Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2022

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2022
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 3,786,266 3,529,306 447,435 229,638,568 217,457,508 12,181,061 28,475,182 26,964,731 1,510,452
Men 1,909,920 1,765,315 240,153 128,166,793 120,610,817 7,555,976 15,892,682 14,955,741 936,941
Women 1,876,346 1,763,991 207,281 101,471,776 96,846,691 4,625,085 12,582,500 12,008,990 573,510
Barnstable 122,598 106,507 23,241 6,049,395 5,287,382 762,012 750,125 655,635 94,489
Men 63,742 53,559 12,981 3,455,718 2,934,173 521,545 428,509 363,837 64,672
Women 58,855 52,948 10,259 2,593,677 2,353,210 240,467 321,616 291,798 29,818
Berkshire 64,021 58,345 7,956 2,739,800 2,492,086 247,714 339,735 309,019 30,717
Men 32,286 28,714 4,816 1,515,753 1,380,209 135,544 187,953 171,146 16,807
Women 31,735 29,631 3,141 1,224,047 1,111,877 112,170 151,782 137,873 13,909
Bristol 295,865 279,709 29,731 15,395,536 14,770,438 625,098 1,909,046 1,831,534 77,512
Men 144,798 135,629 15,180 8,435,822 8,035,326 400,496 1,046,042 996,380 49,661
Women 151,067 144,080 14,552 6,959,714 6,735,112 224,602 863,005 835,154 27,851
Dukes 11,173 8,757 3,245 540,600 429,182 111,419 67,034 53,219 13,816
Men 5,433 (X) (X) 272,756 (X) (X) 33,822 (X) (X)
Women 5,740 (X) (X) 267,844 (X) (X) 33,213 (X) (X)
Essex 446,809 414,116 56,217 25,823,333 24,207,634 1,615,699 3,202,093 3,001,747 200,347
Men 220,179 200,694 30,988 13,937,492 12,940,469 997,023 1,728,249 1,604,618 123,631
Women 226,631 213,422 25,230 11,885,841 11,267,165 618,675 1,473,844 1,397,128 76,716
Franklin 31,386 27,289 5,548 1,265,134 1,146,201 118,933 156,877 142,129 14,748
Men 14,217 12,117 2,722 601,254 532,162 69,092 74,555 65,988 8,567
Women 17,169 15,172 2,827 663,880 614,039 49,841 82,321 76,141 6,180
Hampden 227,924 215,560 23,659 10,147,721 9,636,412 511,309 1,258,317 1,194,915 63,402
Men 114,878 108,544 11,516 5,600,496 5,284,685 315,811 694,462 655,301 39,161
Women 113,046 107,017 12,144 4,547,224 4,351,727 195,498 563,856 539,614 24,242
Hampshire 63,974 56,919 10,992 3,200,048 2,861,329 338,719 396,806 354,805 42,001
Men 32,510 28,511 6,072 1,867,503 1,649,085 218,418 231,570 204,487 27,084
Women 31,464 28,409 4,920 1,332,545 1,212,244 120,301 165,236 150,318 14,917
Middlesex 862,552 801,453 108,666 61,425,784 58,079,572 3,346,212 7,616,797 7,201,867 414,930
Men 443,452 411,163 57,264 34,935,741 32,966,267 1,969,474 4,332,032 4,087,817 244,215
Women 419,100 390,290 51,402 26,490,042 25,113,305 1,376,737 3,284,765 3,114,050 170,715
Nantucket 10,123 (X) (X) 524,582 (X) (X) 65,048 (X) (X)
Men 6,135 (X) (X) 362,500 (X) (X) 44,950 (X) (X)
Women 3,987 (X) (X) 162,082 (X) (X) 20,098 (X) (X)
Norfolk 412,610 385,504 46,900 28,200,119 26,709,961 1,490,158 3,496,815 3,312,035 184,780
