Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2020

Delaware

Table 3. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2020
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 535,258 513,101 44,447 24,388,888 23,442,151 946,737 3,024,222 2,906,827 117,395
Men 269,444 256,041 23,262 13,622,050 13,008,697 613,352 1,689,134 1,613,078 76,056
Women 265,814 257,060 21,185 10,766,838 10,433,454 333,384 1,335,088 1,293,748 41,340
Kent 93,277 (X) (X) 3,792,922 (X) (X) 470,322 (X) (X)
Men (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Women (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
New Castle 318,437 307,066 26,481 15,756,037 15,181,366 574,670 1,953,749 1,882,489 71,259
Men 158,321 151,140 13,396 8,713,578 8,314,724 398,854 1,080,484 1,031,026 49,458
Women 160,117 155,926 13,085 7,042,459 6,866,642 175,817 873,265 851,464 21,801
Sussex 121,812 114,679 11,527 4,772,347 4,511,406 260,942 591,771 559,414 32,357
Men 60,817 56,525 6,542 2,583,711 2,417,655 166,056 320,380 299,789 20,591
Women 60,996 58,154 4,985 2,188,636 2,093,750 94,886 271,391 259,625 11,766
Unknown 1,731 (X) (X) 67,582 (X) (X) 8,380 (X) (X)
Men (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Women (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
All areas d 174,479,001 164,003,001 18,514,000 7,754,649,013 7,352,100,013 402,549,000 961,576,478 911,660,402 49,916,076
Men 89,745,175 83,788,137 10,070,129 4,529,026,536 4,267,157,249 261,869,287 561,599,290 529,127,499 32,471,792
Women 84,733,826 80,214,864 8,443,871 3,225,622,477 3,084,942,764 140,679,713 399,977,187 382,532,903 17,444,284
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 $137,700 in 2020.
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, 2020
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 536,928 515,015 46,908 28,297,745 26,756,837 1,540,908 820,635 775,948 44,686
Men 270,906 257,660 24,976 16,828,966 15,649,834 1,179,132 488,040 453,845 34,195
Women 266,022 257,355 21,932 11,468,779 11,107,003 361,776 332,595 322,103 10,492
Kent 93,561 (X) (X) 3,949,860 (X) (X) 114,546 (X) (X)
Men (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Women (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
New Castle 319,531 308,276 27,809 19,075,333 17,990,255 1,085,077 553,185 521,717 31,467
Men 159,395 152,254 14,377 11,507,774 10,619,893 887,881 333,725 307,977 25,749
Women 160,136 156,022 13,432 7,567,559 7,370,362 197,196 219,459 213,741 5,719
Sussex 122,105 114,980 12,278 5,205,588 4,898,161 307,427 150,962 142,047 8,915
Men 61,118 56,828 7,031 2,866,351 2,659,993 206,358 83,124 77,140 5,984
Women 60,987 58,152 5,247 2,339,237 2,238,168 101,069 67,838 64,907 2,931
Unknown 1,731 (X) (X) 66,964 (X) (X) 1,942 (X) (X)
Men (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Women (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
All areas d 178,494,000 168,277,000 19,430,000 9,683,033,025 9,038,000,027 645,032,998 280,807,958 262,102,001 18,705,957
Men 91,257,458 85,425,731 10,727,143 6,007,195,228 5,534,636,689 472,558,539 174,208,662 160,504,464 13,704,198
Women 87,236,543 82,851,269 8,702,857 3,675,837,797 3,503,363,337 172,474,460 106,599,296 101,597,537 5,001,759
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.