (X) | 200,225 | (X) | (X) | 24,828 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 3,182 | (X) | (X) | 143,329 | (X) | (X) | 17,773 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 2,450 | (X) | (X) | 56,896 | (X) | (X) | 7,055 | (X) | (X) |
| Yakutat | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Yukon-Koyukuk | 4,074 | (X) | (X) | 145,978 | (X) | (X) | 18,101 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 1,630 | (X) | (X) | 81,124 | (X) | (X) | 10,059 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 2,445 | (X) | (X) | 64,854 | (X) | (X) | 8,042 | (X) | (X) |
| Remaining areas d | 8,856 | 7,130 | 2,158 | 267,454 | 232,534 | 34,920 | 33,164 | 28,834 | 4,330 |
| Men | 5,159 | (X) | (X) | 202,322 | (X) | (X) | 25,088 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 3,697 | (X) | (X) | 65,133 | (X) | (X) | 8,076 | (X) | (X) |
| Unknown | 1,324 | (X) | (X) | 49,709 | (X) | (X) | 6,164 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| All areas e | 168,430,001 | 157,038,001 | 19,691,000 | 6,499,230,007 | 6,139,300,008 | 359,929,999 | 805,904,521 | 761,273,201 | 44,631,320 |
| Men | 87,384,057 | 80,768,267 | 10,937,778 | 3,854,397,640 | 3,614,266,438 | 240,131,202 | 477,945,307 | 448,169,038 | 29,776,269 |
| Women | 81,045,944 | 76,269,733 | 8,753,222 | 2,644,832,367 | 2,525,033,570 | 119,798,797 | 327,959,213 | 313,104,163 | 14,855,051 |
| 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 $118,500 in 2015. | |||||||||
| 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. Remaining areas include Wrangell City and Borough, Skagway Municipality, Petersburg Census Area, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, and Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. | |||||||||
| 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: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov. | |||||||||
| 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, Alaska | 435,739 | 412,833 | 51,591 | 21,334,323 | 19,639,945 | 1,694,378 | 618,695 | 569,558 | 49,137 |
| Men | 234,885 | 221,644 | 28,964 | 13,480,883 | 12,139,127 | 1,341,755 | 390,946 | 352,035 | 38,911 |
| Women | 200,854 | 191,189 | 22,628 | 7,853,440 | 7,500,818 | 352,623 | 227,750 | 217,524 | 10,226 |
| Aleutians East | 1,002 | (X) | (X) | 67,602 | (X) | (X) | 1,960 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Aleutians West | 1,922 | (X) | (X) | 69,159 | (X) | (X) | 2,006 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Anchorage | 183,429 | 174,891 | 19,460 | 9,934,993 | 8,986,528 | 948,465 | 288,115 | 260,609 | 27,505 |
| Men | 99,168 | 94,321 | 11,088 | 6,276,525 | 5,466,993 | 809,532 | 182,019 | 158,543 | 23,476 |
| Women | 84,262 | 80,570 | 8,372 | 3,658,468 | 3,519,535 | 138,933 | 106,096 | 102,067 | 4,029 |
| Bethel | 9,387 | (X) | (X) | 319,886 | (X) | (X) | 9,277 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 5,308 | (X) | (X) | 182,591 | (X) | (X) | 5,295 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 4,079 | (X) | (X) | 137,296 | (X) | (X) | 3,982 | (X) | (X) |
| Bristol Bay | 1,213 | (X) | (X) | 48,591 | (X) | (X) | 1,409 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Denali | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Dillingham | 3,444 | (X) | (X) | 171,875 | (X) | (X) | 4,984 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 1,632 | (X) | (X) | 71,334 | (X) | (X) | 2,069 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 1,813 | (X) | (X) | 100,541 | (X) | (X) | 2,916 | (X) | (X) |
| Fairbanks North Star | 61,879 | 59,689 | 5,431 | 2,804,753 | 2,717,729 | 87,023 | 81,338 | 78,814 | 2,524 |
| Men | 35,178 | 34,123 | 2,376 | 1,803,287 | 1,746,550 | 56,737 | 52,295 | 50,650 | 1,645 |
| Women | 26,701 | 25,567 | 3,055 | 1,001,466 | 971,179 | 30,286 | 29,043 | 28,164 | 878 |
| Haines | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Juneau | 23,295 | 21,900 | 2,715 | 1,112,489 | 1,002,354 | 110,135 | 32,262 | 29,068 | 3,194 |
| Men | 10,995 | 10,491 | 1,584 | 630,820 | 550,523 | 80,297 | 18,294 | 15,965 | 2,329 |
| Women | 12,300 | 11,408 | 1,131 | 481,669 | 451,831 | 29,838 | 13,968 | 13,103 | 865 |
| Kenai Peninsula | 33,701 | 31,576 | 4,526 | 1,619,329 | 1,555,484 | 63,845 | 46,961 | 45,109 | 1,852 |
| Men | 18,315 | 16,807 | 2,828 | 1,125,791 | 1,073,441 | 52,350 | 32,648 | 31,130 | 1,518 |
| Women | 15,386 | 14,770 | 1,697 | 493,539 | 482,044 | 11,495 | 14,313 | 13,979 | 333 |
