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

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, 2017
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 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
Alabama 2,440,870 2,304,144 253,302 87,562,668 83,386,868 4,175,800 10,857,771 10,339,972 517,799
Men 1,236,383 1,154,879 136,895 52,309,723 49,487,727 2,821,996 6,486,406 6,136,478 349,927
Women 1,204,487 1,149,265 116,408 35,252,945 33,899,140 1,353,805 4,371,365 4,203,493 167,872
Alaska 389,408 365,671 43,810 15,774,605 14,860,219 914,386 1,956,051 1,842,667 113,384
Men 209,167 195,235 25,740 9,451,346 8,841,061 610,285 1,171,967 1,096,292 75,675
Women 180,240 170,435 18,070 6,323,259 6,019,158 304,101 784,084 746,376 37,709
Arizona 3,456,073 3,255,929 362,986 133,030,680 126,931,362 6,099,318 16,495,804 15,739,489 756,315
Men 1,797,360 1,687,311 196,569 77,390,402 73,517,248 3,873,154 9,596,410 9,116,139 480,271
Women 1,658,713 1,568,618 166,417 55,640,278 53,414,114 2,226,164 6,899,394 6,623,350 276,044
Arkansas 1,506,820 1,412,165 168,938 50,303,133 47,733,809 2,569,325 6,237,589 5,918,992 318,596
Men 762,305 705,419 94,135 29,327,526 27,580,826 1,746,699 3,636,613 3,420,022 216,591
Women 744,515 706,746 74,803 20,975,608 20,152,982 822,625 2,600,975 2,498,970 102,006
California 19,402,556 17,781,618 2,640,604 862,423,288 807,309,816 55,113,473 106,940,488 100,106,417 6,834,071
Men 10,225,229 9,297,915 1,473,376 510,756,006 474,900,565 35,855,440 63,333,745 58,887,670 4,446,075
Women 9,177,327 8,483,703 1,167,228 351,667,283 332,409,250 19,258,033 43,606,743 41,218,747 2,387,996
Colorado 3,005,504 2,792,487 383,158 126,737,712 119,056,981 7,680,732 15,715,476 14,763,066 952,411
Men 1,626,643 1,508,302 210,227 78,228,041 73,247,298 4,980,743 9,700,277 9,082,665 617,612
Women 1,378,861 1,284,185 172,930 48,509,671 45,809,683 2,699,989 6,015,199 5,680,401 334,799
Connecticut 2,011,367 1,877,443 234,076 94,347,197 88,089,946 6,257,251 11,699,052 10,923,153 775,899
Men 1,037,731 954,744 132,902 55,537,297 51,281,472 4,255,825 6,886,625 6,358,903 527,722
Women 973,635 922,699 101,174 38,809,900 36,808,474 2,001,426 4,812,428 4,564,251 248,177
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
District of Columbia 425,212 403,024 45,912 23,661,388 22,339,848 1,321,540 2,934,012 2,770,141 163,871
Men 205,925 194,827 22,798 12,418,900 11,624,177 794,723 1,539,944 1,441,398 98,546
Women 219,287 208,197 23,113 11,242,488 10,715,671 526,817 1,394,068 1,328,743 65,325
Florida 10,697,618 9,869,639 1,411,075 387,639,020 367,446,089 20,192,931 48,067,238 45,563,315 2,503,923
Men 5,459,358 5,017,945 715,571 221,127,897 209,069,929 12,057,968 27,419,859 25,924,671 1,495,188
Women 5,238,260 4,851,694 695,504 166,511,123 158,376,160 8,134,963 20,647,379 19,638,644 1,008,735
Georgia 5,380,903 5,031,825 632,467 203,634,476 193,883,249 9,751,227 25,250,675 24,041,523 1,209,152
