Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2015

Table 1. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by state or other area, sex, and type of earnings, 2015
State or area, 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
All areas 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
Alabama 2,401,722 2,260,166 258,492 82,447,306 78,427,922 4,019,384 10,223,466 9,725,062 498,404
Men 1,216,856 1,133,292 139,926 49,319,352 46,550,551 2,768,801 6,115,600 5,772,268 343,331
Women 1,184,866 1,126,874 118,565 33,127,954 31,877,372 1,250,583 4,107,866 3,952,794 155,072
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
Arizona 3,265,597 3,063,432 345,878 120,106,043 114,137,259 5,968,784 14,893,149 14,153,020 740,129
Men 1,695,906 1,580,965 192,898 69,946,608 66,074,058 3,872,550 8,673,379 8,193,183 480,196
Women 1,569,691 1,482,467 152,980 50,159,435 48,063,201 2,096,234 6,219,770 5,959,837 259,933
Arkansas 1,483,540 1,386,719 167,869 47,000,161 44,577,905 2,422,256 5,828,020 5,527,660 300,360
Men 752,840 694,072 94,507 27,586,339 25,881,232 1,705,108 3,420,706 3,209,273 211,433
Women 730,700 692,646 73,362 19,413,822 18,696,674 717,148 2,407,314 2,318,388 88,926
California 18,755,786 17,063,139 2,680,502 781,989,331 727,348,348 54,640,984 96,966,677 90,191,195 6,775,482
Men 9,903,118 8,943,592 1,480,717 464,803,634 429,092,278 35,711,355 57,635,651 53,207,443 4,428,208
Women 8,852,668 8,119,547 1,199,785 317,185,698 298,256,069 18,929,629 39,331,027 36,983,753 2,347,274
Colorado 2,876,338 2,669,439 365,297 115,743,203 108,625,056 7,118,147 14,352,157 13,469,507 882,650
Men 1,557,286 1,442,029 201,852 71,759,686 67,081,341 4,678,345 8,898,201 8,318,086 580,115
Women 1,319,053 1,227,410 163,445 43,983,517 41,543,715 2,439,802 5,453,956 5,151,421 302,535
Connecticut 2,000,096 1,858,737 235,296 90,036,289 83,971,786 6,064,503 11,164,500 10,412,502 751,998
Men 1,033,299 946,277 136,258 53,655,612 49,348,764 4,306,848 6,653,296 6,119,247 534,049
Women 966,797 912,460 99,038 36,380,677 34,623,022 1,757,655 4,511,204 4,293,255 217,949
Delaware 515,234 492,594 41,320 20,693,145 19,899,680 793,465 2,565,950 2,467,560 98,390
Men 258,624 245,686 22,979 11,555,766 11,041,845 513,922 1,432,915 1,369,189 63,726
Women 256,611 246,908 18,340 9,137,378 8,857,835 279,544 1,133,035 1,098,372 34,663
District of Columbia 408,770 388,289 41,967 21,303,413 20,235,564 1,067,849 2,641,623 2,509,210 132,413
Men 199,682 189,765 20,282 11,138,085 10,553,351 584,734 1,381,123 1,308,616 72,507
Women 209,088 198,525 21,685 10,165,327 9,682,213 483,115 1,260,501 1,200,594 59,906
Florida 10,135,494 9,309,676 1,393,330 351,899,163 332,248,151 19,651,011 43,635,496 41,198,771 2,436,725
Men 5,159,571 4,716,718 718,835 200,206,602 188,440,835 11,765,767 24,825,619 23,366,664 1,458,955
Women 4,975,923 4,592,958 674,495 151,692,561 143,807,316 7,885,245 18,809,878 17,832,107 977,770
Georgia 5,118,686 4,760,416 635,980 186,555,391 177,018,503 9,536,887 23,132,868 21,950,294 1,182,574
