Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2021

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2021
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 3,699,324 3,453,921 422,518 209,911,597 199,280,035 10,631,562 26,029,038 24,710,724 1,318,314
Men 1,868,364 1,728,995 230,125 117,845,987 111,228,457 6,617,531 14,612,902 13,792,329 820,574
Women 1,830,961 1,724,926 192,393 92,065,610 88,051,579 4,014,032 11,416,136 10,918,396 497,740
Barnstable 118,320 103,441 21,976 5,603,189 4,910,760 692,429 694,795 608,934 85,861
Men 61,318 51,466 12,750 3,225,211 2,760,720 464,490 399,926 342,329 57,597
Women 57,002 51,975 9,226 2,377,978 2,150,039 227,939 294,869 266,605 28,264
Berkshire 65,426 60,417 8,707 2,561,253 2,350,563 210,690 317,595 291,470 26,126
Men 33,890 30,513 4,976 1,491,431 1,342,276 149,155 184,937 166,442 18,495
Women 31,536 29,903 3,732 1,069,822 1,008,288 61,535 132,658 125,028 7,630
Bristol 287,791 272,282 25,604 13,981,584 13,443,169 538,415 1,733,716 1,666,953 66,763
Men 140,735 131,513 14,720 7,716,093 7,333,193 382,900 956,796 909,316 47,480
Women 147,055 140,769 10,884 6,265,492 6,109,977 155,515 776,921 757,637 19,284
Dukes 12,188 9,459 3,628 567,690 461,703 105,987 70,394 57,251 13,142
Men 6,143 4,780 1,762 308,753 272,339 36,414 38,285 33,770 4,515
Women 6,045 4,679 1,866 258,937 189,364 69,573 32,108 23,481 8,627
Essex 436,251 405,626 51,415 23,702,720 22,292,352 1,410,368 2,939,137 2,764,252 174,886
Men 212,025 194,676 29,543 12,807,087 11,990,515 816,572 1,588,079 1,486,824 101,255
Women 224,226 210,950 21,872 10,895,633 10,301,836 593,797 1,351,059 1,277,428 73,631
Franklin 27,156 24,106 4,250 1,193,183 1,112,957 80,226 147,955 138,007 9,948
Men 12,355 10,578 2,177 583,348 542,465 40,883 72,335 67,266 5,070
Women 14,801 13,528 2,073 609,835 570,493 39,342 75,620 70,741 4,878
Hampden 225,773 213,696 21,872 9,193,928 8,800,821 393,108 1,140,047 1,091,302 48,745
Men 114,920 108,526 11,092 5,137,145 4,897,370 239,775 637,006 607,274 29,732
Women 110,853 105,170 10,781 4,056,783 3,903,450 153,333 503,041 484,028 19,013
Hampshire 66,983 60,112 10,470 3,140,005 2,895,359 244,647 389,361 359,024 30,336
Men 34,422 29,801 6,220 1,862,516 1,690,044 172,472 230,952 209,565 21,387
Women 32,561 30,310 4,250 1,277,489 1,205,315 72,174 158,409 149,459 8,950
Middlesex 849,114 788,163 105,629 56,734,551 53,724,662 3,009,889 7,035,084 6,661,858 373,226
Men 438,281 406,338 54,732 32,618,184 30,840,720 1,777,464 4,044,655 3,824,249 220,406
Women 410,833 381,825 50,897 24,116,366 22,883,942 1,232,425 2,990,429 2,837,609 152,821
Nantucket 9,298 (X) (X) 464,440 (X) (X) 57,591 (X) (X)
Men 5,817 (X) (X) 329,420 (X) (X) 40,848 (X) (X)
Women 3,481 (X) (X) 135,020 (X) (X) 16,743 (X) (X)
Norfolk 402,967 376,740 45,818 25,815,159 24,472,485 1,342,673 3,201,080 3,034,588 166,491