| Ketchikan Gateway | 7,544 | (X) | (X) | 331,410 | (X) | (X) | 9,611 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 3,669 | (X) | (X) | 187,259 | (X) | (X) | 5,431 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 3,875 | (X) | (X) | 144,151 | (X) | (X) | 4,180 | (X) | (X) |
| Kodiak Island | 9,567 | 8,964 | 1,923 | 398,278 | 362,729 | 35,549 | 11,550 | 10,519 | 1,031 |
| Men | 4,972 | (X) | (X) | 231,733 | (X) | (X) | 6,720 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 4,594 | (X) | (X) | 166,545 | (X) | (X) | 4,830 | (X) | (X) |
| Kusilvak | 3,461 | (X) | (X) | 59,183 | (X) | (X) | 1,716 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 2,132 | (X) | (X) | 49,406 | (X) | (X) | 1,433 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 1,329 | (X) | (X) | 9,777 | (X) | (X) | 284 | (X) | (X) |
| Lake and Peninsula | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Matanuska-Susitna | 48,544 | 45,123 | 6,901 | 2,431,231 | 2,228,899 | 202,332 | 70,506 | 64,638 | 5,868 |
| Men | 26,443 | 23,937 | 4,186 | 1,576,556 | 1,415,967 | 160,590 | 45,720 | 41,063 | 4,657 |
| Women | 22,102 | 21,187 | 2,715 | 854,674 | 812,932 | 41,742 | 24,786 | 23,575 | 1,211 |
| Nome | 5,181 | (X) | (X) | 158,711 | (X) | (X) | 4,603 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 2,750 | (X) | (X) | 84,560 | (X) | (X) | 2,452 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 2,431 | (X) | (X) | 74,151 | (X) | (X) | 2,150 | (X) | (X) |
| North Slope | 4,989 | (X) | (X) | 246,351 | (X) | (X) | 7,144 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 2,125 | (X) | (X) | 124,852 | (X) | (X) | 3,621 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 2,863 | (X) | (X) | 121,499 | (X) | (X) | 3,523 | (X) | (X) |
| Northwest Arctic | 3,755 | (X) | (X) | 126,776 | (X) | (X) | 3,677 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 1,732 | (X) | (X) | 60,860 | (X) | (X) | 1,765 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 2,023 | (X) | (X) | 65,917 | (X) | (X) | 1,912 | (X) | (X) |
| Sitka | 6,095 | 4,991 | 1,584 | 288,843 | 229,928 | 58,915 | 8,376 | 6,668 | 1,709 |
| Men | 3,092 | (X) | (X) | 169,846 | (X) | (X) | 4,926 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 3,003 | (X) | (X) | 118,997 | (X) | (X) | 3,451 | (X) | (X) |
| Southeast Fairbanks | 3,658 | (X) | (X) | 232,130 | (X) | (X) | 6,732 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 2,635 | (X) | (X) | 205,683 | (X) | (X) | 5,965 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 1,023 | (X) | (X) | 26,446 | (X) | (X) | 767 | (X) | (X) |
| Valdez-Cordova | 6,446 | 5,908 | 1,018 | 302,566 | 269,083 | 33,483 | 8,774 | 7,803 | 971 |
| Men | 3,698 | (X) | (X) | 213,526 | (X) | (X) | 6,192 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 2,748 | (X) | (X) | 89,041 | (X) | (X) | 2,582 | (X) | (X) |
| Yakutat | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Yukon-Koyukuk | 4,264 | (X) | (X) | 160,286 | (X) | (X) | 4,648 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | 1,623 | (X) | (X) | 87,431 | (X) | (X) | 2,535 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 2,641 | (X) | (X) | 72,855 | (X) | (X) | 2,113 | (X) | (X) |
| Remaining areas d | 9,589 | 8,047 | 2,263 | 315,822 | 278,558 | 37,265 | 9,159 | 8,078 | 1,081 |
| Men | 5,579 | (X) | (X) | 232,708 | (X) | (X) | 6,749 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 4,011 | (X) | (X) | 83,114 | (X) | (X) | 2,410 | (X) | (X) |
| Unknown | 1,419 | (X) | (X) | 65,251 | (X) | (X) | 1,892 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| All areas e | 172,369,000 | 161,237,000 | 20,650,000 | 8,096,301,974 | 7,511,499,976 | 584,801,998 | 234,792,757 | 217,833,499 | 16,959,258 |
| Men | 88,914,085 | 82,396,749 | 11,470,475 | 5,082,927,586 | 4,655,591,554 | 427,336,031 | 147,404,900 | 135,012,155 | 12,392,745 |
| Women | 83,454,915 | 78,840,251 | 9,179,525 | 3,013,374,389 | 2,855,908,422 | 157,465,967 | 87,387,857 | 82,821,344 | 4,566,513 |
| 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. Remaining areas include Wrangell City and Borough, Skagway Municipality, Petersburg Census Area, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, and Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. | |||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||
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