Men 2,610,143 2,418,864 321,820 109,694,128 103,837,660 5,856,468 13,602,072 12,875,870 726,202
Women 2,508,543 2,341,552 314,160 76,861,263 73,180,843 3,680,420 9,530,797 9,074,425 456,372
Hawaii 778,525 724,936 89,005 30,676,807 28,852,692 1,824,115 3,803,924 3,577,734 226,190
Men 407,954 378,409 47,685 17,550,451 16,354,522 1,195,930 2,176,256 2,027,961 148,295
Women 370,571 346,527 41,320 13,126,356 12,498,171 628,185 1,627,668 1,549,773 77,895
Idaho 865,502 808,359 100,549 27,791,651 26,107,938 1,683,713 3,446,165 3,237,384 208,780
Men 457,627 424,959 57,503 17,382,090 16,199,355 1,182,735 2,155,379 2,008,720 146,659
Women 407,875 383,400 43,046 10,409,561 9,908,584 500,978 1,290,786 1,228,664 62,121
Illinois 6,746,255 6,296,665 797,268 265,834,454 251,971,126 13,863,328 32,963,472 31,244,420 1,719,053
Men 3,477,536 3,218,972 431,431 158,967,358 149,714,959 9,252,399 19,711,952 18,564,655 1,147,298
Women 3,268,719 3,077,693 365,837 106,867,095 102,256,167 4,610,928 13,251,520 12,679,765 571,755
Indiana 3,652,113 3,474,131 340,700 128,948,418 123,280,768 5,667,650 15,989,604 15,286,815 702,789
Men 1,905,971 1,801,288 192,682 78,752,169 74,796,198 3,955,971 9,765,269 9,274,729 490,540
Women 1,746,142 1,672,843 148,018 50,196,248 48,484,570 1,711,679 6,224,335 6,012,087 212,248
Iowa 1,794,597 1,685,168 197,860 64,689,723 60,905,245 3,784,477 8,021,526 7,552,250 469,275
Men 923,062 851,038 124,283 38,083,875 35,175,765 2,908,111 4,722,401 4,361,795 360,606
Women 871,536 834,130 73,577 26,605,847 25,729,480 876,367 3,299,125 3,190,456 108,669
Kansas 1,608,778 1,514,553 174,018 58,460,631 54,866,470 3,594,161 7,249,118 6,803,442 445,676
Men 832,772 776,171 103,569 35,220,189 32,573,335 2,646,854 4,367,303 4,039,094 328,210
Women 776,006 738,381 70,449 23,240,442 22,293,136 947,307 2,881,815 2,764,349 117,466
Kentucky 2,241,376 2,105,849 237,023 73,739,487 70,132,159 3,607,328 9,143,696 8,696,388 447,309
Men 1,166,626 1,085,112 138,524 44,404,094 41,973,967 2,430,126 5,506,108 5,204,772 301,336
Women 1,074,750 1,020,737 98,499 29,335,393 28,158,192 1,177,202 3,637,589 3,491,616 145,973
Louisiana 2,244,523 2,092,607 264,425 78,475,866 74,142,076 4,333,790 9,731,007 9,193,617 537,390
Men 1,175,079 1,088,168 139,926 50,532,659 47,598,622 2,934,037 6,266,050 5,902,229 363,821
Women 1,069,444 1,004,439 124,499 27,943,207 26,543,454 1,399,753 3,464,958 3,291,388 173,569
Maine 723,419 667,996 92,026 24,089,406 22,394,656 1,694,750 2,987,086 2,776,937 210,149
Men 375,797 340,212 55,345 14,217,141 13,079,351 1,137,790 1,762,926 1,621,840 141,086
Women 347,622 327,785 36,681 9,872,265 9,315,304 556,960 1,224,161 1,155,098 69,063
Maryland 3,348,014 3,147,161 364,650 156,083,459 148,974,049 7,109,410 19,354,349 18,472,782 881,567
Men 1,652,961 1,546,435 183,620 84,676,986 80,439,705 4,237,281 10,499,946 9,974,523 525,423
Women 1,695,053 1,600,726 181,030 71,406,473 68,534,344 2,872,129 8,854,403 8,498,259 356,144
Massachusetts 3,642,536 3,384,087 440,277 164,388,330 154,658,071 9,730,259 20,384,153 19,177,601 1,206,552
