Annual Statistical Supplement, 2023

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance

Covered Workers

Table 4.B1 Number of workers with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount of earnings, and Social Security numbers issued, selected years 1937–2022
Year Number a (thousands) Earnings Social Security numbers issued e (thousands)
Total With maximum earnings b New entrants into covered employment c Total in covered employment d (millions of dollars) Reported taxable a Average per worker (dollars)
Amount (millions of dollars) Percentage of total Total earnings d Reported taxable
1937 32,900 1,031 32,900 32,200 29,620 92.0 979 900 37,139
1940 35,390 1,196 4,430 35,700 32,970 92.4 1,009 932 5,227
1945 46,390 6,361 3,480 71,600 62,950 87.9 1,543 1,357 3,321
1950 48,280 13,936 2,520 109,800 87,500 79.7 2,274 1,812 2,891
1951 58,120 14,270 6,000 148,900 120,770 81.1 2,562 2,078 4,927
1952 59,580 16,606 3,500 159,900 128,640 80.5 2,684 2,159 4,363
1953 60,840 19,013 3,090 173,000 135,870 78.5 2,844 2,233 3,464
1954 59,610 18,866 2,360 171,900 133,520 77.7 2,884 2,240 2,743
1955 65,200 16,704 4,760 196,100 157,540 80.3 3,008 2,416 4,323
1956 67,610 19,236 3,660 216,800 170,720 78.8 3,207 2,525 4,376
1957 70,590 21,095 3,380 233,900 181,380 77.5 3,314 2,569 3,639
1958 69,770 21,328 2,450 236,500 180,720 76.4 3,390 2,590 2,290
1959 71,700 19,112 3,180 255,000 202,310 79.3 3,556 2,822 3,388
1960 72,530 20,310 3,130 265,200 207,000 78.1 3,656 2,854 3,415
1961 72,820 21,265 2,990 270,700 209,640 77.4 3,717 2,879 3,370
1962 74,280 23,154 3,360 289,000 219,050 75.8 3,891 2,949 4,519
1963 75,540 24,570 3,520 302,300 225,550 74.6 4,002 2,986 8,617
1964 77,430 26,717 3,890 324,500 236,390 72.8 4,191 3,053 5,623
1965 80,680 29,136 4,620 351,700 250,730 71.3 4,359 3,108 6,131
1966 84,600 20,498 5,080 390,700 312,540 80.0 4,618 3,694 6,506
1967 87,040 22,948 4,530 422,300 329,960 78.1 4,852 3,791 5,920
1968 89,380 19,120 4,830 460,000 375,840 81.7 5,147 4,205 5,862
1969 92,060 22,577 5,160 502,800 402,550 80.1 5,462 4,373 6,289
1970 93,090 24,224 4,440 531,600 415,600 78.2 5,711 4,464 6,132
1971 93,340 26,404 4,470 559,700 426,960 76.3 5,996 4,574 6,401
1972 96,240 24,074 5,150 617,900 484,110 78.3 6,420 5,030 9,564
1973 99,830 20,250 5,670 686,700 561,850 81.8 6,879 5,628 10,038
1974 101,330 15,310 4,940 746,700 636,760 85.3 7,369 6,284 7,998
1975 100,200 15,070 4,120 787,600 664,660 84.4 7,860 6,633 8,164
1976 102,600 15,330 4,700 874,700 737,700 84.3 8,525 7,190 9,043
1977 105,800 15,700 5,070 960,100 816,550 85.0 9,075 7,718 7,724
1978 110,600 17,050 5,460 1,092,600 915,600 83.8 9,879 8,278 5,260
1979 112,700 11,236 4,883 1,222,200 1,067,000 87.3 10,845 9,468 5,213
1980 113,000 9,903 4,243 1,328,800 1,180,700 88.9 11,759 10,449 5,984
1981 113,000 8,594 4,090 1,450,900 1,294,100 89.2 12,840 11,452 5,581
1982 111,800 7,929 3,408 1,516,600 1,365,300 90.0 13,565 12,212 5,362
1983 112,100 7,044 3,914 1,615,200 1,454,100 90.0 14,409 12,971 6,699
1984 116,300 7,421 4,743 1,800,800 1,608,800 89.3 15,484 13,833 5,980
1985 119,800 7,766 4,756 1,936,800 1,722,600 88.9 16,167 14,379 5,720
1986 122,900 7,624 4,641 2,081,800 1,844,400 88.6 16,939 15,007 5,711
1987 125,600 7,735 4,956 2,237,000 1,960,000 87.6 17,811 15,605 11,621
1988 129,600 8,483 5,489 2,432,800 2,088,400 85.8 18,772 16,114 11,370
1989 131,700 8,110 4,856 2,578,700 2,239,500 86.8 19,580 17,005 8,049
1990 133,600 7,575 4,012 2,703,800 2,358,000 87.2 20,238 17,650 9,054
1991 133,000 7,483 3,541 2,760,500 2,422,500 87.8 20,756 18,214 7,509
1992 134,000 7,667 3,918 2,917,800 2,532,900 86.8 21,775 18,902 6,819
1993 136,100 7,617 4,204 3,022,900 2,636,100 87.2 22,211 19,369 5,893
1994 138,200 7,518 4,591 3,197,000 2,785,200 87.1 23,133 20,153 5,816
1995 141,000 8,191 4,621 3,401,800 2,919,100 85.8 24,126 20,703 5,465
1996 143,400 8,682 4,620 3,587,600 3,073,500 85.7 25,018 21,433 5,533
1997 146,145 9,022 4,710 3,858,721 3,285,000 85.1 26,403 22,478 5,413
1998 148,786 9,372 4,904 4,172,641 3,524,900 84.5 28,045 23,691 5,288
1999 151,333 9,209 4,966 4,467,110 3,749,600 83.9 29,518 24,777 5,306
2000 154,732 9,556 5,014 4,819,870 4,008,500 83.2 31,150 25,906 5,476
2001 155,416 9,213 4,425 4,919,536 4,167,900 84.7 31,654 26,818 5,883
2002 154,893 8,416 4,279 4,938,294 4,250,100 86.1 31,882 27,439 5,699
2003 154,576 8,494 4,190 5,068,917 4,355,000 85.9 32,792 28,174 5,372
2004 156,405 9,225 4,641 5,370,545 4,554,500 84.8 34,337 29,120 6,065
2005 158,511 9,652 4,983 5,668,730 4,766,000 84.1 35,762 30,067 5,280
2006 161,052 9,741 5,162 6,049,719 5,043,400 83.4 37,564 31,315 5,662
2007 162,928 10,009 4,994 6,381,306 5,268,200 82.6 39,166 32,335 5,906
2008 162,532 9,764 4,335 6,496,180 5,432,800 83.6 39,969 33,426 5,785
2009 157,940 8,609 3,509 6,184,514 5,271,200 85.2 39,157 33,375 5,548
2010 157,329 8,980 4,164 6,311,979 5,307,100 84.1 40,120 33,732 5,442
2011 158,674 9,826 4,582 6,563,208 5,485,500 83.6 41,363 34,571 5,354
2012 160,775 9,851 4,957 6,894,364 5,706,500 82.8 42,882 35,494 5,490
2013 163,236 9,770 5,359 7,065,934 5,908,600 83.6 43,287 36,197 5,762
2014 165,429 9,930 5,480 7,431,846 6,178,700 83.1 44,925 37,350 5,652
2015 168,186 10,508 5,759 7,803,056 6,470,900 82.9 46,395 38,475 5,844
2016 170,738 11,014 5,774 8,019,440 6,663,400 83.1 46,969 39,027 5,945
2017 172,744 10,155 5,726 8,393,946 7,005,500 83.5 48,592 40,554 5,776
2018 175,065 10,805 5,632 8,818,503 7,338,200 83.2 50,373 41,917 5,566
2019 f 176,970 10,930 5,501 9,218,054 7,691,700 83.4 52,088 43,463 5,403
2020 f 174,938 10,829 4,764 9,385,025 7,745,500 82.5 53,648 44,276 4,461
2021 g 176,577 11,431 6,130 10,352,045 8,360,100 80.8 58,626 47,345 4,934
2022 h 180,488 -- -- 11,124,882 9,168,376 82.4 61,638 50,798 5,975
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Earnings File, 1 percent sample; Bureau of Economic Analysis; and Bureau of Labor Statistics.
