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

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, 2021
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 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
Alabama 2,538,324 2,386,458 272,107 105,214,719 100,408,016 4,806,703 13,046,625 12,450,594 596,031
Men 1,268,316 1,183,719 140,770 61,758,623 58,743,471 3,015,151 7,658,069 7,284,190 373,879
Women 1,270,007 1,202,739 131,337 43,456,097 41,664,544 1,791,552 5,388,556 5,166,404 222,152
Alaska 392,940 368,094 46,336 18,356,040 17,375,387 980,653 2,276,149 2,154,548 121,601
Men 211,959 198,134 26,019 10,835,563 10,278,340 557,223 1,343,610 1,274,514 69,096
Women 180,982 169,960 20,317 7,520,477 7,097,047 423,430 932,539 880,034 52,505
Arizona 3,745,644 3,511,388 407,072 173,112,710 165,057,182 8,055,527 21,465,976 20,467,091 998,885
Men 1,928,479 1,800,702 219,033 99,420,798 94,398,369 5,022,428 12,328,179 11,705,398 622,781
Women 1,817,165 1,710,687 188,039 73,691,912 70,658,813 3,033,099 9,137,797 8,761,693 376,104
Arkansas 1,540,240 1,442,473 168,033 59,334,996 56,398,034 2,936,962 7,357,539 6,993,356 364,183
Men 775,217 718,694 90,806 33,966,324 32,118,173 1,848,151 4,211,824 3,982,653 229,171
Women 765,023 723,780 77,227 25,368,672 24,279,860 1,088,811 3,145,715 3,010,703 135,013
California 19,501,134 17,953,312 2,460,782 1,029,548,116 973,790,321 55,757,795 127,663,966 120,750,000 6,913,967
Men 10,193,226 9,319,933 1,363,957 599,520,454 563,758,412 35,762,042 74,340,536 69,906,043 4,434,493
Women 9,307,908 8,633,379 1,096,825 430,027,662 410,031,909 19,995,753 53,323,430 50,843,957 2,479,473
Colorado 3,155,498 2,922,072 411,841 159,955,217 151,303,115 8,652,103 19,834,447 18,761,586 1,072,861
Men 1,688,324 1,561,273 218,308 96,636,899 91,257,600 5,379,300 11,982,976 11,315,942 667,033
Women 1,467,174 1,360,799 193,533 63,318,318 60,045,515 3,272,803 7,851,471 7,445,644 405,828
Connecticut 1,997,463 1,856,440 231,680 107,453,210 100,662,935 6,790,276 13,324,198 12,482,204 841,994
Men 1,018,019 933,204 132,892 61,750,877 57,205,841 4,545,036 7,657,109 7,093,524 563,584
Women 979,444 923,236 98,788 45,702,333 43,457,094 2,245,239 5,667,089 5,388,680 278,410
Delaware 545,407 517,814 47,684 26,242,243 25,302,945 939,298 3,254,038 3,137,565 116,473
Men 272,246 255,805 26,537 14,418,191 13,843,774 574,417 1,787,856 1,716,628 71,228
Women 273,160 262,009 21,147 11,824,052 11,459,171 364,881 1,466,182 1,420,937 45,245
District of Columbia 406,864 385,283 41,671 26,949,944 25,703,711 1,246,233 3,341,793 3,187,260 154,533
Men 194,948 183,996 21,147 13,688,585 12,965,279 723,305 1,697,384 1,607,695 89,690
Women 211,917 201,287 20,525 13,261,359 12,738,432 522,927 1,644,409 1,579,566 64,843
Florida 11,509,224 10,497,244 1,650,473 497,351,507 469,819,658 27,531,849 61,671,587 58,257,638 3,413,949
Men 5,825,813 5,296,833 839,231 280,676,350 264,400,559 16,275,791 34,803,867 32,785,669 2,018,198
Women 5,683,411 5,200,411 811,242 216,675,158 205,419,099 11,256,059 26,867,720 25,471,968 1,395,751