Men 1,859,538 1,705,234 249,969 94,701,196 88,213,336 6,487,861 11,742,948 10,938,454 804,495
Women 1,782,998 1,678,852 190,309 69,687,134 66,444,736 3,242,398 8,641,205 8,239,147 402,057
Michigan 5,213,978 4,907,909 566,179 194,297,539 185,000,000 9,297,539 24,092,895 22,940,000 1,152,895
Men 2,690,187 2,515,630 305,745 116,922,750 110,756,361 6,166,389 14,498,421 13,733,789 764,632
Women 2,523,791 2,392,278 260,434 77,374,789 74,243,639 3,131,150 9,594,474 9,206,211 388,263
Minnesota 3,258,844 3,082,378 347,496 133,761,679 127,211,942 6,549,737 16,586,448 15,774,281 812,167
Men 1,691,421 1,579,947 205,628 78,271,734 73,644,298 4,627,436 9,705,695 9,131,893 573,802
Women 1,567,422 1,502,431 141,868 55,489,945 53,567,643 1,922,301 6,880,753 6,642,388 238,365
Mississippi 1,452,575 1,355,550 182,109 46,039,224 43,255,289 2,783,935 5,708,864 5,363,656 345,208
Men 731,800 677,673 92,133 26,996,217 25,269,885 1,726,333 3,347,531 3,133,466 214,065
Women 720,776 677,877 89,976 19,043,006 17,985,404 1,057,602 2,361,333 2,230,190 131,143
Missouri 3,186,395 2,994,371 335,198 109,586,456 103,985,510 5,600,946 13,588,721 12,894,203 694,517
Men 1,647,691 1,527,896 198,616 65,454,043 61,419,066 4,034,977 8,116,301 7,615,964 500,337
Women 1,538,704 1,466,475 136,582 44,132,413 42,566,444 1,565,969 5,472,419 5,278,239 194,180
Montana 584,367 541,996 75,196 18,654,588 17,294,976 1,359,611 2,313,169 2,144,577 168,592
Men 309,844 282,457 46,390 11,511,898 10,514,275 997,623 1,427,475 1,303,770 123,705
Women 274,523 259,539 28,805 7,142,689 6,780,701 361,988 885,693 840,807 44,887
Nebraska 1,137,210 1,073,500 123,744 40,403,254 38,124,417 2,278,838 5,010,004 4,727,428 282,576
Men 592,165 550,552 78,108 23,939,162 22,198,452 1,740,710 2,968,456 2,752,608 215,848
Women 545,045 522,948 45,635 16,464,093 15,925,965 538,128 2,041,547 1,974,820 66,728
Nevada 1,349,152 1,264,080 143,810 46,404,645 43,980,681 2,423,964 5,754,176 5,453,604 300,571
Men 721,958 678,182 74,980 28,088,884 26,642,068 1,446,816 3,483,022 3,303,616 179,405
Women 627,194 585,897 68,830 18,315,761 17,338,613 977,148 2,271,154 2,149,988 121,166
New Hampshire 814,902 759,263 90,407 34,620,741 32,399,567 2,221,173 4,292,972 4,017,546 275,425
Men 423,216 388,493 54,482 20,728,206 19,174,234 1,553,972 2,570,298 2,377,605 192,693
Women 391,687 370,770 35,926 13,892,534 13,225,333 667,201 1,722,674 1,639,941 82,733
New Jersey 4,942,036 4,626,776 549,780 231,249,243 218,537,759 12,711,484 28,674,906 27,098,682 1,576,224
Men 2,531,771 2,341,246 320,094 133,942,854 125,005,972 8,936,882 16,608,914 15,500,741 1,108,173
Women 2,410,265 2,285,529 229,686 97,306,389 93,531,787 3,774,602 12,065,992 11,597,942 468,051
New Mexico 977,789 919,997 99,578 33,019,913 31,430,374 1,589,539 4,094,469 3,897,366 197,103
Men 502,095 473,953 48,332 19,407,874 18,443,538 964,336 2,406,576 2,286,999 119,578
Women 475,694 446,044 51,245 13,612,040 12,986,836 625,203 1,687,893 1,610,368 77,525
New York 10,666,586 9,895,777 1,324,068 453,464,330 428,249,827 25,214,503 56,229,577 53,102,979 3,126,598