Men 2,720,236 2,529,894 320,121 118,508,708 112,591,020 5,917,687 14,695,080 13,961,287 733,793
Women 2,660,667 2,501,931 312,346 85,125,768 81,292,229 3,833,539 10,555,595 10,080,236 475,359
Hawaii 788,816 733,689 91,088 32,584,904 30,705,268 1,879,636 4,040,528 3,807,453 233,075
Men 407,474 377,611 48,433 18,420,570 17,232,454 1,188,116 2,284,151 2,136,824 147,326
Women 381,342 356,077 42,655 14,164,334 13,472,814 691,521 1,756,377 1,670,629 85,749
Idaho 913,899 857,892 100,018 30,991,286 29,260,397 1,730,889 3,842,919 3,628,289 214,630
Men 484,967 453,542 55,577 19,297,654 18,092,188 1,205,466 2,392,909 2,243,431 149,478
Women 428,932 404,350 44,441 11,693,632 11,168,209 525,423 1,450,010 1,384,858 65,152
Illinois 6,805,621 6,393,267 758,541 280,845,823 267,319,352 13,526,471 34,824,882 33,147,600 1,677,282
Men 3,513,049 3,276,442 413,940 167,185,160 158,345,824 8,839,336 20,730,960 19,634,882 1,096,078
Women 3,292,572 3,116,825 344,600 113,660,663 108,973,528 4,687,135 14,093,922 13,512,717 581,205
Indiana 3,732,573 3,567,407 327,685 138,049,437 132,431,581 5,617,856 17,118,130 16,421,516 696,614
Men 1,949,556 1,851,316 186,799 84,334,047 80,372,427 3,961,620 10,457,422 9,966,181 491,241
Women 1,783,017 1,716,091 140,887 53,715,390 52,059,154 1,656,236 6,660,708 6,455,335 205,373
Iowa 1,810,423 1,711,804 194,048 68,036,615 64,571,959 3,464,657 8,436,540 8,006,923 429,617
Men 924,944 861,770 115,987 39,917,375 37,291,543 2,625,832 4,949,754 4,624,151 325,603
Women 885,478 850,034 78,060 28,119,241 27,280,416 838,825 3,486,786 3,382,772 104,014
Kansas 1,617,271 1,526,877 172,405 61,206,083 57,820,910 3,385,174 7,589,554 7,169,793 419,762
Men 836,522 781,758 102,855 36,674,953 34,230,871 2,444,082 4,547,694 4,244,628 303,066
Women 780,749 745,119 69,550 24,531,130 23,590,039 941,092 3,041,860 2,925,165 116,695
Kentucky 2,274,190 2,148,099 228,928 77,885,114 74,361,983 3,523,131 9,657,754 9,220,886 436,868
Men 1,177,236 1,104,360 128,910 46,218,052 43,906,285 2,311,767 5,731,038 5,444,379 286,659
Women 1,096,954 1,043,738 100,018 31,667,063 30,455,698 1,211,365 3,926,716 3,776,507 150,209
Louisiana 2,215,118 2,066,657 266,540 79,146,612 74,730,883 4,415,729 9,814,180 9,266,629 547,550
Men 1,148,505 1,060,578 142,673 50,047,243 47,071,226 2,976,017 6,205,858 5,836,832 369,026
Women 1,066,613 1,006,079 123,867 29,099,369 27,659,656 1,439,712 3,608,322 3,429,797 178,524
Maine 736,565 681,435 95,921 25,554,599 23,788,170 1,766,429 3,168,770 2,949,733 219,037
Men 381,668 349,035 54,317 14,878,577 13,750,383 1,128,194 1,844,944 1,705,048 139,896
Women 354,897 332,400 41,604 10,676,022 10,037,787 638,236 1,323,827 1,244,686 79,141
Maryland 3,404,899 3,219,086 355,632 166,394,633 159,338,571 7,056,062 20,632,934 19,757,983 874,952
Men 1,678,132 1,576,885 186,693 90,248,340 86,034,755 4,213,585 11,190,794 10,668,310 522,485
Women 1,726,767 1,642,201 168,938 76,146,293 73,303,816 2,842,477 9,442,140 9,089,673 352,467