Georgia 5,713,481 5,294,596 728,936 253,856,418 241,147,754 12,708,664 31,478,196 29,902,322 1,575,874
Men 2,862,354 2,644,908 361,877 145,593,393 138,023,490 7,569,903 18,053,581 17,114,913 938,668
Women 2,851,127 2,649,688 367,060 108,263,025 103,124,265 5,138,760 13,424,615 12,787,409 637,206
Hawaii 744,785 693,368 85,001 35,452,757 33,500,445 1,952,312 4,396,142 4,154,055 242,087
Men 382,938 357,618 42,812 19,926,501 18,730,294 1,196,207 2,470,886 2,322,556 148,330
Women 361,847 335,750 42,190 15,526,255 14,770,150 756,105 1,925,256 1,831,499 93,757
Idaho 1,085,038 1,014,776 120,038 44,588,775 42,135,557 2,453,219 5,529,008 5,224,809 304,199
Men 578,161 538,054 67,794 27,530,287 25,880,712 1,649,576 3,413,756 3,209,208 204,547
Women 506,877 476,722 52,245 17,058,488 16,254,845 803,643 2,115,253 2,015,601 99,652
Illinois 6,649,667 6,209,389 762,522 319,728,916 304,936,256 14,792,661 39,646,386 37,812,096 1,834,290
Men 3,425,248 3,177,876 413,292 187,789,396 178,106,414 9,682,981 23,285,885 22,085,195 1,200,690
Women 3,224,419 3,031,513 349,230 131,939,521 126,829,841 5,109,679 16,360,501 15,726,900 633,600
Indiana 3,795,773 3,609,845 355,346 163,861,555 157,421,837 6,439,718 20,318,833 19,520,308 798,525
Men 1,980,301 1,874,748 195,710 98,641,962 94,292,125 4,349,838 12,231,603 11,692,223 539,380
Women 1,815,472 1,735,098 159,636 65,219,592 63,129,712 2,089,880 8,087,229 7,828,084 259,145
Iowa 1,824,015 1,719,943 193,429 79,227,067 75,357,725 3,869,342 9,824,156 9,344,358 479,798
Men 931,345 866,481 114,441 46,090,338 43,265,993 2,824,345 5,715,202 5,364,983 350,219
Women 892,670 853,462 78,989 33,136,729 32,091,732 1,044,997 4,108,954 3,979,375 129,580
Kansas 1,631,972 1,534,116 178,917 70,764,671 66,857,105 3,907,566 8,774,819 8,290,281 484,538
Men 851,033 794,062 100,550 41,849,606 39,249,356 2,600,250 5,189,351 4,866,920 322,431
Women 780,938 740,053 78,367 28,915,065 27,607,749 1,307,315 3,585,468 3,423,361 162,107
Kentucky 2,309,041 2,176,424 236,967 91,478,377 87,380,614 4,097,763 11,343,319 10,835,196 508,123
Men 1,186,393 1,110,792 126,776 54,019,259 51,358,377 2,660,883 6,698,388 6,368,439 329,949
Women 1,122,648 1,065,632 110,190 37,459,118 36,022,237 1,436,880 4,644,931 4,466,757 178,173
Louisiana 2,185,866 2,019,381 286,827 88,078,853 82,957,653 5,121,200 10,921,778 10,286,749 635,029
Men 1,105,833 1,016,912 144,295 53,972,081 50,639,175 3,332,907 6,692,538 6,279,258 413,280
Women 1,080,033 1,002,469 142,532 34,106,772 32,318,478 1,788,293 4,229,240 4,007,491 221,748
Maine 738,717 680,654 94,745 31,648,821 29,547,587 2,101,234 3,924,454 3,663,901 260,553
Men 386,578 352,939 51,830 18,454,580 17,125,641 1,328,938 2,288,368 2,123,580 164,788
Women 352,139 327,715 42,915 13,194,242 12,421,946 772,296 1,636,086 1,540,321 95,765
Maryland 3,419,731 3,211,746 374,005 195,670,881 187,435,711 8,235,170 24,263,189 23,242,028 1,021,161
Men 1,665,136 1,550,695 195,503 104,430,774 99,548,095 4,882,680 12,949,416 12,343,964 605,452