NOTE: OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; -- = not available.
a. Relates to wage and salary workers from 1937 to 1950. Beginning in 1951, includes self-employment. Reported taxable earnings include Social Security taxable wages as reported by employers and Social Security taxable self-employment income as reported by self-employed workers. See Table 2.A3 for annual maximum taxable earnings.
b. Subject to revision.
c. Workers reported with first taxable earnings under program in specified year. From 1937 to 2021, 409.4 million different persons reported with taxable earnings.
d. Total wages, including estimated amounts above taxable limit, from 1937 to 1950. Beginning in 1951, also includes reported total net earnings of self-employed workers.
e. Excludes railroad account numbers. Since program began, 525.3 million Social Security numbers have been issued. Some individuals have been issued more than one number.
f. Preliminary data.
g. Taxable earnings are preliminary estimates based on Social Security data; employment data are preliminary estimates based on data from Bureau of Labor Statistics.
h. Preliminary estimates based on data from Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 4.B2 Number of workers with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings and amount of earnings, by type of earnings, 1951–2022
Year Number a (thousands) Wage and salary Self-employed
Total in covered employment b (millions of dollars) Reported taxable Average per worker (dollars) Total in covered employment d (millions of dollars) Reported taxable Average per worker (dollars)
Wage and salary Self- employed Amount c (millions of dollars) Percent- age of total wages Total wages b Reported taxable c Amount c (millions of dollars) Percentage of total self- employment Total earnings d Reported taxable c
1951 54,630 4,190 132,500 111,250 84.0 2,425 2,036 16,400 9,520 58.0 3,914 2,272
1952 56,060 4,240 143,500 118,880 82.8 2,560 2,121 16,400 9,760 59.5 3,868 2,302
1953 57,220 4,340 156,000 125,840 80.7 2,726 2,199 17,000 10,030 59.0 3,917 2,311
1954 55,940 4,350 155,100 123,410 79.6 2,773 2,206 16,800 10,110 60.2 3,862 2,324
1955 59,560 6,810 171,600 141,810 82.6 2,881 2,381 24,500 15,730 64.2 3,598 2,310
1956 61,560 7,390 188,500 153,010 81.2 3,062 2,486 28,300 17,710 62.6 3,829 2,396
1957 64,730 7,150 205,500 163,990 79.8 3,175 2,533 28,400 17,390 61.2 3,972 2,432
1958 64,040 7,130 208,000 163,140 78.4 3,248 2,547 28,500 17,580 61.7 3,997 2,466
1959 66,000 7,060 225,100 183,620 81.6 3,411 2,782 29,900 18,690 62.5 4,235 2,647
1960 66,980 6,870 236,000 188,580 79.9 3,523 2,815 29,200 18,420 63.1 4,250 2,681
1961 67,360 6,790 240,700 190,850 79.3 3,573 2,833 30,000 18,790 62.6 4,418 2,767
1962 68,890 6,720 257,700 200,130 77.7 3,741 2,905 31,300 18,920 60.4 4,658 2,815
1963 70,310 6,590 270,600 206,840 76.4 3,849 2,942 31,700 18,710 59.0 4,810 2,839
1964 72,230 6,480 290,900 217,430 74.7 4,027 3,010 33,600 18,960 56.4 5,185 2,926
1965 75,430 6,550 311,400 230,830 74.1 4,128 3,060 40,300 19,900 49.4 6,153 3,038
1966 79,460 6,630 346,700 287,860 83.0 4,363 3,623 44,000 24,680 56.1 6,637 3,722
1967 82,020 6,470 377,500 305,670 81.0 4,603 3,727 44,800 24,290 54.2 6,924 3,754
1968 84,470 6,570 413,600 348,500 84.3 4,896 4,126 46,400 27,340 58.9 7,062 4,161
1969 87,200 6,350 455,700 375,010 82.3 5,226 4,301 47,100 27,540 58.5 7,417 4,337
1970 88,180 6,270 483,600 388,680 80.4 5,484 4,408 48,000 26,920 56.1 7,656 4,293
1971 88,460 6,290 509,000 399,550 78.5 5,754 4,517 50,700 27,410 54.1 8,060 4,358
1972 91,220 6,600 563,300 452,050 80.3 6,175 4,956 54,600 32,060 58.7 8,273 4,858
1973 94,610 7,100 624,400 523,450 83.8 6,600 5,533 62,300 38,400 61.6 8,775 5,408
1974 96,190 7,040 681,600 594,400 87.2 7,086 6,179 65,200 42,360 65.0 9,261 6,017
1975 94,900 7,000 717,200 621,100 86.6 7,557 6,545 70,400 43,560 61.9 10,057 6,223
1976 97,230 7,400 797,200 689,200 86.4 8,199 7,088 76,800 48,500 63.2 10,378 6,554
1977 100,450 7,480 879,500 763,600 86.8 8,935 7,602 80,600 52,950 65.7 10,775 7,079
1978 104,810 8,040 998,900 856,100 85.7 9,531 8,168 93,700 59,500 63.5 11,654 7,400
1979 106,900 8,200 1,122,000 997,500 88.9 10,496 9,331 100,200 69,500 69.4 12,220 8,476
1980 107,200 8,200 1,231,000 1,109,000 90.1 11,483 10,345 97,800 71,700 73.3 11,927 8,744
1981 107,300 8,250 1,352,000 1,220,000 90.2 12,600 11,370 98,900 74,100 74.9 11,988 8,982
1982 105,800 8,550 1,418,000 1,290,000 91.0 13,403 12,193 98,600 75,300 76.4 11,532 8,807
1983 105,900 9,200 1,502,000 1,369,000 91.1 14,183 12,927 113,200 85,100 75.2 12,304 9,250
1984 109,900 9,900 1,671,500 1,515,000 90.6 15,209 13,785 129,300 93,800 72.5 13,061 9,475
1985 113,100 10,600 1,794,500 1,621,000 90.3 15,866 14,332 142,300 101,600 71.4 13,425 9,585
1986 115,900 11,200 1,921,000 1,730,800 90.1 16,575 14,934 160,800 113,600 70.6 14,357 10,143
1987 118,200 12,000 2,057,100 1,835,100 89.2 17,404 15,525 179,900 124,900 69.4 14,992 10,408
1988 122,100 12,400 2,224,700 1,952,000 87.7 18,220 15,987 208,100 136,400 65.5 16,782 11,000
1989 123,900 12,900 2,367,800 2,096,000 88.5 19,111 16,917 210,900 143,500 68.0 16,349 11,124
1990 126,100 12,500 2,510,000 2,222,000 88.5 19,905 17,621 193,800 136,000 70.2 15,504 10,880
1991 125,200 12,800 2,565,000 2,283,000 89.0 20,487 18,235 195,500 139,500 71.4 15,273 10,898
1992 126,000 13,100 2,711,000 2,386,000 88.0 21,516 18,937 206,800 146,600 71.0 15,786 11,214
1993 128,100 13,200 2,808,900 2,483,400 88.4 21,927 19,386 214,000 152,700 71.4 16,212 11,568
1994 130,100 13,300 2,964,100 2,624,500 88.5 22,783 20,173 232,900 160,700 69.0 17,511 12,083
1995 132,800 13,500 3,159,100 2,754,300 87.2 23,788 20,740 242,700 164,800 67.9 17,978 12,207
1996 135,100 13,900 3,331,900 2,901,700 87.1 24,662 21,478 255,700 171,800 67.2 18,396 12,360
1997 137,765 14,020 3,586,721 3,104,300 86.5 26,035 22,533 272,000 180,700 66.4 19,401 12,889
1998 140,386 14,230 3,882,341 3,333,700 85.9 27,655 23,747 290,300 191,200 65.9 20,401 13,436
1999 142,703 14,500 4,159,210 3,547,300 85.3 29,146 24,858 307,900 202,300 65.7 21,234 13,952
2000 146,097 14,675 4,494,170 3,798,400 84.5 30,762 25,999 325,700 210,100 64.5 22,194 14,317
2001 146,596 14,930 4,586,990 3,950,100 86.1 31,290 26,945 332,546 217,800 65.5 22,274 14,588
2002 145,793 15,249 4,596,694 4,021,800 87.5 31,529 27,586 341,600 228,300 66.8 22,401 14,971
2003 145,101 15,969 4,708,439 4,114,000 87.4 32,449 28,353 360,478 241,000 66.9 22,574 15,092