Men 5,337,312 4,885,398 730,271 251,338,075 234,776,130 16,561,945 31,165,921 29,112,240 2,053,681
Women 5,329,275 5,010,380 593,797 202,126,255 193,473,697 8,652,558 25,063,656 23,990,738 1,072,917
North Carolina 5,167,702 4,844,144 569,523 184,726,545 175,578,822 9,147,723 22,906,092 21,771,774 1,134,318
Men 2,640,952 2,452,579 311,571 107,064,907 101,078,161 5,986,746 13,276,049 12,533,692 742,357
Women 2,526,751 2,391,565 257,952 77,661,638 74,500,661 3,160,977 9,630,043 9,238,082 391,961
North Dakota 479,404 452,563 53,619 18,510,303 17,316,680 1,193,623 2,295,278 2,147,268 148,009
Men 264,169 244,871 35,710 12,000,990 11,022,201 978,790 1,488,123 1,366,753 121,370
Women 215,235 207,692 17,909 6,509,312 6,294,479 214,833 807,155 780,515 26,639
Ohio 5,888,064 5,514,891 633,607 206,516,952 196,050,297 10,466,655 25,608,102 24,310,237 1,297,865
Men 3,106,369 2,884,566 361,629 127,321,158 120,015,312 7,305,845 15,787,824 14,881,899 905,925
Women 2,781,695 2,630,324 271,977 79,195,795 76,034,984 3,160,810 9,820,279 9,428,338 391,940
Oklahoma 2,015,083 1,889,906 217,495 68,792,060 65,367,838 3,424,222 8,530,215 8,105,612 424,603
Men 1,049,328 974,390 125,686 41,841,420 39,449,539 2,391,881 5,188,336 4,891,743 296,593
Women 965,755 915,515 91,810 26,950,640 25,918,300 1,032,341 3,341,879 3,213,869 128,010
Oregon 2,119,129 1,983,922 232,815 80,266,559 75,614,273 4,652,286 9,953,053 9,376,170 576,883
Men 1,099,196 1,025,015 126,980 47,289,685 44,352,390 2,937,295 5,863,921 5,499,696 364,225
Women 1,019,933 958,908 105,835 32,976,874 31,261,883 1,714,991 4,089,132 3,876,473 212,659
Pennsylvania 6,953,865 6,582,992 672,661 274,521,710 261,444,497 13,077,213 34,040,692 32,419,118 1,621,574
Men 3,598,982 3,361,983 395,397 162,535,598 153,236,298 9,299,300 20,154,414 19,001,301 1,153,113
Women 3,354,883 3,221,009 277,264 111,986,112 108,208,199 3,777,913 13,886,278 13,417,817 468,461
Rhode Island 604,801 568,683 64,731 23,864,494 22,639,650 1,224,845 2,959,197 2,807,317 151,881
Men 303,728 281,948 37,436 13,647,523 12,761,589 885,933 1,692,293 1,582,437 109,856
Women 301,073 286,735 27,295 10,216,972 9,878,060 338,911 1,266,905 1,224,879 42,025
South Carolina 2,487,529 2,354,386 248,135 85,121,976 81,335,973 3,786,003 10,555,125 10,085,661 469,464
Men 1,250,475 1,172,304 132,914 49,847,187 47,273,851 2,573,337 6,181,051 5,861,957 319,094
Women 1,237,054 1,182,082 115,221 35,274,789 34,062,123 1,212,666 4,374,074 4,223,703 150,371
South Dakota 582,623 545,968 68,615 18,311,603 17,058,741 1,252,862 2,270,639 2,115,284 155,355
Men 301,329 275,021 45,419 10,727,727 9,735,375 992,351 1,330,238 1,207,187 123,052
Women 281,293 270,947 23,195 7,583,876 7,323,366 260,510 940,401 908,097 32,303
Tennessee 3,462,047 3,214,388 431,323 119,988,870 110,860,644 9,128,226 14,878,620 13,746,720 1,131,900
Men 1,761,551 1,610,810 249,537 70,146,810 63,770,606 6,376,203 8,698,204 7,907,555 790,649
Women 1,700,496 1,603,578 181,786 49,842,061 47,090,037 2,752,023 6,180,416 5,839,165 341,251
