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

New Jersey

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, New Jersey 5,060,079 4,754,842 555,458 247,149,244 233,690,560 13,458,684 30,646,506 28,977,629 1,668,877
Men 2,586,218 2,401,813 321,592 141,988,828 132,673,684 9,315,144 17,606,615 16,451,537 1,155,078
Women 2,473,861 2,353,029 233,866 105,160,416 101,016,876 4,143,540 13,039,892 12,526,093 513,799
Atlantic 136,875 128,694 13,763 5,096,489 4,845,475 251,014 631,965 600,839 31,126
Men 70,520 64,908 8,510 2,798,377 2,606,250 192,127 346,999 323,175 23,824
Women 66,355 63,786 5,253 2,298,112 2,239,225 58,887 284,966 277,664 7,302
Bergen 513,908 471,810 73,228 28,144,712 26,156,520 1,988,192 3,489,944 3,243,408 246,536
Men 266,438 241,365 41,604 16,335,518 14,917,502 1,418,015 2,025,604 1,849,770 175,834
Women 247,470 230,445 31,623 11,809,195 11,239,018 570,177 1,464,340 1,393,638 70,702
Burlington 246,028 233,711 21,012 12,020,011 11,488,931 531,080 1,490,481 1,424,627 65,854
Men 123,810 115,937 13,133 6,852,321 6,488,860 363,461 849,688 804,619 45,069
Women 122,218 117,774 7,880 5,167,690 5,000,071 167,620 640,794 620,009 20,785
Camden 302,145 288,005 26,055 13,147,083 12,500,881 646,202 1,630,238 1,550,109 80,129
Men 154,136 144,717 16,074 7,440,497 6,968,418 472,079 922,622 864,084 58,538
Women 148,009 143,288 9,981 5,706,587 5,532,464 174,123 707,617 686,026 21,591
Cape May 59,442 55,315 7,669 2,119,670 1,912,042 207,627 262,839 237,093 25,746
Men 30,451 27,555 5,043 1,233,864 1,046,983 186,881 152,999 129,826 23,173
Women 28,991 27,760 2,627 885,805 865,060 20,746 109,840 107,267 2,572
Cumberland 77,708 74,808 4,833 2,734,873 2,619,819 115,054 339,124 324,858 14,267
Men 40,047 37,761 3,467 1,553,662 1,457,965 95,697 192,654 180,788 11,866
Women 37,661 37,047 1,366 1,181,211 1,161,854 19,358 146,470 144,070 2,400
Essex 451,153 420,884 54,422 20,403,691 18,999,577 1,404,114 2,530,058 2,355,948 174,110
Men 227,923 210,748 29,627 11,276,759 10,388,266 888,493 1,398,318 1,288,145 110,173
Women 223,229 210,136 24,794 9,126,931 8,611,311 515,621 1,131,739 1,067,803 63,937
Gloucester 151,580 146,350 11,242 7,391,813 7,059,678 332,134 916,585 875,400 41,185
Men 75,957 72,461 7,039 4,218,908 3,989,352 229,556 523,145 494,680 28,465
Women 75,623 73,889 4,202 3,172,905 3,070,326 102,579 393,440 380,720 12,720
Hudson 391,107 367,916 44,231 19,501,096 18,894,912 606,184 2,418,136 2,342,969 75,167
Men 204,279 190,439 25,005 11,150,388 10,758,553 391,835 1,382,648 1,334,061 48,588
Women 186,828 177,477 19,226 8,350,708 8,136,359 214,349 1,035,488 1,008,908 26,579
Hunterdon 75,494 70,113 9,245 4,385,765 4,099,632 286,133 543,835 508,354 35,480
Men 38,020 34,393 5,988 2,430,779 2,213,349 217,431 301,417 274,455 26,961
