Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2018

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2018
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, Massachusetts 3,765,329 3,512,076 438,004 185,571,948 175,463,501 10,108,448 23,010,922 21,757,474 1,253,448
Men 1,905,975 1,760,421 245,108 105,758,686 99,319,309 6,439,378 13,114,077 12,315,594 798,483
Women 1,859,354 1,751,655 192,896 79,813,262 76,144,192 3,669,070 9,896,844 9,441,880 454,965
Barnstable 117,552 104,681 20,310 4,766,101 4,258,681 507,420 590,997 528,076 62,920
Men 59,982 52,596 10,740 2,741,059 2,397,761 343,299 339,891 297,322 42,569
Women 57,569 52,086 9,570 2,025,042 1,860,920 164,122 251,105 230,754 20,351
Berkshire 63,749 58,711 7,763 2,206,785 2,087,318 119,467 273,641 258,827 14,814
Men 32,440 29,763 3,934 1,289,195 1,214,920 74,275 159,860 150,650 9,210
Women 31,309 28,948 3,828 917,590 872,398 45,192 113,781 108,177 5,604
Bristol 293,047 277,044 26,797 12,392,839 11,936,169 456,670 1,536,712 1,480,085 56,627
Men 142,038 132,916 14,781 6,934,652 6,637,321 297,331 859,897 823,028 36,869
Women 151,009 144,128 12,016 5,458,186 5,298,847 159,339 676,815 657,057 19,758
Dukes 13,084 10,193 4,253 463,445 363,759 99,687 57,467 45,106 12,361
Men 6,809 5,096 2,446 268,824 225,149 43,675 33,334 27,918 5,416
Women 6,275 5,096 1,808 194,621 138,610 56,012 24,133 17,188 6,945
Essex 442,175 411,489 56,465 20,808,734 19,559,109 1,249,625 2,580,283 2,425,329 154,954
Men 218,175 199,883 32,858 11,580,852 10,807,527 773,325 1,436,026 1,340,133 95,892
Women 223,999 211,605 23,607 9,227,881 8,751,581 476,300 1,144,257 1,085,196 59,061
Franklin 32,253 29,560 5,104 1,190,799 1,075,174 115,625 147,659 133,322 14,338
Men 15,581 13,862 2,871 587,114 509,261 77,852 72,802 63,148 9,654
Women 16,673 15,697 2,233 603,685 565,912 37,773 74,857 70,173 4,684
Hampden 228,750 216,396 20,842 8,838,059 8,474,496 363,563 1,095,919 1,050,838 45,082
Men 115,007 108,453 11,165 5,002,990 4,756,354 246,636 620,371 589,788 30,583
Women 113,742 107,943 9,677 3,835,069 3,718,142 116,927 475,549 461,050 14,499
Hampshire 69,423 60,648 12,548 2,888,553 2,619,928 268,626 358,181 324,871 33,310
Men 37,067 31,190 7,763 1,777,929 1,568,467 209,461 220,463 194,490 25,973
Women 32,356 29,458 4,785 1,110,625 1,051,461 59,164 137,717 130,381 7,336
Middlesex 867,842 804,732 109,953 49,860,082 46,934,679 2,925,404 6,182,650 5,819,900 362,750
Men 444,660 410,062 58,911 28,743,151 26,984,137 1,759,013 3,564,151 3,346,033 218,118
Women 423,182 394,670 51,042 21,116,931 19,950,541 1,166,390 2,618,499 2,473,867 144,632
Nantucket 10,663 (X) (X) 423,832 (X) (X) 52,555 (X) (X)
Men 5,853 (X) (X) 221,367 (X) (X) 27,449 (X) (X)
Women 4,810 (X) (X) 202,465 (X) (X) 25,106 (X) (X)
Norfolk 402,873 374,284 49,128 22,632,635 21,241,054 1,391,581 2,806,447 2,633,891 172,556