2004 146,662 16,496 4,973,650 4,295,900 86.4 33,912 29,291 396,895 258,600 65.2 24,060 15,677
2005 148,530 17,098 5,231,330 4,490,500 85.8 35,221 30,233 437,400 275,500 63.0 25,582 16,113
2006 150,787 17,724 5,585,095 4,751,700 85.1 37,040 31,513 464,624 291,700 62.8 26,214 16,458
2007 152,474 18,214 5,900,235 4,973,300 84.3 38,697 32,617 481,071 294,900 61.3 26,412 16,191
2008 152,225 17,973 6,021,007 5,140,600 85.4 39,553 33,770 475,173 292,200 61.5 26,438 16,258
2009 147,375 17,901 5,735,498 4,985,700 86.9 38,918 33,830 449,016 285,500 63.6 25,083 15,949
2010 146,734 17,944 5,858,149 5,021,200 85.7 39,924 34,220 453,830 285,900 63.0 25,291 15,933
2011 147,734 18,533 6,071,808 5,176,900 85.3 41,100 35,042 491,400 308,600 62.8 26,515 16,651
2012 149,790 18,651 6,364,364 5,381,300 84.6 42,489 35,926 530,000 325,200 61.4 28,417 17,436
2013 152,244 18,810 6,538,034 5,577,300 85.3 42,944 36,634 527,900 331,300 62.8 28,065 17,613
2014 154,301 19,285 6,873,446 5,834,200 84.9 44,546 37,811 558,400 344,500 61.7 28,955 17,864
2015 157,041 19,428 7,231,156 6,120,200 84.6 46,046 38,972 571,900 350,700 61.3 29,437 18,051
2016 159,539 19,549 7,438,540 6,307,200 84.8 46,625 39,534 580,900 356,200 61.3 29,715 18,221
2017 161,452 19,697 7,791,146 6,634,100 85.1 48,257 41,090 602,800 371,400 61.6 30,604 18,856
2018 163,589 20,110 8,190,203 6,950,700 84.9 50,066 42,489 628,300 387,500 61.7 31,243 19,269
2019 e 165,323 20,329 8,581,354 7,295,100 85.0 51,907 44,126 636,700 396,600 62.3 31,320 19,509
2020 e 163,806 19,164 8,736,125 7,356,200 84.2 53,332 44,908 648,900 389,300 60.0 33,860 20,314
2021 f 164,616 20,472 9,577,645 7,940,000 82.9 58,182 48,233 774,400 420,100 54.2 37,827 20,521
2022 g 168,619 21,083 10,308,651 8,698,700 84.4 61,136 51,588 816,231 469,676 57.5 38,715 22,277
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Earnings File, 1 percent sample; Bureau of Economic Analysis; and Bureau of Labor Statistics.
NOTES: See Table 4.B1 for wage and salary data before 1951.
OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance.
a. Represents total number in specified type of employment. Persons with both types of covered employment during the year are included in each type.
b. Total wages, including estimated amounts above the taxable limit.
c. Includes Social Security taxable wages as reported by employers and Social Security taxable self-employment income as reported by self-employed workers. See Table 2.A3 for annual maximum taxable earnings.
d. Reported self-employment net earnings.
e. Preliminary data.
f. Taxable earnings are preliminary estimates based on Social Security data; employment data are preliminary estimates based on data from Bureau of Labor Statistics.
g. Preliminary estimates based on data from Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 4.B3 Number of workers with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings and median annual earnings, by type of earnings and sex, selected years 1937–2021
Year All workers a Wage and salary Self-employed b
Total Men Women Subtotal Men Women Subtotal Men Women
  Number (thousands) c
1937 32,900 23,810 9,090 32,900 23,810 9,090 . . . . . . . . .
1940 35,390 25,570 9,820 35,390 25,570 9,820 . . . . . . . . .
1945 46,390 28,820 17,570 46,390 28,820 17,570 . . . . . . . . .
1950 48,280 32,620 15,660 48,280 32,620 15,660 . . . . . . . . .
1955 65,200 43,140 22,060 59,560 38,240 21,320 6,810 5,980 830
1960 72,530 47,900 24,630 66,980 43,100 23,880 6,870 5,990 880
1965 80,680 51,990 28,690 75,430 47,500 27,930 6,550 5,640 910
1970 93,090 57,330 35,760 88,180 53,180 35,000 6,270 5,370 900
1975 100,200 59,520 40,680 94,900 55,140 39,760 7,000 5,790 1,210
1980 113,000 64,288 48,712 107,200 59,751 47,449 8,200 6,407 1,793
1985 119,800 66,113 53,687 113,100 61,285 51,815 10,600 7,623 2,977
1986 122,900 67,412 55,488 115,900 62,398 53,502 11,200 7,932 3,268
1987 125,600 68,591 57,009 118,200 63,306 54,894 12,000 8,450 3,550
1988 129,600 70,596 59,004 122,100 65,270 56,830 12,400 8,630 3,770
1989 131,700 71,517 60,183 123,900 66,105 57,795 12,900 8,842 4,058
1990 133,600 72,291 61,309 126,100 67,064 59,036 12,500 8,526 3,974
1991 133,000 71,787 61,213 125,200 66,406 58,794 12,800 8,669 4,131
1992 134,000 72,016 61,984 126,000 66,543 59,457 13,100 8,797 4,303
1993 136,100 73,154 62,946 128,100 67,673 60,427 13,200 8,840 4,360
1994 138,200 73,989 64,211 130,100 68,481 61,619 13,300 8,840 4,460
1995 141,000 75,444 65,556 132,800 69,900 62,900 13,500 8,908 4,592
1996 143,400 76,241 67,158 135,100 70,670 64,429 13,900 9,074 4,826
1997 146,145 77,498 68,647 137,765 71,910 65,855 14,020 9,078 4,942
1998 148,786 78,671 70,115 140,386 73,111 67,275 14,230 9,108 5,122
1999 151,333 80,042 71,291 142,703 74,376 68,327 14,500 9,224 5,276
2000 154,732 81,654 73,078 146,097 76,033 70,064 14,675 9,277 5,398
2001 155,416 82,006 73,410 146,596 76,303 70,293 14,930 9,354 5,576
2002 154,893 81,568 73,325 145,793 75,711 70,082 15,249 9,442 5,807
2003 154,576 81,263 73,313 145,101 75,200 69,901 15,969 9,860 6,109
2004 156,405 82,103 74,302 146,662 75,910 70,752 16,496 10,088 6,408
2005 158,511 83,073 75,438 148,530 76,758 71,772 17,098 10,395 6,703
2006 161,052 84,284 76,768 150,787 77,820 72,967 17,724 10,705 7,019
2007 162,928 85,134 77,794 152,474 78,612 73,862 18,214 10,891 7,323
2008 162,532 84,794 77,738 152,225 78,444 73,781 17,973 10,591 7,382
2009 157,940 81,903 76,037 147,375 75,522 71,853 17,901 10,405 7,496
2010 157,329 81,542 75,787 146,734 75,164 71,570 17,944 10,399 7,545
2011 158,674 82,377 76,297 147,734 75,914 71,820 18,533 10,572 7,961
2012 160,775 83,567 77,208 149,790 77,090 72,700 18,651 10,593 8,058
2013 163,236 84,908 78,328 152,244 78,446 73,798 18,810 10,647 8,163
2014 165,429 85,999 79,430 154,301 79,440 74,861 19,285 10,880 8,405
2015 168,186 87,337 80,849 157,041 80,798 76,243 19,428 10,899 8,529
2016 170,738 88,522 82,216 159,539 81,959 77,580 19,549 10,959 8,590
2017 172,744 89,470 83,274 161,452 82,857 78,595 19,697 11,005 8,692
2018 175,065 90,498 84,567 163,589 83,795 79,794 20,110 11,172 8,938
2019 d 176,970 91,313 85,657 165,323 84,562 80,761 20,329 11,228 9,101
2020 d 174,938 90,094 84,844 163,806 83,708 80,098 19,164 10,512 8,652
2021 d 176,577 90,729 85,848 164,616 84,026 80,590 20,472 11,045 9,427
  Median earnings e (dollars)
1937 761 945 484 761 945 484 . . . . . . . . .
1940 746 935 472 746 935 472 . . . . . . . . .
1945 1,159 1,654 770 1,159 1,654 770 . . . . . . . . .
1950 1,926 2,532 1,124 1,926 2,532 1,124 . . . . . . . . .