Women 37,474 35,720 3,257 1,954,985 1,886,283 68,702 242,418 233,899 8,519
Mercer 214,296 201,257 22,378 10,561,970 9,943,483 618,487 1,309,684 1,232,992 76,692
Men 101,838 95,219 11,557 5,726,282 5,356,607 369,675 710,059 664,219 45,840
Women 112,458 106,037 10,821 4,835,688 4,586,876 248,812 599,625 568,773 30,853
Middlesex 464,128 443,234 41,289 24,042,511 23,181,229 861,282 2,981,271 2,874,472 106,799
Men 244,025 231,466 24,689 14,274,127 13,670,468 603,659 1,769,992 1,695,138 74,854
Women 220,103 211,769 16,600 9,768,384 9,510,761 257,623 1,211,280 1,179,334 31,945
Monmouth 377,149 353,220 44,861 19,774,495 18,523,038 1,251,457 2,452,037 2,296,857 155,181
Men 194,257 180,437 25,950 11,722,936 10,910,752 812,183 1,453,644 1,352,933 100,711
Women 182,891 172,783 18,911 8,051,560 7,612,286 439,274 998,393 943,923 54,470
Morris 292,347 272,493 34,775 17,261,730 16,154,957 1,106,773 2,140,455 2,003,215 137,240
Men 153,679 141,247 20,697 10,362,488 9,532,319 830,169 1,284,948 1,182,008 102,941
Women 138,668 131,245 14,078 6,899,242 6,622,638 276,604 855,506 821,207 34,299
Ocean 301,536 279,126 35,721 12,820,023 11,973,391 846,633 1,589,683 1,484,700 104,982
Men 150,465 136,655 21,432 7,429,646 6,807,006 622,639 921,276 844,069 77,207
Women 151,071 142,472 14,288 5,390,378 5,166,384 223,993 668,407 640,632 27,775
Passaic 291,827 274,636 33,830 11,653,502 11,078,273 575,229 1,445,034 1,373,706 71,328
Men 145,843 136,348 17,545 6,592,541 6,226,996 365,545 817,475 772,147 45,328
Women 145,984 138,287 16,284 5,060,962 4,851,278 209,684 627,559 601,558 26,001
Salem 41,969 (X) (X) 1,820,423 (X) (X) 225,732 (X) (X)
Men 21,664 (X) (X) 1,055,620 (X) (X) 130,897 (X) (X)
Women 20,305 (X) (X) 764,802 (X) (X) 94,835 (X) (X)
Somerset 192,293 181,764 19,331 11,588,707 11,008,722 579,985 1,437,000 1,365,082 71,918
Men 100,110 93,484 11,242 6,656,832 6,253,364 403,468 825,447 775,417 50,030
Women 92,183 88,279 8,090 4,931,876 4,755,359 176,517 611,553 589,664 21,888
Sussex 88,428 83,789 8,825 4,106,758 3,903,373 203,385 509,238 484,018 25,220
Men 45,152 42,354 4,623 2,480,582 2,319,594 160,988 307,592 287,630 19,962
Women 43,276 41,435 4,202 1,626,177 1,583,780 42,397 201,646 196,389 5,257
Union 316,980 296,680 38,978 14,996,258 14,160,327 835,931 1,859,536 1,755,881 103,656
Men 158,425 146,044 23,008 8,253,327 7,687,505 565,822 1,023,413 953,251 70,162
Women 158,555 150,636 15,969 6,742,931 6,472,822 270,109 836,124 802,630 33,494
Warren 65,727 63,173 5,988 3,220,935 3,093,608 127,327 399,396 383,607 15,789
Men 35,300 34,087 3,467 1,981,440 1,922,469 58,970 245,699 238,386 7,312
Women 30,427 29,086 2,521 1,239,495 1,171,138 68,357 153,697 145,221 8,476
Unknown 7,960 (X) (X) 356,728 (X) (X) 44,234 (X) (X)