Men 204,731 187,652 28,711 13,003,199 12,104,807 898,392 1,612,397 1,500,996 111,401
Women 198,142 186,633 20,417 9,629,436 9,136,247 493,189 1,194,050 1,132,895 61,155
Plymouth 288,066 269,807 30,625 13,555,816 12,912,991 642,825 1,680,921 1,601,211 79,710
Men 143,432 133,120 17,333 7,657,125 7,226,877 430,248 949,484 896,133 53,351
Women 144,635 136,687 13,292 5,898,691 5,686,114 212,577 731,438 705,078 26,360
Suffolk 481,102 457,561 47,958 24,023,270 23,060,727 962,542 2,978,885 2,859,530 119,355
Men 239,626 225,162 29,030 12,932,376 12,305,754 626,622 1,603,615 1,525,914 77,701
Women 241,476 232,399 18,928 11,090,893 10,754,973 335,921 1,375,271 1,333,617 41,654
Worcester 440,276 413,018 44,130 20,788,275 19,822,631 965,644 2,577,746 2,458,006 119,740
Men 233,032 218,129 23,182 12,591,670 11,949,722 641,948 1,561,367 1,481,766 79,602
Women 207,244 194,889 20,948 8,196,605 7,872,909 323,696 1,016,379 976,241 40,138
Unknown 14,474 (X) (X) 732,722 (X) (X) 90,858 (X) (X)
Men 7,543 (X) (X) 427,182 (X) (X) 52,971 (X) (X)
Women 6,931 (X) (X) 305,540 (X) (X) 37,887 (X) (X)
All areas d 175,579,000 164,075,000 20,006,000 7,342,979,992 6,958,199,991 384,780,001 910,529,519 862,816,799 47,712,720
Men 90,647,156 84,014,521 10,995,606 4,322,208,880 4,070,158,723 252,050,156 535,953,901 504,699,682 31,254,219
Women 84,931,845 80,060,479 9,010,394 3,020,771,112 2,888,041,268 132,729,844 374,575,618 358,117,117 16,458,501
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 $128,400 in 2018.
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, 2018
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, Massachusetts 4,061,095 3,830,881 473,579 263,390,962 245,959,249 17,431,713 7,638,338 7,132,818 505,520
Men 2,024,230 1,889,246 271,443 160,797,104 148,482,077 12,315,026 4,663,116 4,305,980 357,136
Women 2,036,865 1,941,635 202,136 102,593,859 97,477,172 5,116,687 2,975,222 2,826,838 148,384
Barnstable 126,902 114,867 21,317 5,841,501 5,268,919 572,581 169,404 152,799 16,605
Men 64,475 57,281 11,462 3,387,876 2,985,519 402,357 98,248 86,580 11,668
Women 62,427 57,587 9,855 2,453,625 2,283,400 170,224 71,155 66,219 4,937
Berkshire 69,439 64,925 8,141 2,772,301 2,619,428 152,873 80,397 75,963 4,433
Men 34,878 32,513 4,285 1,670,107 1,560,519 109,589 48,433 45,255 3,178
Women 34,561 32,412 3,856 1,102,193 1,058,909 43,284 31,964 30,708 1,255
Bristol 317,495 303,833 28,173 15,305,907 14,773,483 532,424 443,871 428,431 15,440
Men 151,981 143,915 15,961 8,632,717 8,311,086 321,631 250,349 241,021 9,327
Women 165,514 159,917 12,212 6,673,190 6,462,397 210,793 193,523 187,410 6,113
Dukes 14,401 11,823 4,392 617,208 518,900 98,308 17,899 15,048 2,851
Men 7,522 5,912 2,464 362,697 320,865 41,832 10,518 9,305 1,213
Women 6,879 5,912 1,928 254,511 198,035 56,477 7,381 5,743 1,638
Essex 475,615 447,850 59,773 30,189,414 27,445,928 2,743,486 875,493 795,932 79,561