Women 1,754,595 1,661,052 178,502 91,240,107 87,887,616 3,352,491 11,313,773 10,898,064 415,709
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
Michigan 5,313,831 4,993,326 571,684 240,675,079 230,019,962 10,655,117 29,843,710 28,522,475 1,321,235
Men 2,735,172 2,560,894 300,717 142,001,620 135,194,485 6,807,136 17,608,201 16,764,116 844,085
Women 2,578,659 2,432,432 270,967 98,673,459 94,825,477 3,847,981 12,235,509 11,758,359 477,150
Minnesota 3,312,763 3,134,547 340,937 166,113,408 158,726,189 7,387,220 20,598,063 19,682,047 916,015
Men 1,713,658 1,605,314 195,503 95,258,859 90,212,266 5,046,593 11,812,099 11,186,321 625,778
Women 1,599,105 1,529,233 145,435 70,854,549 68,513,923 2,340,626 8,785,964 8,495,726 290,238
Mississippi 1,481,118 1,385,413 174,667 54,905,082 51,873,129 3,031,953 6,808,230 6,432,268 375,962
Men 724,504 673,127 83,861 30,808,567 29,021,065 1,787,501 3,820,262 3,598,612 221,650
Women 756,615 712,286 90,806 24,096,515 22,852,063 1,244,452 2,987,968 2,833,656 154,312
Missouri 3,272,410 3,076,165 355,968 138,127,916 131,594,473 6,533,443 17,127,862 16,317,715 810,147
Men 1,681,733 1,565,951 199,442 80,182,751 75,768,165 4,414,585 9,942,661 9,395,253 547,409
Women 1,590,676 1,510,213 156,526 57,945,165 55,826,307 2,118,858 7,185,200 6,922,462 262,738
Montana 675,244 630,917 76,812 25,971,688 24,287,729 1,683,959 3,220,489 3,011,678 208,811
Men 357,344 329,240 45,196 15,480,340 14,288,006 1,192,334 1,919,562 1,771,713 147,849
Women 317,900 301,677 31,616 10,491,348 9,999,723 491,625 1,300,927 1,239,966 60,961
Nebraska 1,170,181 1,102,350 130,300 50,674,119 48,101,145 2,572,974 6,283,591 5,964,542 319,049
Men 605,559 563,279 78,263 29,663,655 27,839,977 1,823,677 3,678,293 3,452,157 226,136
Women 564,621 539,071 52,037 21,010,464 20,261,167 749,297 2,605,298 2,512,385 92,913
Nevada 1,576,881 1,474,106 176,740 65,005,033 61,546,988 3,458,045 8,060,624 7,631,826 428,798
Men 834,559 782,060 90,080 38,828,070 36,782,155 2,045,915 4,814,681 4,560,987 253,693
Women 742,323 692,045 86,660 26,176,963 24,764,832 1,412,130 3,245,943 3,070,839 175,104
New Hampshire 842,826 789,790 88,318 44,599,927 41,901,383 2,698,545 5,530,391 5,195,771 334,620
Men 431,973 399,523 49,342 25,938,813 24,060,626 1,878,187 3,216,413 2,983,518 232,895
Women 410,852 390,267 38,976 18,661,114 17,840,757 820,357 2,313,978 2,212,254 101,724
New Jersey 5,041,888 4,719,925 559,349 287,188,759 272,278,548 14,910,211 35,611,406 33,762,540 1,848,866
Men 2,559,232 2,367,032 321,138 163,177,839 153,058,011 10,119,827 20,234,052 18,979,193 1,254,859
Women 2,482,656 2,352,894 238,210 124,010,921 119,220,537 4,790,384 15,377,354 14,783,347 594,008
New Mexico 1,007,278 945,816 105,940 40,775,677 38,928,204 1,847,472 5,056,184 4,827,097 229,087
Men 512,193 482,927 49,757 23,185,463 22,162,487 1,022,976 2,874,997 2,748,148 126,849
Women 495,085 462,889 56,184 17,590,213 16,765,717 824,496 2,181,186 2,078,949 102,238
New York 10,421,573 9,697,079 1,222,254 543,874,668 517,675,709 26,198,959 67,440,459 64,191,788 3,248,671