Men 208,754 193,567 26,172 15,779,593 14,856,655 922,938 1,956,670 1,842,225 114,444
Women 203,857 191,937 20,728 12,420,526 11,853,306 567,220 1,540,145 1,469,810 70,335
Plymouth 293,114 273,294 33,395 17,183,708 16,410,920 772,788 2,130,780 2,034,954 95,826
Men 144,974 133,592 18,739 9,517,722 8,997,756 519,966 1,180,197 1,115,722 64,476
Women 148,140 139,702 14,656 7,665,986 7,413,164 252,823 950,582 919,232 31,350
Suffolk 479,556 455,457 46,691 30,470,417 29,442,905 1,027,512 3,778,332 3,650,920 127,412
Men 233,257 219,226 24,602 16,125,720 15,550,482 575,238 1,999,589 1,928,260 71,330
Women 246,298 236,231 22,089 14,344,697 13,892,423 452,274 1,778,742 1,722,660 56,082
Worcester 454,987 427,964 48,889 26,017,873 24,846,710 1,171,163 3,226,216 3,080,992 145,224
Men 241,231 226,354 26,277 15,418,862 14,571,554 847,308 1,911,939 1,806,873 105,066
Women 213,756 201,611 22,613 10,599,012 10,275,156 323,856 1,314,277 1,274,119 40,158
Unknown 9,574 (X) (X) 654,519 (X) (X) 81,160 (X) (X)
Men 4,073 (X) (X) 339,861 (X) (X) 42,143 (X) (X)
Women 5,501 (X) (X) 314,658 (X) (X) 39,018 (X) (X)
All areas d 180,675,999 168,525,999 21,203,000 9,201,500,022 8,723,600,021 477,900,002 1,140,986,003 1,081,726,403 59,259,600
Men 92,627,748 85,814,027 11,293,380 5,307,836,060 5,005,598,286 302,237,774 658,171,671 620,694,188 37,477,484
Women 88,048,251 82,711,973 9,909,620 3,893,663,962 3,718,001,734 175,662,228 482,814,331 461,032,215 21,782,116
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 $147,000 in 2022.
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, 2022
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 4,079,535 3,841,002 489,652 330,964,875 308,266,805 22,698,069 9,597,981 8,939,737 658,244
Men 2,028,904 1,892,872 270,592 196,520,272 182,592,979 13,927,292 5,699,088 5,295,196 403,891
Women 2,050,631 1,948,129 219,061 134,444,603 125,673,826 8,770,777 3,898,893 3,644,541 254,353
Barnstable 131,377 116,212 24,387 7,619,865 6,691,193 928,672 220,976 194,045 26,931
Men 67,525 57,903 13,784 4,475,683 3,831,867 643,816 129,795 111,124 18,671
Women 63,853 58,310 10,603 3,144,182 2,859,326 284,856 91,181 82,920 8,261
Berkshire 69,565 64,313 8,270 3,461,308 3,192,295 269,013 100,378 92,577 7,801
Men 34,986 31,546 5,090 1,938,845 1,799,946 138,899 56,227 52,198 4,028
Women 34,578 32,767 3,181 1,522,463 1,392,349 130,114 44,151 40,378 3,773
Bristol 320,692 306,201 31,597 19,019,042 18,328,190 690,853 551,552 531,518 20,035
Men 154,940 146,842 16,541 10,557,894 10,112,504 445,390 306,179 293,263 12,916
Women 165,752 159,359 15,056 8,461,149 8,215,686 245,463 245,373 238,255 7,118
Dukes 12,342 10,278 3,605 761,589 653,873 107,716 22,086 18,962 3,124
Men 5,916 4,986 1,909 427,943 388,404 39,540 12,410 11,264 1,147
Women 6,426 5,292 1,697 333,646 265,470 68,176 9,676 7,699 1,977
Essex 479,099 448,566 59,484 36,584,855 33,863,852 2,721,003 1,060,961 982,052 78,909