Men 3,878 (X) (X) 161,937 (X) (X) 20,080 (X) (X)
Women 4,082 (X) (X) 194,791 (X) (X) 24,154 (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, New Jersey 5,079,124 4,774,811 594,583 322,025,620 296,570,165 25,455,455 9,338,743 8,600,535 738,208
Men 2,603,337 2,419,797 352,032 202,719,357 183,140,644 19,578,713 5,878,861 5,311,079 567,783
Women 2,475,786 2,355,014 242,551 119,306,263 113,429,521 5,876,742 3,459,882 3,289,456 170,426
Atlantic 137,347 129,258 14,280 5,702,590 5,375,464 327,126 165,375 155,888 9,487
Men 70,915 65,394 8,780 3,228,701 2,959,360 269,341 93,632 85,821 7,811
Women 66,431 63,864 5,501 2,473,889 2,416,104 57,785 71,743 70,067 1,676
Bergen 516,056 474,084 79,017 38,476,262 34,435,518 4,040,744 1,115,812 998,630 117,182
Men 268,555 243,622 46,225 24,856,077 21,595,494 3,260,583 720,826 626,269 94,557
Women 247,501 230,462 32,791 13,620,185 12,840,024 780,161 394,985 372,361 22,625
Burlington 246,774 234,440 22,002 13,849,412 13,151,436 697,976 401,633 381,392 20,241
Men 124,286 116,404 13,857 8,418,137 7,922,909 495,228 244,126 229,764 14,362
Women 122,488 118,036 8,145 5,431,275 5,228,527 202,748 157,507 151,627 5,880
Camden 303,153 289,021 27,820 15,189,018 13,929,371 1,259,646 440,482 403,952 36,530
Men 155,101 145,684 17,348 9,159,253 8,137,441 1,021,812 265,618 235,986 29,633
Women 148,052 143,337 10,472 6,029,765 5,791,930 237,835 174,863 167,966 6,897
Cape May 59,735 55,601 7,828 2,466,348 2,152,571 313,778 71,524 62,425 9,100
Men 30,753 27,851 5,183 1,560,158 1,266,493 293,666 45,245 36,728 8,516
Women 28,981 27,749 2,644 906,190 886,078 20,112 26,280 25,696 583
Cumberland 77,889 74,984 5,077 2,813,914 2,660,889 153,025 81,603 77,166 4,438
Men 40,241 37,951 3,702 1,639,088 1,504,829 134,258 47,534 43,640 3,893
Women 37,648 37,033 1,375 1,174,826 1,156,060 18,766 34,070 33,526 544
Essex 452,828 422,666 57,755 30,358,820 26,861,113 3,497,707 880,406 778,972 101,434
Men 229,161 211,996 32,157 19,858,361 17,043,632 2,814,729 575,892 494,265 81,627
Women 223,667 210,670 25,599 10,500,458 9,817,480 682,978 304,513 284,707 19,806
Gloucester 151,915 146,806 11,953 8,202,843 7,746,532 456,311 237,882 224,649 13,233
Men 76,323 72,944 7,616 4,894,201 4,557,126 337,075 141,932 132,157 9,775
Women 75,592 73,862 4,337 3,308,643 3,189,406 119,236 95,951 92,493 3,458
Hudson 393,624 370,432 46,331 23,733,914 22,875,270 858,644 688,284 663,383 24,901
Men 206,243 192,408 26,762 14,241,054 13,594,342 646,712 412,991 394,236 18,755
Women 187,381 178,024 19,569 9,492,860 9,280,928 211,932 275,293 269,147 6,146
Hunterdon 75,561 70,189 10,261 6,579,855 5,953,586 626,269 190,816 172,654 18,162
Men 38,108 34,483 6,558 3,952,935 3,474,815 478,120 114,635 100,770 13,865
Women 37,454 35,707 3,702 2,626,921 2,478,771 148,150 76,181 71,884 4,296