Massachusetts 3,743,709 3,493,314 436,424 178,666,490 168,866,497 9,799,994 22,154,645 20,939,446 1,215,199
Men 1,900,661 1,752,321 247,419 102,185,661 95,742,029 6,443,632 12,671,022 11,872,012 799,010
Women 1,843,048 1,740,993 189,005 76,480,829 73,124,468 3,356,361 9,483,623 9,067,434 416,189
Michigan 5,342,099 5,052,134 546,948 208,784,238 199,265,382 9,518,856 25,889,245 24,708,907 1,180,338
Men 2,750,649 2,587,454 294,906 125,212,824 118,869,431 6,343,393 15,526,390 14,739,809 786,581
Women 2,591,450 2,464,680 252,041 83,571,414 80,395,951 3,175,463 10,362,855 9,969,098 393,757
Minnesota 3,334,024 3,162,648 338,297 143,424,526 136,817,308 6,607,219 17,784,641 16,965,346 819,295
Men 1,736,603 1,628,628 198,145 83,750,585 79,145,555 4,605,030 10,385,073 9,814,049 571,024
Women 1,597,421 1,534,021 140,151 59,673,941 57,671,753 2,002,188 7,399,569 7,151,297 248,271
Mississippi 1,464,660 1,372,770 177,658 47,769,272 44,993,488 2,775,784 5,923,390 5,579,193 344,197
Men 730,867 678,476 88,566 27,759,958 26,070,868 1,689,090 3,442,235 3,232,788 209,447
Women 733,793 694,295 89,092 20,009,314 18,922,620 1,086,694 2,481,155 2,346,405 134,750
Missouri 3,252,305 3,075,186 335,775 116,864,328 111,175,566 5,688,762 14,491,177 13,785,770 705,406
Men 1,665,379 1,556,677 194,363 68,878,557 64,937,724 3,940,834 8,540,941 8,052,278 488,663
Women 1,586,926 1,518,508 141,412 47,985,770 46,237,843 1,747,928 5,950,236 5,733,492 216,743
Montana 654,126 615,405 70,496 21,028,747 19,704,213 1,324,535 2,607,565 2,443,322 164,242
Men 349,496 323,521 44,546 12,832,403 11,872,840 959,563 1,591,218 1,472,232 118,986
Women 304,630 291,883 25,950 8,196,345 7,831,373 364,972 1,016,347 971,090 45,257
Nebraska 1,157,066 1,095,073 120,925 43,035,297 40,810,675 2,224,623 5,336,377 5,060,524 275,853
Men 605,336 564,682 75,434 25,586,681 23,941,395 1,645,285 3,172,748 2,968,733 204,015
Women 551,730 530,391 45,491 17,448,616 16,869,279 579,337 2,163,628 2,091,791 71,838
Nevada 1,425,393 1,339,092 153,284 51,485,372 48,753,420 2,731,952 6,384,186 6,045,424 338,762
Men 761,440 717,972 79,321 31,281,813 29,613,841 1,667,972 3,878,945 3,672,116 206,829
Women 663,953 621,120 73,963 20,203,559 19,139,579 1,063,980 2,505,241 2,373,308 131,933
New Hampshire 825,722 773,185 86,780 37,092,817 34,788,750 2,304,068 4,599,509 4,313,805 285,704
Men 428,160 395,369 52,005 22,150,335 20,514,447 1,635,888 2,746,641 2,543,791 202,850
Women 397,562 377,816 34,775 14,942,483 14,274,303 668,180 1,852,868 1,770,014 82,854
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
New Mexico 997,632 941,579 97,917 34,528,826 32,930,112 1,598,714 4,281,574 4,083,334 198,241
Men 506,393 478,750 46,857 20,088,386 19,091,055 997,330 2,490,960 2,367,291 123,669
Women 491,239 462,829 51,060 14,440,440 13,839,057 601,383 1,790,615 1,716,043 74,572
New York 10,888,772 10,153,868 1,312,633 488,403,292 462,817,837 25,585,455 60,562,008 57,389,412 3,172,596
Men 5,431,318 4,990,084 738,579 268,785,150 252,081,909 16,703,240 33,329,359 31,258,157 2,071,202