Men 5,153,371 4,730,402 678,247 294,235,806 277,712,019 16,523,788 36,485,240 34,436,290 2,048,950
Women 5,268,201 4,966,677 544,007 249,638,862 239,963,691 9,675,171 30,955,219 29,755,498 1,199,721
North Carolina 5,695,882 5,332,331 632,222 253,658,518 241,516,014 12,142,504 31,453,656 29,947,986 1,505,670
Men 2,875,033 2,675,624 327,047 144,164,478 136,701,550 7,462,928 17,876,395 16,950,992 925,403
Women 2,820,849 2,656,706 305,175 109,494,040 104,814,464 4,679,576 13,577,261 12,996,994 580,267
North Dakota 445,386 419,865 51,208 20,304,115 18,903,419 1,400,696 2,517,710 2,344,024 173,686
Men 241,457 224,274 33,275 12,694,576 11,554,288 1,140,288 1,574,127 1,432,732 141,396
Women 203,929 195,591 17,933 7,609,539 7,349,132 260,408 943,583 911,292 32,291
Ohio 5,994,087 5,596,475 676,277 254,599,494 241,500,859 13,098,634 31,570,337 29,946,107 1,624,231
Men 3,136,012 2,905,798 369,548 153,072,250 144,242,490 8,829,760 18,980,959 17,886,069 1,094,890
Women 2,858,075 2,690,678 306,730 101,527,244 97,258,370 4,268,874 12,589,378 12,060,038 529,340
Oklahoma 2,047,410 1,923,264 220,899 81,129,094 77,547,370 3,581,724 10,060,008 9,615,874 444,134
Men 1,038,805 969,820 120,660 47,173,742 44,886,022 2,287,721 5,849,544 5,565,867 283,677
Women 1,008,605 953,444 100,239 33,955,352 32,661,349 1,294,003 4,210,464 4,050,007 160,456
Oregon 2,248,100 2,103,192 253,656 108,606,791 102,837,127 5,769,664 13,467,242 12,751,804 715,438
Men 1,162,583 1,086,686 126,672 62,271,507 58,912,232 3,359,275 7,721,667 7,305,117 416,550
Women 1,085,517 1,016,505 126,983 46,335,284 43,924,895 2,410,389 5,745,575 5,446,687 298,888
Pennsylvania 6,982,344 6,603,013 676,588 336,220,824 321,534,819 14,686,004 41,691,382 39,870,318 1,821,065
Men 3,575,233 3,345,599 381,261 194,345,508 184,271,816 10,073,692 24,098,843 22,849,705 1,249,138
Women 3,407,112 3,257,415 295,327 141,875,315 137,263,003 4,612,312 17,592,539 17,020,612 571,927
Rhode Island 611,305 577,925 64,165 29,190,175 27,946,943 1,243,232 3,619,582 3,465,421 154,161
Men 305,171 286,115 35,348 16,206,029 15,343,383 862,646 2,009,548 1,902,579 106,968
Women 306,135 291,810 28,817 12,984,146 12,603,560 380,586 1,610,034 1,562,841 47,193
South Carolina 2,763,276 2,597,205 303,205 116,692,321 111,353,935 5,338,386 14,469,848 13,807,888 661,960
Men 1,378,315 1,288,279 155,904 67,107,608 63,872,421 3,235,186 8,321,343 7,920,180 401,163
Women 1,384,961 1,308,926 147,301 49,584,713 47,481,513 2,103,200 6,148,504 5,887,708 260,797
South Dakota 577,344 544,971 63,958 23,086,753 21,726,808 1,359,945 2,862,757 2,694,124 168,633
Men 294,629 274,011 37,110 13,189,537 12,170,495 1,019,043 1,635,503 1,509,141 126,361
Women 282,715 270,960 26,848 9,897,216 9,556,313 340,903 1,227,255 1,184,983 42,272
Tennessee 3,795,837 3,517,898 482,640 164,037,305 152,205,465 11,831,840 20,340,626 18,873,478 1,467,148
Men 1,923,364 1,761,034 265,680 94,521,983 86,637,481 7,884,502 11,720,726 10,743,048 977,678
Women 1,872,473 1,756,864 216,960 69,515,322 65,567,984 3,947,337 8,619,900 8,130,430 489,470