1955 2,438 3,315 1,351 2,383 3,348 1,338 2,397 2,550 1,552
1960 2,894 3,879 1,679 2,833 3,875 1,676 2,903 3,129 1,695
1965 3,414 4,685 1,984 3,319 4,630 1,979 3,858 4,242 1,898
1970 4,375 6,180 2,735 4,317 6,173 2,770 5,104 5,683 2,360
1975 5,803 8,250 3,730 5,790 8,315 3,794 6,700 7,846 3,113
1980 8,549 11,963 6,012 8,612 12,166 6,106 8,699 10,572 4,133
1985 11,265 14,959 8,293 11,638 15,706 8,525 9,877 12,301 5,529
1986 11,831 15,579 8,796 12,064 16,025 9,019 10,424 12,908 6,152
1987 12,327 16,073 9,261 12,576 16,559 9,500 10,886 13,401 6,573
1988 12,825 16,613 9,753 13,086 17,055 9,992 11,478 14,090 7,036
1989 13,314 17,014 10,265 13,762 17,800 10,577 11,602 14,538 7,010
1990 13,898 17,582 10,837 14,432 18,483 11,199 11,220 14,097 6,898
1991 14,278 17,765 11,369 14,859 18,730 11,767 11,125 13,703 7,186
1992 14,739 18,208 11,842 15,386 19,292 12,268 11,392 13,966 7,452
1993 15,000 18,430 12,093 15,665 19,516 12,546 11,595 14,128 7,720
1994 15,560 19,249 12,422 16,010 19,969 12,807 12,051 14,737 8,002
1995 16,108 19,907 12,897 16,618 20,672 13,296 12,198 14,931 8,301
1996 16,712 20,779 13,335 17,256 21,591 13,763 12,481 15,300 8,628
1997 17,562 21,814 14,043 18,127 22,693 14,482 12,910 15,911 8,944
1998 18,513 23,028 14,834 19,103 23,920 15,290 13,462 16,565 9,365
1999 19,265 23,927 15,465 19,885 24,839 15,938 14,051 17,338 9,784
2000 20,225 25,032 16,287 20,885 25,999 16,801 14,927 18,538 10,270
2001 20,905 25,643 17,037 21,629 26,647 17,595 15,010 18,681 10,470
2002 21,193 25,765 17,461 21,987 26,892 18,085 14,429 17,761 10,514
2003 21,610 26,173 17,845 22,473 27,364 18,497 14,512 17,998 10,678
2004 22,335 27,061 18,421 23,242 28,305 19,138 14,912 18,430 11,100
2005 22,985 27,886 18,886 23,905 29,154 19,633 15,543 19,289 11,559
2006 23,857 28,918 19,598 24,843 30,262 20,396 15,889 19,769 11,911
2007 24,595 29,741 20,360 25,685 31,188 21,213 15,727 19,525 12,082
2008 25,206 30,245 21,046 26,383 31,814 22,021 15,441 19,301 12,237
2009 24,807 29,311 21,143 26,121 31,000 22,256 14,408 17,780 12,006
2010 24,921 29,533 21,136 26,300 31,279 22,327 14,152 17,583 11,961
2011 25,506 30,352 21,482 26,904 32,103 22,727 14,920 18,736 12,353
2012 26,097 31,180 21,900 27,497 32,886 23,122 15,551 19,644 12,836
2013 26,603 31,745 22,312 28,008 33,469 23,531 15,505 19,856 13,085
2014 27,422 32,826 22,856 28,878 34,647 24,071 16,060 20,489 13,496
2015 28,468 33,914 23,843 29,937 35,735 25,027 16,604 20,968 13,882
2016 29,120 34,499 24,546 30,558 36,271 25,780 16,989 21,312 14,089
2017 30,055 35,596 25,440 31,571 37,467 26,680 17,374 21,660 14,377
2018 31,322 37,144 26,503 32,882 39,131 27,763 18,114 22,323 14,918
2019 d 32,660 38,536 27,786 34,299 40,605 29,128 18,415 22,455 15,280
2020 d 32,848 38,714 27,785 34,590 40,819 29,271 17,403 21,452 14,313
2021 d 35,895 41,895 30,800 37,630 44,052 32,297 19,611 23,890 15,884
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Earnings File, 1 percent sample.
NOTE: OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; . . . = not applicable.
a. Workers with earnings in both wage and salary employment and self-employment are counted in each type of employment but only once in the total.
b. Not covered before 1951.
c. Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
d. Preliminary data.
e. For all workers, medians relate to combined earnings from wage and salary employment and self-employment. For all wage and salary workers, medians relate to wages and salaries only.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 4.B4 Percentage of workers with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings below the annual maximum taxable amount, by sex, selected years 1937–2021
Year All workers a All self-employed workers Annual maximum taxable earnings (dollars)
Total Men Women Total Men Women
1937 96.9 95.8 99.7 . . . . . . . . . 3,000
1940 96.6 95.4 99.7 . . . . . . . . . 3,000
1945 86.3 78.6 98.9 . . . . . . . . . 3,000
1950 71.1 59.9 94.6 . . . . . . . . . 3,000
1951 75.5 64.6 96.7 65.4 62.6 83.3 3,600
1952 72.1 60.0 95.4 64.1 61.2 83.5 3,600
1953 68.8 55.5 93.8 62.9 59.5 83.1 3,600
1954 68.4 55.4 93.0 62.6 58.8 82.8 3,600
1955 74.4 63.4 95.9 74.0 72.3 86.3 4,200
1956 71.6 59.7 94.5 71.2 69.1 86.0 4,200
1957 70.1 58.7 93.1 69.6 67.2 85.5 4,200
1958 69.4 58.4 91.8 68.8 66.3 85.7 4,200
1959 73.3 62.7 94.3 72.0 69.6 88.0 4,800
1960 72.0 60.9 93.5 71.6 69.2 87.7 4,800
1961 70.8 59.6 92.4 70.3 67.8 86.9 4,800
1962 68.8 57.1 91.1 67.9 65.3 85.3 4,800
1963 67.5 55.5 90.0 66.3 63.4 85.3 4,800
1964 65.5 53.1 88.5 63.8 60.5 84.4 4,800
1965 63.9 51.0 87.3 59.5 55.8 82.5 4,800
1966 75.8 64.4 95.6 68.3 65.0 88.4 6,600
1967 73.6 61.5 94.2 66.7 63.2 87.5 6,600
1968 78.6 68.0 96.3 70.3 67.2 89.7 7,800
1969 75.5 62.8 96.0 68.3 65.0 89.1 7,800
1970 74.0 61.8 93.5 67.8 64.3 88.3 7,800
1971 71.7 59.1 91.7 66.7 63.3 86.2 7,800
1972 75.0 62.9 93.9 68.8 65.0 89.7 9,000
1973 79.7 68.9 96.2 71.1 67.4 91.0 10,800
1974 84.9 76.2 97.8 75.7 72.1 94.0 13,200
1975 84.9 76.4 97.5 77.8 74.4 93.9 14,100
1976 85.1 76.3 97.5 78.6 75.1 94.3 15,300
1977 85.2 76.3 97.5 79.3 75.8 94.1 16,500
1978 84.6 75.4 97.1 79.3 75.6 94.0 17,700
1979 90.0 83.6 98.6 84.3 81.3 95.9 22,900
1980 91.2 85.5 98.8 86.9 84.2 96.6 25,900
1981 92.4 87.4 99.0 89.4 87.1 97.2 29,700
1982 92.9 88.3 98.9 91.0 88.8 97.7 32,400
1983 93.7 89.6 99.0 92.0 90.0 97.7 35,700
1984 93.6 89.4 98.9 91.8 89.7 97.6 37,800
1985 93.5 89.3 98.8 92.0 89.8 97.5 39,600
1986 93.8 89.7 98.7 92.3 90.2 97.5 42,000
1987 93.9 89.9 98.6 92.5 90.4 97.5 43,800
1988 93.5 89.4 98.3 91.7 89.4 97.1 45,000
1989 93.8 90.1 98.3 92.4 90.1 97.3 48,000
1990 94.3 90.9 98.4 93.3 91.3 97.7 51,300
1991 94.4 91.1 98.3 93.6 91.6 97.7 53,400
1992 94.3 91.0 98.1 93.6 91.7 97.6 55,500
1993 94.4 91.3 98.1 93.7 91.9 97.4 57,600
1994 94.6 91.4 98.1 93.9 92.0 97.5 60,600
1995 94.2 91.0 97.9 93.9 92.0 97.5 61,200
1996 93.9 90.6 97.7 93.9 92.0 97.4 62,700
1997 93.8 90.5 97.6 93.8 91.9 97.3 65,400
1998 93.7 90.3 97.5 94.0 92.2 97.3 68,400
1999 93.9 90.7 97.5 94.2 92.3 97.4 72,600
2000 93.8 90.6 97.4 92.5 90.1 96.6 76,200
2001 94.1 91.0 97.5 93.0 90.8 96.8 80,400
2002 94.6 91.8 97.7 94.9 93.2 97.7 84,900
2003 94.5 91.8 97.5 95.0 93.4 97.6 87,000
2004 94.1 91.2 97.3 94.8 93.1 97.5 87,900
2005 93.9 91.0 97.1 94.7 93.0 97.4 90,000
2006 94.0 91.1 97.1 95.0 93.2 97.7 94,200
2007 93.9 91.0 97.0 95.2 93.5 97.8 97,500
2008 94.0 91.2 97.0 95.5 93.8 98.0 102,000
2009 94.5 92.0 97.3 96.0 94.4 98.3 106,800
2010 94.3 91.7 97.1 96.0 94.3 98.2 106,800
2011 93.8 91.1 96.8 95.8 94.0 98.1 106,800
2012 93.9 91.2 96.8 95.6 93.8 98.0 110,100
2013 94.0 91.4 96.8 95.6 93.8 98.0 113,700
2014 94.0 91.4 96.8 95.9 94.1 98.1 117,000
2015 93.8 91.1 96.6 96.1 94.4 98.1 118,500
2016 93.5 90.9 96.4 96.0 94.4 98.1 118,500
2017 94.1 91.7 96.7 96.3 94.8 98.2 127,200
2018 93.8 91.3 96.5 96.3 94.9 98.1 128,400
2019 b 93.8 91.4 96.4 96.4 95.0 98.1 132,900
2020 b 93.8 91.5 96.3 96.4 95.0 98.1 137,700
2021 b 93.5 91.2 96.0 96.3 95.0 97.9 142,800
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Earnings File, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: Percentages are subject to revision.
OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; . . . = not applicable.
a. From 1937 to 1950, relates to wage and salary workers. Beginning in 1951, includes self-employed workers.
b. Preliminary data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 4.B5 Number of workers with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, by sex and age, selected years 1937–2021 (in thousands)
Year Total, all ages Under 20 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–61 62–64 65–69 70–71 72 or older
  All workers
1937 32,900 3,277 6,302 5,480 4,413 3,688 3,055 2,580 1,918 1,308 384 398 a 97 . . . . . .
1940 35,390 2,963 6,481 5,794 4,904 3,930 3,342 2,706 2,147 1,488 437 494 451 106 152
1945 46,390 6,313 5,908 5,571 5,495 5,288 4,623 4,061 3,275 2,577 831 926 975 214 333
1950 48,280 4,469 7,057 6,732 5,991 5,609 5,016 4,076 3,375 2,597 811 1,052 979 210 306
1955 65,200 5,410 7,065 7,499 7,801 7,458 7,222 6,507 5,299 4,261 1,423 1,893 2,091 537 734
1960 72,530 6,328 8,749 7,461 7,812 8,301 7,938 7,432 6,448 4,996 1,643 2,102 1,989 419 912
1965 80,680 8,556 11,066 8,261 7,488 8,120 8,550 7,936 7,163 5,931 1,943 2,272 2,027 424 943
1970 93,090 10,790 14,945 10,587 8,492 8,028 8,539 8,647 7,700 6,594 2,236 2,692 2,362 475 1,003
1975 100,200 11,939 16,419 13,852 10,304 8,644 7,997 8,157 7,896 6,626 2,289 2,543 2,139 444 951
1980 113,000 12,372 18,403 16,464 14,184 10,982 9,003 7,961 7,768 7,076 2,326 2,632 2,292 491 1,046
1985 119,800 10,685 17,727 18,012 16,193 14,276 10,961 8,713 7,435 6,870 2,410 2,726 2,206 489 1,097
1990 133,600 10,907 16,760 18,701 18,696 17,008 14,984 11,119 8,533 6,928 2,454 2,854 2,687 605 1,362
1995 141,000 10,832 15,465 17,078 18,692 18,760 16,918 14,622 10,510 7,667 2,440 2,777 2,836 699 1,704
1996 143,400 11,156 15,251 17,184 18,389 19,026 17,481 15,108 11,205 7,942 2,520 2,804 2,863 698 1,772
1997 146,145 11,402 15,486 17,156 18,033 19,279 17,964 15,369 12,023 8,453 2,569 2,902 2,913 731 1,865
1998 148,786 11,904 15,712 17,010 17,694 19,366 18,393 15,763 12,662 8,947 2,687 2,991 2,970 753 1,932
1999 151,333 12,241 16,106 16,754 17,517 19,407 18,769 16,318 13,297 9,332 2,759 3,087 3,013 771 1,962
2000 154,732 12,413 16,703 16,438 17,715 19,245 19,199 16,990 14,156 9,681 2,876 3,243 3,159 829 2,083
2001 155,416 11,753 16,981 16,081 17,688 18,783 19,336 17,449 14,571 10,288 2,989 3,331 3,230 828 2,107
2002 154,893 11,045 17,015 15,952 17,346 18,108 19,213 17,698 14,625 10,936 3,266 3,425 3,301 813 2,150
2003 154,576 10,483 17,018 15,904 16,940 17,527 19,069 17,879 14,831 11,387 3,506 3,554 3,425 825 2,226
2004 156,405 10,558 17,201 16,216 16,613 17,283 18,974 18,153 15,333 11,987 3,490 3,883 3,584 851 2,280
2005 158,511 10,850 17,359 16,654 16,179 17,312 18,694 18,414 15,845 12,591 3,416 4,181 3,754 904 2,357
2006 161,052 11,130 17,545 17,138 15,923 17,395 18,339 18,623 16,376 13,038 3,798 4,373 3,962 958 2,453
2007 162,928 11,107 17,636 17,481 16,019 17,288 17,934 18,707 16,788 13,278 4,462 4,416 4,276 967 2,568
2008 162,532 10,302 17,535 17,586 16,063 16,964 17,436 18,612 17,045 13,534 4,639 4,650 4,501 1,022 2,642
2009 157,940 8,654 16,820 17,087 15,854 16,209 16,777 18,111 16,884 13,748 4,446 5,116 4,549 1,037 2,646
2010 157,329 8,109 17,000 17,032 16,078 15,631 16,610 17,672 16,922 14,039 4,422 5,461 4,628 1,035 2,689
2011 158,674 7,939 17,387 17,154 16,449 15,350 16,684 17,265 17,073 14,414 4,568 5,581 4,954 1,080 2,776
2012 160,775 8,073 17,717 17,414 16,836 15,424 16,612 16,898 17,180 14,792 4,822 5,548 5,387 1,186 2,886
2013 163,236 8,358 18,109 17,866 17,204 15,639 16,460 16,589 17,225 15,140 4,974 5,745 5,655 1,298 2,972
2014 165,429 8,602 18,347 18,399 17,512 16,004 16,227 16,465 17,213 15,352 5,134 6,012 5,909 1,257 2,996
2015 168,186 9,096 18,401 19,015 17,803 16,540 15,899 16,603 17,066 15,639 5,310 6,238 6,210 1,232 3,133
2016 170,738 9,456 18,405 19,517 18,100 17,064 15,700 16,750 16,815 15,888 5,447 6,541 6,434 1,365 3,256
2017 172,744 9,709 18,343 19,804 18,352 17,483 15,818 16,694 16,518 16,034 5,593 6,767 6,637 1,627 3,366
2018 175,065 9,944 18,417 19,982 18,743 17,860 16,090 16,584 16,302 16,152 5,729 7,014 6,935 1,705 3,607
2019 b 176,970 10,086 18,442 20,010 19,201 18,143 16,455 16,384 16,197 16,214 5,770 7,229 7,286 1,660 3,892
2020 b 174,938 9,518 18,017 19,477 19,344 18,005 16,650 15,813 16,083 15,846 5,800 7,279 7,435 1,660 4,013
2021 b 176,577 10,870 18,466 19,342 19,636 18,050 16,981 15,477 16,097 15,479 5,795 7,273 7,471 1,679 3,960
  Men
1937 23,810 2,020 4,021 3,797 3,237 3,775 2,387 2,091 1,606 1,110 330 351 a 85 . . . . . .