Men 232,767 214,412 33,188 20,717,050 19,020,178 1,696,871 600,794 551,585 49,209
Women 246,333 234,154 26,296 15,867,805 14,843,674 1,024,132 460,166 430,467 29,700
Franklin 35,802 31,953 5,726 1,689,601 1,576,971 112,630 48,998 45,732 3,266
Men 16,422 14,450 2,757 817,683 752,735 64,947 23,713 21,829 1,883
Women 19,380 17,503 2,969 871,918 824,235 47,683 25,286 23,903 1,383
Hampden 247,353 236,189 24,175 12,436,283 11,930,445 505,839 360,652 345,983 14,669
Men 123,115 117,128 11,876 6,944,987 6,623,496 321,490 201,405 192,081 9,323
Women 124,237 119,061 12,300 5,491,297 5,306,948 184,348 159,248 153,902 5,346
Hampshire 73,135 67,061 11,239 4,286,646 3,892,740 393,906 124,313 112,889 11,423
Men 37,026 33,378 6,256 2,508,300 2,227,999 280,301 72,741 64,612 8,129
Women 36,108 33,683 4,983 1,778,346 1,664,741 113,605 51,572 48,277 3,295
Middlesex 922,804 865,688 122,466 96,621,802 88,927,549 7,694,252 2,802,032 2,578,899 223,133
Men 466,859 436,151 67,754 59,494,788 55,650,713 3,844,075 1,725,349 1,613,871 111,478
Women 455,945 429,537 54,712 37,127,014 33,276,837 3,850,178 1,076,683 965,028 111,655
Nantucket 10,812 (X) (X) 720,658 (X) (X) 20,899 (X) (X)
Men 6,324 (X) (X) 498,247 (X) (X) 14,449 (X) (X)
Women 4,488 (X) (X) 222,411 (X) (X) 6,450 (X) (X)
Norfolk 444,623 419,259 54,818 44,286,829 40,932,062 3,354,766 1,284,318 1,187,030 97,288
Men 221,546 206,984 32,021 28,146,284 25,595,069 2,551,215 816,242 742,257 73,985
Women 223,076 212,275 22,797 16,140,545 15,336,994 803,551 468,076 444,773 23,303
Plymouth 319,468 300,808 36,475 25,044,301 23,521,720 1,522,581 726,285 682,130 44,155
Men 156,164 145,519 21,100 14,923,004 13,783,855 1,139,149 432,767 399,732 33,035
Women 163,304 155,289 15,375 10,121,297 9,737,865 383,431 293,518 282,398 11,120
Suffolk 508,374 485,099 53,016 42,998,157 40,597,706 2,400,450 1,246,947 1,177,333 69,613
Men 246,231 232,729 29,053 23,721,385 22,482,445 1,238,940 687,920 651,991 35,929
Women 262,143 252,369 23,963 19,276,771 18,115,261 1,161,510 559,026 525,343 33,684
Worcester 494,501 470,140 51,955 34,606,698 32,657,658 1,949,040 1,003,594 947,072 56,522
Men 255,003 241,277 28,098 20,878,130 19,378,036 1,500,094 605,466 561,963 43,503
Women 239,499 228,862 23,857 13,728,569 13,279,622 448,947 398,128 385,109 13,019
Unknown 9,588 (X) (X) 827,242 (X) (X) 23,990 (X) (X)
Men 4,080 (X) (X) 470,050 (X) (X) 13,631 (X) (X)
Women 5,508 (X) (X) 357,192 (X) (X) 10,359 (X) (X)
All areas d 184,492,999 172,587,000 22,399,000 11,478,199,991 10,688,499,992 789,699,999 332,867,800 309,966,500 22,901,300
Men 94,041,872 87,361,440 12,135,703 6,996,449,778 6,427,132,224 569,317,554 202,897,044 186,386,834 16,510,209
Women 90,451,127 85,225,560 10,263,297 4,481,750,213 4,261,367,768 220,382,445 129,970,756 123,579,665 6,391,091
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.