Men 230,216 213,325 35,136 17,687,714 15,737,832 1,949,882 512,944 456,397 56,547
Women 245,399 234,525 24,638 12,501,700 11,708,096 793,604 362,549 339,535 23,015
Franklin 36,212 33,737 5,356 1,540,627 1,360,075 180,552 44,678 39,442 5,236
Men 17,920 16,308 2,999 816,895 674,066 142,829 23,690 19,548 4,142
Women 18,292 17,429 2,357 723,732 686,009 37,723 20,988 19,894 1,094
Hampden 249,399 237,685 21,317 10,845,765 10,431,673 414,092 314,527 302,519 12,009
Men 123,552 117,212 11,462 6,271,123 5,972,829 298,294 181,863 173,212 8,651
Women 125,847 120,473 9,855 4,574,642 4,458,844 115,798 132,665 129,306 3,358
Hampshire 79,463 72,263 12,854 3,883,850 3,529,293 354,557 112,632 102,350 10,282
Men 41,841 36,794 8,034 2,386,129 2,088,239 297,890 69,198 60,559 8,639
Women 37,622 35,469 4,820 1,497,721 1,441,054 56,667 43,434 41,791 1,643
Middlesex 929,054 870,423 121,153 72,715,687 67,366,009 5,349,679 2,108,755 1,953,614 155,141
Men 468,333 435,415 67,593 45,459,356 41,763,891 3,695,466 1,318,321 1,211,153 107,169
Women 460,721 435,008 53,560 27,256,331 25,602,118 1,654,213 790,434 742,461 47,972
Nantucket 11,273 (X) (X) 531,558 (X) (X) 15,415 (X) (X)
Men 6,057 (X) (X) 274,552 (X) (X) 7,962 (X) (X)
Women 5,215 (X) (X) 257,006 (X) (X) 7,453 (X) (X)
Norfolk 434,071 407,387 56,131 33,611,186 31,296,822 2,314,364 974,724 907,608 67,117
Men 217,137 200,890 34,171 21,000,476 19,325,451 1,675,024 609,014 560,438 48,576
Women 216,933 206,496 21,960 12,610,710 11,971,370 639,340 365,711 347,170 18,541
Plymouth 313,663 297,208 32,886 18,714,632 17,595,441 1,119,191 542,724 510,268 32,457
Men 153,176 143,712 18,960 11,193,509 10,308,248 885,261 324,612 298,939 25,673
Women 160,487 153,496 13,926 7,521,123 7,287,192 233,931 218,113 211,329 6,784
Suffolk 510,990 489,231 51,953 38,593,881 36,420,692 2,173,188 1,119,223 1,056,200 63,022
Men 252,268 238,806 31,386 24,355,951 22,935,721 1,420,230 706,323 665,136 41,187
Women 258,722 250,425 20,567 14,237,930 13,484,971 752,959 412,900 391,064 21,836
Worcester 478,643 455,087 47,883 27,217,010 25,838,837 1,378,173 789,293 749,326 39,967
Men 247,331 234,423 26,137 16,703,034 15,644,859 1,058,176 484,388 453,701 30,687
Women 231,313 220,663 21,745 10,513,976 10,193,978 319,998 304,905 295,625 9,280
Unknown 14,474 (X) (X) 1,010,436 (X) (X) 29,303 (X) (X)
Men 7,542 (X) (X) 594,967 (X) (X) 17,254 (X) (X)
Women 6,931 (X) (X) 415,468 (X) (X) 12,049 (X) (X)
All areas d 179,584,999 168,352,999 20,985,000 9,098,616,004 8,478,400,002 620,216,002 263,859,864 245,873,600 17,986,264
Men 92,177,295 85,672,680 11,727,973 5,664,439,802 5,208,505,118 455,934,684 164,268,754 151,046,648 13,222,106
Women 87,407,704 82,680,320 9,257,026 3,434,176,201 3,269,894,884 164,281,317 99,591,110 94,826,952 4,764,158
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.