Mercer 214,907 201,896 25,070 16,666,666 15,705,093 961,573 483,333 455,448 27,886
Men 102,290 95,694 13,222 11,044,282 10,448,969 595,313 320,284 303,020 17,264
Women 112,618 106,202 11,847 5,622,384 5,256,124 366,260 163,049 152,428 10,622
Middlesex 465,477 444,600 43,581 27,835,660 26,694,258 1,141,402 807,234 774,133 33,101
Men 245,251 232,706 26,233 16,894,935 16,146,100 748,835 489,953 468,237 21,716
Women 220,225 211,894 17,348 10,940,724 10,548,157 392,567 317,281 305,897 11,384
Monmouth 378,381 354,517 49,610 27,871,928 25,214,607 2,657,321 808,286 731,224 77,062
Men 195,443 181,696 30,041 18,138,549 16,049,291 2,089,257 526,018 465,429 60,588
Women 182,939 172,821 19,569 9,733,380 9,165,316 568,064 282,268 265,794 16,474
Morris 293,834 274,024 38,821 25,910,876 23,324,768 2,586,108 751,415 676,418 74,997
Men 155,209 142,827 24,223 17,640,865 15,586,530 2,054,336 511,585 452,009 59,576
Women 138,624 131,197 14,597 8,270,011 7,738,239 531,772 239,830 224,409 15,421
Ocean 302,900 280,451 37,657 14,025,905 12,914,121 1,111,784 406,751 374,510 32,242
Men 151,759 137,930 22,954 8,487,404 7,621,141 866,263 246,135 221,013 25,122
Women 151,141 142,521 14,703 5,538,501 5,292,980 245,521 160,617 153,496 7,120
Passaic 292,435 275,452 34,907 13,218,333 12,112,683 1,105,650 383,332 351,268 32,064
Men 146,496 137,216 18,406 7,913,677 7,036,647 877,029 229,497 204,063 25,434
Women 145,938 138,236 16,502 5,304,656 5,076,036 228,620 153,835 147,205 6,630
Salem 42,053 (X) (X) 1,931,720 (X) (X) 56,020 (X) (X)
Men 21,759 (X) (X) 1,113,646 (X) (X) 32,296 (X) (X)
Women 20,294 (X) (X) 818,074 (X) (X) 23,724 (X) (X)
Somerset 192,593 182,207 21,685 17,605,208 16,194,570 1,410,638 510,551 469,643 40,909
Men 100,353 93,858 12,905 10,828,124 9,913,453 914,672 314,016 287,490 26,525
Women 92,240 88,349 8,780 6,777,084 6,281,118 495,966 196,535 182,152 14,383
Sussex 89,118 84,472 8,991 4,894,648 4,580,366 314,282 141,945 132,831 9,114
Men 45,857 43,052 4,760 3,226,600 2,953,420 273,180 93,571 85,649 7,922
Women 43,261 41,420 4,231 1,668,048 1,626,946 41,102 48,373 47,181 1,192
Union 318,898 298,611 41,254 20,712,240 19,014,433 1,697,807 600,655 551,419 49,236
Men 160,086 147,724 24,964 13,127,470 11,873,031 1,254,439 380,697 344,318 36,379
Women 158,812 150,887 16,290 7,584,770 7,141,402 443,368 219,958 207,101 12,858
Warren 65,689 63,150 6,558 3,596,615 3,454,668 141,947 104,302 100,185 4,116
Men 35,270 34,074 4,020 2,323,868 2,248,189 75,679 67,392 65,197 2,195
Women 30,419 29,076 2,539 1,272,747 1,206,479 66,268 36,910 34,988 1,922
Unknown 7,958 (X) (X) 382,846 (X) (X) 11,103 (X) (X)
Men 3,877 (X) (X) 171,972 (X) (X) 4,987 (X) (X)
Women 4,081 (X) (X) 210,873 (X) (X) 6,115 (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.