1940 25,570 1,821 4,072 4,028 3,545 2,922 2,550 2,151 1,770 1,265 373 434 403 96 140
1945 28,820 3,343 2,296 3,054 3,502 3,486 3,150 2,840 2,409 1,984 664 765 838 189 300
1950 32,620 2,530 4,215 4,497 4,135 3,889 3,419 2,827 2,417 1,951 635 843 815 181 266
1955 43,140 3,026 3,980 5,019 5,345 5,035 4,846 4,327 3,595 2,995 1,012 1,387 1,566 414 593
1960 47,900 3,748 5,455 5,148 5,464 5,591 5,188 4,818 4,183 3,336 1,125 1,480 1,392 293 697
1965 51,990 5,206 6,731 5,574 5,153 5,416 5,464 5,002 4,536 3,803 1,274 1,519 1,359 280 673
1970 57,330 6,308 8,639 6,760 5,564 5,126 5,287 5,242 4,671 4,084 1,392 1,730 1,522 321 684
1975 59,520 6,635 9,122 8,245 6,440 5,311 4,831 4,891 4,729 4,023 1,418 1,595 1,352 285 643
1980 64,288 6,620 9,971 9,278 8,206 6,372 5,178 4,590 4,516 4,152 1,391 1,597 1,411 309 697
1985 66,114 5,547 9,432 9,870 9,066 7,920 6,050 4,838 4,186 3,932 1,408 1,593 1,297 289 686
1990 72,292 5,690 8,835 10,131 10,251 9,216 7,977 5,976 4,651 3,857 1,381 1,619 1,526 358 823
1995 75,443 5,590 8,069 9,097 10,146 10,106 8,966 7,663 5,620 4,193 1,374 1,547 1,614 405 1,053
1996 76,241 5,672 7,876 9,074 9,935 10,198 9,240 7,873 5,963 4,307 1,416 1,569 1,629 403 1,086
1997 77,498 5,823 7,943 9,017 9,697 10,280 9,498 7,997 6,376 4,578 1,423 1,641 1,650 433 1,141
1998 78,671 6,068 8,029 8,895 9,472 10,345 9,684 8,196 6,673 4,835 1,476 1,690 1,688 444 1,177
1999 80,042 6,251 8,238 8,774 9,415 10,376 9,880 8,480 6,977 5,028 1,520 1,734 1,713 454 1,200
2000 81,654 6,323 8,544 8,573 9,492 10,285 10,102 8,838 7,365 5,184 1,588 1,796 1,805 488 1,271
2001 82,006 5,944 8,689 8,422 9,460 10,063 10,191 9,106 7,566 5,488 1,630 1,847 1,848 477 1,275
2002 81,568 5,562 8,691 8,297 9,282 9,713 10,113 9,241 7,575 5,799 1,768 1,884 1,883 461 1,299
2003 81,263 5,233 8,691 8,264 9,028 9,435 10,060 9,296 7,670 5,991 1,896 1,945 1,939 482 1,334
2004 82,103 5,233 8,798 8,418 8,834 9,279 10,025 9,441 7,932 6,268 1,880 2,106 2,025 495 1,369
2005 83,073 5,374 8,849 8,649 8,572 9,275 9,859 9,580 8,213 6,553 1,820 2,266 2,113 530 1,420
2006 84,284 5,534 8,928 8,890 8,418 9,262 9,666 9,676 8,493 6,766 2,011 2,368 2,222 565 1,484
2007 85,134 5,512 8,976 9,059 8,424 9,208 9,446 9,702 8,697 6,868 2,348 2,381 2,390 568 1,554
2008 84,794 5,101 8,909 9,116 8,427 8,986 9,195 9,657 8,784 6,995 2,439 2,476 2,509 594 1,605
2009 81,903 4,221 8,475 8,805 8,275 8,539 8,796 9,359 8,663 7,064 2,311 2,692 2,506 596 1,602
2010 81,542 3,973 8,588 8,748 8,399 8,214 8,722 9,131 8,676 7,215 2,266 2,865 2,531 592 1,622
2011 82,377 3,892 8,825 8,813 8,620 8,069 8,746 8,957 8,778 7,423 2,342 2,914 2,697 618 1,680
2012 83,567 3,966 9,006 8,964 8,825 8,089 8,714 8,805 8,828 7,632 2,499 2,882 2,941 669 1,747
2013 84,908 4,123 9,213 9,210 9,029 8,209 8,609 8,662 8,880 7,789 2,597 2,975 3,059 745 1,809
2014 85,999 4,231 9,329 9,490 9,213 8,376 8,475 8,588 8,896 7,913 2,678 3,134 3,174 714 1,788
2015 87,337 4,473 9,360 9,786 9,327 8,663 8,274 8,655 8,822 8,056 2,768 3,279 3,325 690 1,861
2016 88,522 4,643 9,360 10,032 9,443 8,919 8,155 8,686 8,699 8,191 2,831 3,442 3,427 761 1,933
2017 89,470 4,779 9,326 10,169 9,550 9,131 8,177 8,656 8,565 8,246 2,894 3,555 3,537 901 1,984
2018 90,498 4,892 9,353 10,256 9,736 9,304 8,292 8,551 8,441 8,327 2,949 3,663 3,697 930 2,107
2019 b 91,313 4,945 9,367 10,265 9,943 9,444 8,462 8,420 8,347 8,359 2,962 3,761 3,880 902 2,257
2020 b 90,094 4,644 9,148 9,984 9,992 9,334 8,570 8,080 8,268 8,161 2,998 3,745 3,954 898 2,316
2021 b 90,729 5,273 9,355 9,914 10,139 9,326 8,717 7,877 8,217 7,953 3,003 3,754 3,980 914 2,308
  Women
1937 9,090 1,257 2,281 1,683 1,176 913 668 489 312 198 54 47 a 12 . . . . . .
1940 9,820 1,142 2,409 1,766 1,359 1,008 792 555 377 218 64 60 48 10 12
1945 17,570 2,970 3,612 2,517 1,993 1,802 1,473 1,221 866 593 167 161 137 25 33
1950 15,660 1,939 2,842 2,235 1,856 1,720 1,597 1,249 958 646 176 209 164 29 40
1955 22,060 2,384 3,085 2,480 2,456 2,423 2,376 2,180 1,704 1,266 411 506 525 123 141
1960 24,630 2,580 3,294 2,313 2,348 2,710 2,750 2,614 2,265 1,660 518 622 597 126 233
1965 28,690 3,350 4,335 2,687 2,335 2,704 3,086 2,934 2,627 2,128 669 753 668 144 270
1970 35,760 4,482 6,306 3,827 2,928 2,902 3,252 3,405 3,029 2,510 844 962 840 154 319
1975 40,680 5,304 7,297 5,607 3,864 3,333 3,166 3,266 3,167 2,603 871 948 787 159 308
1980 48,712 5,752 8,432 7,186 5,978 4,610 3,825 3,371 3,252 2,924 935 1,035 881 182 349
1985 53,686 5,138 8,295 8,142 7,127 6,356 4,911 3,875 3,249 2,938 1,002 1,233 909 200 411
1990 61,309 5,217 7,925 8,570 8,445 7,792 7,007 5,143 3,882 3,071 1,073 1,235 1,161 247 540
1995 65,557 5,241 7,396 7,981 8,546 8,654 7,951 6,959 4,891 3,474 1,066 1,230 1,222 295 651
1996 67,158 5,483 7,375 8,110 8,454 8,829 8,241 7,236 5,242 3,634 1,104 1,235 1,234 295 685
1997 68,647 5,579 7,543 8,139 8,336 8,998 8,466 7,372 5,648 3,875 1,146 1,261 1,264 298 724
1998 70,115 5,837 7,683 8,115 8,222 9,021 8,709 7,567 5,989 4,113 1,212 1,302 1,283 308 755
1999 71,291 5,990 7,868 7,980 8,102 9,031 8,889 7,838 6,321 4,304 1,239 1,353 1,299 317 762
2000 73,078 6,089 8,159 7,865 8,224 8,960 9,097 8,152 6,791 4,497 1,288 1,448 1,355 341 812
2001 73,410 5,809 8,293 7,658 8,228 8,721 9,144 8,344 7,005 4,800 1,358 1,484 1,383 351 833
2002 73,325 5,483 8,324 7,655 8,065 8,395 9,101 8,457 7,050 5,137 1,498 1,541 1,418 351 851
2003 73,313 5,250 8,327 7,640 7,912 8,093 9,010 8,583 7,161 5,396 1,610 1,609 1,487 343 892
2004 74,302 5,324 8,403 7,798 7,779 8,004 8,949 8,712 7,401 5,719 1,610 1,777 1,558 356 911
2005 75,438 5,475 8,511 8,005 7,607 8,038 8,835 8,834 7,633 6,038 1,595 1,914 1,641 374 937
2006 76,768 5,596 8,617 8,248 7,505 8,134 8,673 8,946 7,883 6,272 1,788 2,006 1,740 393 969
2007 77,794 5,595 8,660 8,422 7,594 8,080 8,488 9,005 8,091 6,410 2,114 2,036 1,886 399 1,015
2008 77,738 5,201 8,626 8,469 7,636 7,978 8,241 8,955 8,261 6,539 2,200 2,174 1,992 428 1,038
2009 76,037 4,434 8,345 8,282 7,580 7,671 7,981 8,752 8,221 6,685 2,135 2,424 2,044 442 1,044
