Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2017

Delaware

Table 3. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2017
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, Delaware 532,299 510,184 44,336 22,079,018 21,224,371 854,647 2,737,798 2,631,822 105,976
Men 269,660 256,980 24,059 12,351,368 11,834,316 517,052 1,531,570 1,467,455 64,114
Women 262,639 253,204 20,277 9,727,649 9,390,055 337,594 1,206,229 1,164,367 41,862
Kent 92,990 (X) (X) 3,347,317 (X) (X) 415,067 (X) (X)
Men 50,531 (X) (X) 2,026,373 (X) (X) 251,270 (X) (X)
Women 42,459 (X) (X) 1,320,944 (X) (X) 163,797 (X) (X)
New Castle 322,572 310,764 24,689 14,571,039 14,061,989 509,051 1,806,809 1,743,687 63,122
Men 161,716 155,127 12,923 8,054,238 7,731,696 322,542 998,726 958,730 39,995
Women 160,856 155,637 11,767 6,516,801 6,330,292 186,509 808,083 784,956 23,127
Sussex 113,981 106,956 12,607 4,012,660 3,773,482 239,179 497,570 467,912 29,658
Men 56,188 51,947 7,354 2,214,686 2,071,038 143,647 274,621 256,809 17,812
Women 57,793 55,009 5,253 1,797,975 1,702,443 95,532 222,949 211,103 11,846
Unknown 2,756 (X) (X) 148,000 (X) (X) 18,352 (X) (X)
Men 1,225 (X) (X) 56,071 (X) (X) 6,953 (X) (X)
Women 1,531 (X) (X) 91,929 (X) (X) 11,399 (X) (X)
All areas d 173,010,000 161,986,000 19,615,000 6,997,733,976 6,631,099,975 366,634,001 867,719,013 822,256,397 45,462,616
Men 89,494,262 83,112,982 10,827,170 4,126,708,156 3,885,282,757 241,425,399 511,711,811 481,775,062 29,936,749
Women 83,515,738 78,873,018 8,787,830 2,871,025,820 2,745,817,218 125,208,602 356,007,202 340,481,335 15,525,867
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 $127,200 in 2017.
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, 2017
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, Delaware 533,715 511,729 46,754 26,305,631 24,697,044 1,608,587 762,863 716,214 46,649
Men 270,762 258,211 26,022 15,431,016 14,416,644 1,014,372 447,499 418,083 29,417
Women 262,953 253,518 20,733 10,874,616 10,280,400 594,215 315,364 298,132 17,232
Kent 93,053 (X) (X) 3,478,952 (X) (X) 100,890 (X) (X)
Men 50,506 (X) (X) 2,104,523 (X) (X) 61,031 (X) (X)
Women 42,546 (X) (X) 1,374,429 (X) (X) 39,858 (X) (X)
New Castle 323,547 311,771 26,551 18,143,811 17,099,462 1,044,349 526,171 495,884 30,286
Men 162,549 155,988 14,492 10,829,688 10,015,887 813,801 314,061 290,461 23,600
Women 160,998 155,784 12,059 7,314,123 7,083,576 230,548 212,110 205,424 6,686
Sussex 114,360 107,324 13,011 4,508,065 4,079,518 428,547 130,734 118,306 12,428
Men 56,482 52,234 7,616 2,441,021 2,290,523 150,498 70,790 66,425 4,364
Women 57,878 55,090 5,395 2,067,044 1,788,995 278,049 59,944 51,881 8,063
Unknown 2,755 (X) (X) 174,804 (X) (X) 5,069 (X) (X)
Men 1,224 (X) (X) 55,784 (X) (X) 1,618 (X) (X)
Women 1,530 (X) (X) 119,020 (X) (X) 3,452 (X) (X)
All areas d 176,962,000 166,205,000 20,552,000 8,653,800,036 8,066,400,034 587,400,001 250,960,201 233,925,601 17,034,600
Men 90,985,759 84,740,013 11,541,010 5,403,620,293 4,971,781,824 431,838,470 156,704,989 144,181,673 12,523,316
Women 85,976,242 81,464,988 9,010,990 3,250,179,742 3,094,618,211 155,561,532 94,255,213 89,743,928 4,511,284
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.