Texas 13,402,468 12,399,184 1,707,275 518,775,327 487,768,846 31,006,481 64,328,141 60,483,337 3,844,804
Men 7,208,208 6,621,292 948,090 327,208,801 306,720,918 20,487,883 40,573,891 38,033,394 2,540,498
Women 6,194,259 5,777,893 759,184 191,566,526 181,047,928 10,518,598 23,754,249 22,449,943 1,304,306
Utah 1,564,134 1,494,181 147,155 55,948,659 53,733,703 2,214,957 6,937,634 6,662,979 274,655
Men 859,274 820,582 85,768 37,476,448 35,851,298 1,625,151 4,647,080 4,445,561 201,519
Women 704,860 673,599 61,386 18,472,211 17,882,405 589,806 2,290,554 2,217,418 73,136
Vermont 389,015 362,926 49,735 13,720,064 12,827,041 893,023 1,701,288 1,590,553 110,735
Men 198,872 183,348 28,589 7,635,220 7,069,395 565,824 946,767 876,605 70,162
Women 190,143 179,579 21,145 6,084,844 5,757,646 327,198 754,521 713,948 40,573
Virginia 4,611,280 4,354,912 476,203 199,665,449 190,840,908 8,824,541 24,758,516 23,664,273 1,094,243
Men 2,360,215 2,217,792 254,284 116,692,776 111,048,228 5,644,549 14,469,904 13,769,980 699,924
Women 2,251,064 2,137,120 221,919 82,972,673 79,792,680 3,179,993 10,288,611 9,894,292 394,319
Washington 3,869,719 3,656,460 377,704 169,328,530 161,320,245 8,008,286 20,996,738 20,003,710 993,027
Men 2,056,146 1,936,252 208,649 103,763,626 98,647,931 5,115,695 12,866,690 12,232,343 634,346
Women 1,813,573 1,720,208 169,055 65,564,905 62,672,313 2,892,591 8,130,048 7,771,367 358,681
West Virginia 886,309 845,232 74,117 29,562,271 28,180,770 1,381,501 3,665,722 3,494,415 171,306
Men 460,423 434,330 44,664 18,150,180 17,085,725 1,064,455 2,250,622 2,118,630 131,992
Women 425,886 410,902 29,453 11,412,091 11,095,045 317,046 1,415,099 1,375,786 39,314
Wisconsin 3,325,400 3,163,255 298,625 125,153,160 119,980,841 5,172,318 15,518,992 14,877,624 641,367
Men 1,721,621 1,618,653 178,549 74,127,653 70,434,324 3,693,330 9,191,829 8,733,856 457,973
Women 1,603,780 1,544,601 120,076 51,025,506 49,546,518 1,478,989 6,327,163 6,143,768 183,395
Wyoming 339,058 319,330 38,407 12,861,398 12,152,169 709,229 1,594,813 1,506,869 87,944
Men 180,574 169,902 21,577 8,232,128 7,768,539 463,589 1,020,784 963,299 57,485
Women 158,484 149,428 16,830 4,629,270 4,383,630 245,640 574,029 543,570 30,459
Outlying areas  
Puerto Rico 1,076,467 988,345 112,632 25,116,477 23,212,238 1,904,239 3,114,443 2,878,318 236,126
Men 553,836 493,001 75,196 13,825,171 12,390,599 1,434,572 1,714,321 1,536,434 177,887
Women 522,630 495,344 37,436 11,291,306 10,821,639 469,667 1,400,122 1,341,883 58,239
Other d 610,372 547,802 66,133 19,555,113 18,310,371 1,244,743 2,424,834 2,270,486 154,348
Men 386,063 354,778 33,121 13,745,775 13,033,454 712,321 1,704,476 1,616,148 88,328
Women 224,309 193,024 33,013 5,809,338 5,276,917 532,421 720,358 654,338 66,020
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 $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. Includes persons employed in American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, 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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