2010 75,787 4,136 8,413 8,284 7,680 7,417 7,888 8,541 8,246 6,824 2,156 2,596 2,097 443 1,067
2011 76,297 4,047 8,562 8,341 7,830 7,280 7,938 8,308 8,295 6,991 2,226 2,666 2,256 462 1,095
2012 77,208 4,107 8,711 8,450 8,011 7,335 7,898 8,093 8,352 7,160 2,323 2,666 2,446 517 1,138
2013 78,328 4,235 8,896 8,656 8,176 7,431 7,851 7,927 8,344 7,351 2,378 2,770 2,596 554 1,163
2014 79,430 4,371 9,018 8,910 8,300 7,628 7,752 7,877 8,317 7,438 2,455 2,878 2,735 543 1,209
2015 80,849 4,623 9,041 9,230 8,476 7,877 7,625 7,948 8,244 7,583 2,542 2,960 2,885 543 1,272
2016 82,216 4,812 9,045 9,486 8,657 8,145 7,545 8,064 8,115 7,697 2,616 3,098 3,007 605 1,323
2017 83,274 4,929 9,018 9,635 8,801 8,352 7,641 8,038 7,954 7,787 2,700 3,212 3,100 726 1,382
2018 84,567 5,052 9,064 9,727 9,007 8,556 7,798 8,033 7,861 7,825 2,781 3,351 3,238 775 1,500
2019 b 85,657 5,141 9,075 9,745 9,258 8,699 7,993 7,964 7,850 7,855 2,808 3,468 3,407 758 1,635
2020 b 84,844 4,874 8,869 9,493 9,351 8,671 8,079 7,732 7,815 7,685 2,802 3,534 3,481 761 1,697
2021 b 85,848 5,597 9,111 9,429 9,497 8,724 8,264 7,600 7,880 7,527 2,793 3,520 3,491 764 1,652
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Earnings File, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: Age refers to age attained during year.
Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; . . . = not applicable.
a. Represents workers attaining age 65 during the year. Workers aged 65 or older were not covered under the program in that year.
b. Preliminary data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 4.B6 Median earnings of workers with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, by sex and age, selected years 1937–2021 (in dollars)
Year Total, all ages Under 20 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–61 62–64 65–69 70–71 72 or older
  All workers
1937 761 170 570 829 998 1,061 1,126 1,121 1,177 1,020 1,010 927 a 512 . . . . . .
1940 746 140 498 764 934 1,041 1,064 1,110 1,071 1,018 978 963 874 924 788
1945 1,159 288 669 818 1,383 1,617 1,842 2,026 1,874 1,821 1,782 1,739 1,482 1,341 1,307
1950 1,926 385 1,376 1,971 2,312 2,456 2,473 2,517 2,442 2,394 2,492 2,252 1,973 1,916 1,589
1955 2,438 443 1,601 2,689 3,173 3,233 3,196 3,068 2,966 2,728 2,525 2,427 1,736 1,279 1,149
1960 2,894 561 1,917 3,138 3,738 3,903 3,891 3,785 3,643 3,452 3,166 3,052 1,590 1,140 1,252
1965 3,414 613 2,326 3,919 4,540 4,747 4,756 4,665 4,526 4,304 4,087 3,767 1,791 1,171 1,326
1970 4,375 810 2,988 5,334 6,156 6,339 6,357 6,292 6,105 5,831 5,473 5,047 2,099 1,578 1,683
1975 5,803 1,070 4,187 6,795 8,249 8,629 8,725 8,810 8,748 8,299 7,779 6,620 2,524 2,105 2,137
1980 8,549 1,646 6,205 9,593 11,510 12,540 12,690 12,784 12,794 12,309 11,606 9,651 4,451 3,306 3,140
1985 11,265 1,647 7,136 12,453 14,886 16,458 16,984 16,849 16,528 15,831 14,724 11,907 5,974 4,330 3,729
1990 13,898 1,937 8,054 14,687 17,482 19,296 20,664 20,958 20,157 18,584 17,163 13,021 6,812 5,375 4,536
1995 16,108 2,076 8,392 16,134 19,654 21,629 23,468 24,690 24,090 21,320 19,136 12,961 7,551 5,816 4,681
1996 16,712 2,140 8,562 16,664 20,327 22,311 24,116 25,317 25,176 22,083 19,718 13,408 7,692 6,217 4,861
1997 17,562 2,310 9,074 17,596 21,261 23,279 24,979 26,264 26,415 23,398 20,514 14,284 8,056 6,387 5,033
1998 18,513 2,515 9,763 18,666 22,453 24,345 25,971 27,390 27,609 24,688 21,372 15,229 8,431 6,747 5,302
1999 19,265 2,610 10,163 19,563 23,469 25,173 26,788 28,315 28,643 25,577 22,151 15,902 8,935 6,780 5,271
2000 20,225 2,716 10,721 20,597 24,817 26,385 27,814 29,403 29,529 26,698 22,884 16,499 9,465 7,295 5,376
2001 20,905 2,718 10,703 20,981 25,601 27,228 28,544 30,128 30,414 27,685 23,679 17,736 10,556 7,861 5,743
2002 21,193 2,677 10,353 20,945 25,904 27,724 28,992 30,338 30,998 28,380 24,470 18,563 11,158 8,192 5,911
2003 21,610 2,633 10,320 21,044 26,464 28,331 29,484 30,910 31,562 29,126 25,452 19,302 11,875 8,698 5,965
2004 22,335 2,715 10,689 21,496 27,312 29,513 30,533 31,931 32,730 30,376 26,463 20,740 12,585 9,173 6,313
2005 22,985 2,758 11,009 22,031 27,926 30,521 31,377 32,639 33,682 31,463 27,702 21,935 13,321 9,638 6,630
2006 23,857 2,824 11,447 22,867 28,837 31,762 32,718 33,807 34,812 32,763 29,165 23,320 14,012 10,174 6,957
2007 24,595 2,914 11,671 23,512 29,720 32,771 33,745 34,906 35,714 34,049 30,294 24,668 14,727 10,927 7,234
2008 25,206 2,944 11,546 23,957 30,253 33,538 34,472 35,566 36,314 34,937 31,321 26,081 15,455 11,493 7,482
2009 24,807 2,775 10,562 22,963 29,422 32,957 34,111 34,822 35,688 34,461 31,303 26,347 15,980 11,284 7,527
2010 24,921 2,713 10,407 22,530 29,406 33,194 34,853 35,349 36,000 35,013 31,938 26,988 16,404 11,461 7,649
2011 25,506 2,782 10,639 22,755 29,953 33,767 35,827 36,359 36,843 36,106 33,435 28,445 17,868 12,401 8,000
2012 26,097 2,839 11,004 23,200 30,439 34,712 36,749 37,217 37,696 36,999 34,714 29,838 19,493 13,058 8,493
2013 26,603 2,931 11,298 23,635 31,022 35,386 37,607 38,196 38,592 37,692 35,762 30,946 20,246 13,484 8,777
2014 27,422 3,048 11,955 24,303 31,898 36,320 38,698 39,451 39,568 38,899 36,704 32,187 21,209 14,571 10,004
2015 28,468 3,273 12,740 25,460 33,125 37,467 39,944 41,040 40,932 40,000 37,890 34,063 22,165 15,147 10,419
2016 29,120 3,411 13,382 26,250 33,770 38,099 40,583 42,087 41,626 40,608 38,822 34,748 22,958 15,334 10,609
2017 30,055 3,547 13,987 27,348 34,980 39,225 41,952 43,402 42,848 41,812 39,700 35,827 24,125 16,161 11,211
2018 31,322 3,702 14,908 28,769 36,401 40,855 43,481 45,053 44,481 43,125 40,281 37,133 25,263 16,814 11,467
2019 b 32,660 3,914 15,776 30,298 37,787 42,443 44,981 46,647 46,200 44,360 41,547 38,265 26,722 17,351 12,048
2020 b 32,848 4,463 14,920 29,957 37,932 43,017 45,762 47,275 47,227 45,096 42,336 38,466 26,600 16,426 10,932
2021 b 35,895 4,946 17,719 33,435 41,168 46,625 49,505 50,985 51,390 48,617 46,254 41,820 30,720 20,204 13,390
  Men
1937 945 174 647 1,117 1,202 1,286 1,338 1,308 1,232 1,137 1,131 1,008 a 563 . . . . . .