Men 202,038 186,844 25,189 14,485,506 13,643,584 841,922 1,796,203 1,691,804 104,398
Women 200,928 189,895 20,628 11,329,653 10,828,901 500,751 1,404,877 1,342,784 62,093
Plymouth 285,429 266,891 32,031 15,591,094 14,894,888 696,207 1,933,296 1,846,966 86,330
Men 142,241 130,801 18,037 8,547,169 8,093,366 453,804 1,059,849 1,003,577 56,272
Women 143,187 136,090 13,994 7,043,925 6,801,522 242,403 873,447 843,389 30,058
Suffolk 460,277 437,970 45,196 26,831,528 25,918,961 912,567 3,327,109 3,213,951 113,158
Men 223,581 211,763 23,012 14,191,404 13,667,441 523,963 1,759,734 1,694,763 64,971
Women 236,695 226,207 22,183 12,640,124 12,251,520 388,604 1,567,375 1,519,188 48,187
Worcester 440,551 415,187 44,055 23,826,935 22,888,953 937,982 2,954,540 2,838,230 116,310
Men 234,902 220,511 25,086 14,155,421 13,470,420 685,001 1,755,272 1,670,332 84,940
Women 205,650 194,676 18,970 9,671,514 9,418,532 252,982 1,199,268 1,167,898 31,370
Unknown 11,802 (X) (X) 704,337 (X) (X) 87,338 (X) (X)
Men 5,696 (X) (X) 387,299 (X) (X) 48,025 (X) (X)
Women 6,106 (X) (X) 317,038 (X) (X) 39,313 (X) (X)
All areas d 176,576,999 164,615,999 20,472,000 8,360,099,980 7,939,999,979 420,100,001 1,036,652,397 984,559,997 52,092,400
Men 90,737,029 84,023,925 11,043,718 4,849,059,185 4,580,520,575 268,538,610 601,283,339 567,984,551 33,298,788
Women 85,839,971 80,592,075 9,428,282 3,511,040,795 3,359,479,403 151,561,391 435,369,059 416,575,446 18,793,613
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 $142,800 in 2021.
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: 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, 2021
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 3,993,780 3,768,475 459,252 303,350,677 281,889,163 21,461,514 8,797,170 8,174,786 622,384
Men 1,987,525 1,858,073 257,051 179,389,691 165,348,149 14,041,543 5,202,301 4,795,096 407,205
Women 2,006,255 1,910,403 202,201 123,960,986 116,541,014 7,419,971 3,594,869 3,379,689 215,179
Barnstable 127,737 113,602 22,758 7,383,563 6,390,865 992,698 214,123 185,335 28,788
Men 65,303 55,886 13,214 4,410,174 3,696,317 713,856 127,895 107,193 20,702
Women 62,434 57,715 9,544 2,973,389 2,694,547 278,842 86,228 78,142 8,086
Berkshire 70,960 66,149 9,019 3,238,599 2,992,785 245,814 93,919 86,791 7,129
Men 36,317 33,024 5,244 1,895,139 1,716,032 179,107 54,959 49,765 5,194
Women 34,643 33,125 3,776 1,343,460 1,276,753 66,707 38,960 37,026 1,935
Bristol 313,161 299,653 27,058 17,483,514 16,700,605 782,910 507,022 484,318 22,704
Men 151,307 143,069 15,731 9,822,372 9,238,291 584,081 284,849 267,910 16,938
Women 161,854 156,584 11,327 7,661,142 7,462,313 198,829 222,173 216,407 5,766
Dukes 13,213 10,872 3,880 982,593 874,824 107,769 28,495 25,370 3,125
Men 6,654 5,487 1,783 622,342 585,533 36,809 18,048 16,980 1,067
Women 6,559 5,385 2,098 360,251 289,291 70,960 10,447 8,389 2,058
Essex 469,362 440,893 54,850 33,988,615 31,365,174 2,623,441 985,670 909,590 76,080