Women 5,457,454 5,163,785 574,053 219,618,143 210,735,928 8,882,214 27,232,650 26,131,255 1,101,395
North Carolina 5,381,396 5,066,728 575,945 201,681,154 192,208,084 9,473,070 25,008,463 23,833,802 1,174,661
Men 2,741,101 2,560,103 310,455 116,437,650 110,416,400 6,021,251 14,438,269 13,691,634 746,635
Women 2,640,295 2,506,625 265,489 85,243,504 81,791,685 3,451,819 10,570,194 10,142,169 428,026
North Dakota 462,460 437,111 53,581 18,579,554 17,365,576 1,213,979 2,303,865 2,153,331 150,533
Men 250,367 233,201 34,985 11,844,683 10,851,471 993,212 1,468,741 1,345,582 123,158
Women 212,094 203,910 18,596 6,734,871 6,514,105 220,766 835,124 807,749 27,375
Ohio 5,976,104 5,617,939 619,335 218,503,110 207,771,431 10,731,679 27,094,386 25,763,657 1,330,728
Men 3,131,511 2,920,059 346,491 133,432,467 126,082,232 7,350,236 16,545,626 15,634,197 911,429
Women 2,844,594 2,697,880 272,844 85,070,643 81,689,199 3,381,444 10,548,760 10,129,461 419,299
Oklahoma 2,008,408 1,891,119 214,114 70,949,003 67,619,196 3,329,807 8,797,676 8,384,780 412,896
Men 1,032,561 965,767 117,353 42,899,332 40,632,330 2,267,002 5,319,517 5,038,409 281,108
Women 975,848 925,352 96,761 28,049,671 26,986,866 1,062,805 3,478,159 3,346,371 131,788
Oregon 2,217,259 2,077,781 240,275 89,079,111 84,118,482 4,960,629 11,045,810 10,430,692 615,118
Men 1,149,294 1,073,947 123,867 52,160,668 49,175,246 2,985,422 6,467,923 6,097,730 370,192
Women 1,067,965 1,003,834 116,408 36,918,443 34,943,236 1,975,207 4,577,887 4,332,961 244,926
Pennsylvania 7,045,964 6,687,294 675,122 290,956,851 277,881,164 13,075,687 36,078,650 34,457,264 1,621,385
Men 3,636,775 3,407,892 398,917 170,876,679 161,617,325 9,259,354 21,188,708 20,040,548 1,148,160
Women 3,409,189 3,279,402 276,205 120,080,172 116,263,839 3,816,332 14,889,941 14,416,716 473,225
Rhode Island 610,213 577,847 61,671 24,920,218 23,684,633 1,235,585 3,090,107 2,936,895 153,213
Men 304,732 286,168 34,880 14,134,017 13,280,318 853,698 1,752,618 1,646,759 105,859
Women 305,481 291,679 26,791 10,786,202 10,404,315 381,887 1,337,489 1,290,135 47,354
South Carolina 2,607,222 2,472,946 257,400 93,844,148 89,754,342 4,089,806 11,636,674 11,129,538 507,136
Men 1,307,478 1,232,136 133,953 54,993,451 52,302,618 2,690,833 6,819,188 6,485,525 333,663
Women 1,299,743 1,240,811 123,447 38,850,697 37,451,724 1,398,973 4,817,486 4,644,014 173,473
South Dakota 581,161 549,067 64,297 19,504,469 18,251,023 1,253,446 2,418,554 2,263,127 155,427
Men 296,117 273,921 40,659 11,315,092 10,352,035 963,057 1,403,071 1,283,652 119,419
Women 285,045 275,146 23,639 8,189,377 7,898,989 290,389 1,015,483 979,475 36,008
Tennessee 3,583,005 3,339,411 433,272 130,717,804 121,234,252 9,483,552 16,209,008 15,033,047 1,175,960
Men 1,816,484 1,668,124 246,473 76,134,778 69,591,374 6,543,404 9,440,712 8,629,330 811,382
Women 1,766,521 1,671,288 186,799 54,583,025 51,642,878 2,940,148 6,768,295 6,403,717 364,578