Texas 14,777,690 13,578,189 1,963,733 683,548,431 644,507,783 39,040,648 84,760,005 79,918,965 4,841,040
Men 7,807,145 7,137,609 1,057,849 417,291,673 392,580,636 24,711,038 51,744,168 48,679,999 3,064,169
Women 6,970,545 6,440,580 905,884 266,256,758 251,927,147 14,329,610 33,015,838 31,238,966 1,776,872
Utah 1,852,291 1,765,611 179,435 83,001,272 79,915,590 3,085,682 10,292,158 9,909,533 382,625
Men 1,003,663 957,513 99,824 54,036,928 51,961,810 2,075,118 6,700,579 6,443,264 257,315
Women 848,628 808,098 79,611 28,964,344 27,953,780 1,010,564 3,591,579 3,466,269 125,310
Vermont 380,280 351,210 49,860 17,059,713 16,013,747 1,045,965 2,115,404 1,985,705 129,700
Men 198,021 180,131 27,885 9,619,875 8,911,504 708,371 1,192,864 1,105,026 87,838
Women 182,260 171,079 21,976 7,439,838 7,102,244 337,594 922,540 880,678 41,862
Virginia 4,800,622 4,533,284 493,628 253,294,611 243,360,551 9,934,059 31,408,532 30,176,708 1,231,823
Men 2,432,167 2,287,391 258,320 144,605,798 138,567,456 6,038,342 17,931,119 17,182,365 748,754
Women 2,368,455 2,245,893 235,308 108,688,813 104,793,095 3,895,718 13,477,413 12,994,344 483,069
Washington 4,164,619 3,928,609 403,030 239,585,865 229,180,357 10,405,508 29,708,647 28,418,364 1,290,283
Men 2,201,680 2,073,085 211,155 142,990,275 136,478,883 6,511,393 17,730,794 16,923,381 807,413
Women 1,962,939 1,855,524 191,874 96,595,590 92,701,474 3,894,115 11,977,853 11,494,983 482,870
West Virginia 848,021 807,895 71,111 34,033,339 32,643,318 1,390,021 4,220,134 4,047,771 172,363
Men 430,363 407,253 39,702 20,011,715 19,102,094 909,620 2,481,453 2,368,660 112,793
Women 417,658 400,642 31,409 14,021,625 13,541,224 480,401 1,738,681 1,679,112 59,570
Wisconsin 3,346,507 3,182,046 302,894 152,049,223 146,022,151 6,027,072 18,854,104 18,106,747 747,357
Men 1,732,043 1,633,691 167,618 88,599,578 84,520,723 4,078,856 10,986,348 10,480,570 505,778
Women 1,614,465 1,548,355 135,276 63,449,645 61,501,429 1,948,216 7,867,756 7,626,177 241,579
Wyoming 366,363 346,226 40,427 14,809,293 14,059,777 749,516 1,836,352 1,743,412 92,940
Men 192,917 181,962 21,250 9,195,099 8,768,701 426,398 1,140,192 1,087,319 52,873
Women 173,446 164,264 19,177 5,614,194 5,291,076 323,118 696,160 656,093 40,067
Outlying areas  
Puerto Rico 1,070,761 999,520 97,129 28,150,655 26,546,926 1,603,730 3,490,681 3,291,819 198,862
Men 540,134 495,030 59,397 15,405,883 14,350,137 1,055,747 1,910,330 1,779,417 130,913
Women 530,627 504,489 37,732 12,744,772 12,196,789 547,983 1,580,352 1,512,402 67,950
Other d 562,731 499,099 66,031 21,343,439 19,963,977 1,379,462 2,646,586 2,475,533 171,053
Men 358,765 326,901 32,964 14,976,529 14,169,246 807,283 1,857,090 1,756,987 100,103
Women 203,966 172,198 33,068 6,366,910 5,794,731 572,178 789,497 718,547 70,950
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 $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 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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