Men 224,680 208,609 31,777 19,101,325 17,522,446 1,578,879 553,938 508,151 45,788
Women 244,681 232,284 23,073 14,887,290 13,842,728 1,044,562 431,731 401,439 30,292
Franklin 31,822 29,163 4,405 1,596,086 1,514,940 81,146 46,286 43,933 2,353
Men 15,103 13,514 2,307 818,717 777,339 41,378 23,743 22,543 1,200
Women 16,719 15,648 2,098 777,369 737,600 39,769 22,544 21,390 1,153
Hampden 244,857 233,402 22,234 11,253,426 10,841,390 412,036 326,349 314,400 11,949
Men 123,148 117,057 11,327 6,297,425 6,040,835 256,590 182,625 175,184 7,441
Women 121,709 116,345 10,907 4,956,001 4,800,556 155,446 143,724 139,216 4,508
Hampshire 76,798 70,925 10,697 4,275,887 3,964,766 311,120 124,001 114,978 9,022
Men 39,193 35,056 6,293 2,521,894 2,293,400 228,493 73,135 66,509 6,626
Women 37,605 35,869 4,405 1,753,993 1,671,366 82,627 50,866 48,470 2,396
Middlesex 908,414 852,116 118,300 87,506,374 79,987,991 7,518,382 2,537,685 2,319,652 218,033
Men 461,758 431,952 64,708 52,872,444 48,670,603 4,201,842 1,533,301 1,411,447 121,853
Women 446,656 420,165 53,592 34,633,929 31,317,389 3,316,541 1,004,384 908,204 96,180
Nantucket 10,009 (X) (X) 592,851 (X) (X) 17,193 (X) (X)
Men 5,920 (X) (X) 403,037 (X) (X) 11,688 (X) (X)
Women 4,090 (X) (X) 189,814 (X) (X) 5,505 (X) (X)
Norfolk 434,808 410,410 51,704 40,067,762 37,097,681 2,970,081 1,161,965 1,075,833 86,132
Men 214,655 200,277 29,365 24,852,966 22,596,070 2,256,897 720,736 655,286 65,450
Women 220,153 210,133 22,339 15,214,796 14,501,611 713,184 441,229 420,547 20,682
Plymouth 311,626 294,268 34,399 22,537,875 21,275,912 1,261,963 653,598 617,001 36,597
Men 152,431 141,850 19,717 13,366,447 12,432,338 934,108 387,627 360,538 27,089
Women 159,196 152,418 14,683 9,171,428 8,843,573 327,855 265,971 256,464 9,508
Suffolk 489,619 469,345 50,865 39,470,377 37,052,412 2,417,966 1,144,641 1,074,520 70,121
Men 236,835 225,680 27,478 22,602,680 20,944,812 1,657,868 655,478 607,400 48,078
Women 252,784 243,665 23,387 16,867,697 16,107,600 760,097 489,163 467,120 22,043
Worcester 479,603 457,050 46,984 32,024,788 30,354,966 1,669,822 928,719 880,294 48,425
Men 248,532 235,638 27,163 19,286,797 17,956,090 1,330,708 559,317 520,727 38,591
Women 231,071 221,412 19,822 12,737,991 12,398,877 339,114 369,402 359,567 9,834
Unknown 11,791 (X) (X) 948,367 (X) (X) 27,503 (X) (X)
Men 5,690 (X) (X) 515,931 (X) (X) 14,962 (X) (X)
Women 6,101 (X) (X) 432,435 (X) (X) 12,541 (X) (X)
All areas d 180,359,000 168,611,000 21,543,000 10,664,400,017 9,890,000,020 774,399,997 309,267,601 286,810,001 22,457,600
Men 92,158,375 85,535,561 11,810,926 6,581,258,140 6,016,615,256 564,642,884 190,856,486 174,481,842 16,374,644
Women 88,200,625 83,075,439 9,732,074 4,083,141,878 3,873,384,764 209,757,114 118,411,114 112,328,158 6,082,956
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: statistics@ssa.gov.