Texas 13,826,051 12,814,498 1,751,157 553,617,861 521,718,896 31,898,964 68,648,615 64,693,143 3,955,472
Men 7,395,606 6,807,619 965,196 346,329,875 325,394,815 20,935,060 42,944,905 40,348,957 2,595,947
Women 6,430,445 6,006,879 785,962 207,287,985 196,324,081 10,963,904 25,703,710 24,344,186 1,359,524
Utah 1,667,489 1,598,521 155,595 62,387,743 59,968,184 2,419,559 7,736,080 7,436,055 300,025
Men 911,354 872,895 87,516 41,406,107 39,674,951 1,731,156 5,134,357 4,919,694 214,663
Women 756,135 725,626 68,080 20,981,636 20,293,232 688,403 2,601,723 2,516,361 85,362
Vermont 388,670 364,650 45,596 14,579,284 13,772,305 806,979 1,807,831 1,707,766 100,065
Men 198,051 184,315 24,899 8,089,284 7,608,806 480,479 1,003,071 943,492 59,579
Women 190,620 180,335 20,697 6,489,999 6,163,500 326,500 804,760 764,274 40,486
Virginia 4,712,819 4,467,959 473,825 213,312,289 204,374,305 8,937,984 26,450,724 25,342,414 1,108,310
Men 2,402,301 2,267,914 252,252 124,184,226 118,507,873 5,676,353 15,398,844 14,694,976 703,868
Women 2,310,518 2,200,046 221,574 89,128,064 85,866,432 3,261,631 11,051,880 10,647,438 404,442
Washington 4,053,258 3,840,308 381,266 190,357,100 181,640,402 8,716,698 23,604,280 22,523,410 1,080,871
Men 2,150,862 2,034,509 207,811 115,791,384 110,357,919 5,433,465 14,358,132 13,684,382 673,750
Women 1,902,396 1,805,799 173,456 74,565,716 71,282,483 3,283,233 9,246,149 8,839,028 407,121
West Virginia 857,965 818,090 71,757 29,982,484 28,625,616 1,356,868 3,717,828 3,549,576 168,252
Men 436,137 411,698 41,184 18,096,405 17,131,637 964,768 2,243,954 2,124,323 119,631
Women 421,829 406,392 30,573 11,886,079 11,493,978 392,100 1,473,874 1,425,253 48,620
Wisconsin 3,360,292 3,209,187 288,077 132,102,689 126,914,021 5,188,668 16,380,733 15,737,339 643,395
Men 1,735,270 1,639,956 168,308 78,166,106 74,465,412 3,700,695 9,692,597 9,233,711 458,886
Women 1,625,023 1,569,230 119,770 53,936,583 52,448,609 1,487,973 6,688,136 6,503,628 184,509
Wyoming 330,297 311,682 37,507 12,532,777 11,838,628 694,148 1,554,064 1,467,990 86,074
Men 174,497 163,802 21,538 7,952,213 7,522,996 429,217 986,074 932,852 53,223
Women 155,799 147,881 15,969 4,580,563 4,315,632 264,931 567,990 535,138 32,851
Outlying areas  
Puerto Rico 1,063,205 982,504 104,746 24,635,593 23,069,838 1,565,755 3,054,814 2,860,660 194,154
Men 548,868 495,385 67,974 13,600,730 12,451,012 1,149,718 1,686,491 1,543,926 142,565
Women 514,336 487,119 36,771 11,034,863 10,618,826 416,037 1,368,323 1,316,734 51,589
Other d 583,166 521,920 66,399 19,369,992 18,084,161 1,285,832 2,401,879 2,242,436 159,443
Men 370,325 341,075 32,149 13,732,641 13,007,613 725,028 1,702,847 1,612,944 89,904
Women 212,841 180,845 34,250 5,637,351 5,076,548 560,803 699,032 629,492 69,540
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 $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 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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