1940 935 147 550 928 1,143 1,289 1,306 1,320 1,238 1,153 1,088 1,058 950 917 899
1945 1,654 271 422 813 1,983 2,245 2,405 2,364 2,319 2,170 2,106 2,000 1,666 1,462 1,390
1950 2,532 402 1,566 2,465 2,918 3,102 3,131 3,156 3,018 2,959 2,812 2,618 2,317 2,049 1,707
1955 3,315 468 1,871 3,450 4,079 4,201 4,159 4,005 3,818 3,512 3,201 3,044 2,164 1,498 1,292
1960 3,879 615 2,116 3,942 4,831 5,175 5,167 4,954 4,702 4,416 3,982 3,812 2,112 1,207 1,340
1965 4,685 710 2,609 4,957 6,055 6,481 6,519 6,369 5,921 5,581 4,993 4,784 2,628 1,246 1,443
1970 6,180 930 3,281 6,827 8,131 8,528 8,686 8,735 8,370 7,675 7,051 6,456 2,927 1,662 1,863
1975 8,250 1,246 4,870 8,464 11,170 12,131 12,533 12,605 12,270 11,290 10,398 8,700 2,895 2,276 2,371
1980 11,963 1,857 7,007 11,880 15,491 17,982 18,720 18,896 18,391 17,585 15,939 13,201 4,902 3,658 3,529
1985 14,959 1,771 8,185 14,465 18,642 22,021 24,433 24,385 23,841 22,117 19,953 16,532 6,760 4,977 4,351
1990 17,582 2,058 8,945 16,412 21,211 24,424 27,608 29,074 28,027 25,509 23,243 17,408 7,714 6,153 5,129
1995 19,907 2,164 9,618 17,810 23,200 26,912 29,732 32,334 32,505 28,260 24,673 17,090 8,133 6,430 4,977
1996 20,779 2,234 9,900 18,538 24,024 27,769 30,658 32,850 33,648 29,426 25,177 17,632 8,441 6,715 5,295
1997 21,814 2,379 10,356 19,748 25,231 28,874 31,790 33,738 34,890 31,018 26,229 18,159 8,832 7,097 5,300
1998 23,028 2,600 11,135 21,040 26,645 30,154 32,996 34,823 36,125 32,577 27,588 19,750 9,286 7,429 5,638
1999 23,927 2,718 11,616 22,200 27,805 31,113 33,946 35,717 36,924 33,428 28,382 20,172 9,873 7,323 5,594
2000 25,032 2,804 12,191 23,403 29,404 32,354 35,218 36,932 37,917 34,717 28,850 21,076 10,487 7,903 5,791
2001 25,643 2,788 12,002 23,500 30,130 33,117 35,801 37,426 38,348 35,287 29,886 21,976 12,010 8,566 6,229
2002 25,765 2,748 11,560 23,238 30,420 33,658 35,994 37,574 38,285 35,806 30,715 22,844 12,611 8,834 6,418
2003 26,173 2,726 11,391 23,365 30,891 34,302 36,542 38,150 38,699 36,390 31,540 23,854 13,402 9,470 6,338
2004 27,061 2,801 11,872 23,833 31,977 35,756 37,890 39,584 40,120 37,840 32,960 25,872 14,479 9,927 6,665
2005 27,886 2,832 12,297 24,508 32,630 36,928 39,016 40,529 41,153 38,932 34,468 27,355 15,343 10,531 7,040
2006 28,918 2,897 12,852 25,416 33,717 38,501 40,497 41,888 42,504 40,299 36,118 29,359 16,374 11,427 7,367
2007 29,741 2,992 13,051 26,038 34,420 39,652 41,702 43,212 43,639 41,579 37,300 30,452 17,491 12,260 7,739
2008 30,245 3,020 12,774 26,284 34,958 40,234 42,410 44,118 44,316 42,343 38,300 31,800 18,290 12,548 7,892
2009 29,311 2,768 11,363 24,908 33,483 39,262 41,266 42,604 43,090 41,221 37,146 31,877 18,525 12,300 7,632
2010 29,533 2,750 11,207 24,621 33,672 39,573 42,177 43,219 43,846 41,802 38,141 32,424 19,195 12,711 7,860
2011 30,352 2,886 11,542 25,105 34,306 40,317 43,674 44,510 45,132 43,417 39,924 34,570 21,200 13,731 8,342
2012 31,180 2,935 11,978 25,646 34,860 41,195 44,838 45,570 46,383 44,739 41,304 35,909 23,362 14,902 8,976
2013 31,745 2,995 12,427 26,070 35,524 41,907 45,677 46,807 47,522 45,731 42,997 37,056 24,339 15,498 9,281
2014 32,826 3,143 13,200 26,966 36,545 43,040 47,230 48,371 48,645 47,350 44,113 38,923 25,891 17,144 10,999
2015 33,914 3,383 13,988 28,127 37,757 44,087 48,497 50,235 49,931 48,712 45,371 41,062 27,040 17,917 11,672
2016 34,499 3,520 14,624 28,781 38,388 44,643 48,768 51,275 50,381 49,295 46,519 41,655 28,100 18,357 11,733
2017 35,596 3,668 15,409 30,000 39,932 45,950 50,399 52,676 52,000 50,750 47,733 43,091 29,126 19,047 12,405
2018 37,144 3,832 16,636 31,502 41,511 48,047 52,354 54,697 54,052 52,508 48,827 44,521 30,617 20,101 12,727
2019 b 38,536 4,057 17,600 33,028 42,896 49,692 53,755 56,309 55,801 53,890 50,671 45,991 32,435 20,496 13,500
2020 b 38,714 4,760 16,924 32,941 42,978 50,178 54,311 56,592 56,819 54,103 51,245 46,050 32,737 19,561 12,379
2021 b 41,895 5,037 19,950 36,378 46,190 53,908 58,282 60,754 61,539 57,990 55,284 50,000 36,883 24,000 15,041
  Women
1937 484 163 477 602 621 609 604 589 576 563 585 582 a 366 . . . . . .
1940 472 127 432 530 590 599 596 590 580 562 499 577 607 999 424
1945 770 307 811 821 871 971 1,026 1,018 987 955 946 899 832 766 928
1950 1,124 362 1,153 1,158 1,196 1,297 1,421 1,456 1,410 1,416 1,370 1,349 1,176 1,399 1,232
1955 1,351 408 1,312 1,406 1,430 1,586 1,706 1,775 1,768 1,622 1,542 1,445 1,057 949 802
1960 1,679 484 1,558 1,969 1,718 1,899 2,075 2,205 2,290 2,221 2,040 1,783 1,142 1,007 1,036
1965 1,984 539 1,852 2,067 2,069 2,243 2,478 2,660 2,715 2,764 2,678 2,372 1,208 1,054 1,093
1970 2,735 675 2,538 3,151 2,953 3,210 3,498 3,721 3,790 3,747 3,729 3,236 1,674 1,344 1,375
1975 3,730 905 3,287 4,800 4,454 4,512 4,870 5,168 5,340 5,300 5,020 4,055 2,189 1,895 1,715
1980 6,012 1,451 5,083 7,496 7,649 7,495 7,761 7,893 8,079 7,966 7,756 6,044 3,589 2,853 2,569
1985 8,293 1,524 6,063 10,251 10,986 11,169 11,163 11,072 10,898 10,714 10,133 7,728 4,959 3,671 3,067
1990 10,837 1,816 7,104 12,677 13,642 14,339 15,031 14,920 14,373 13,088 12,194 9,133 5,888 4,387 3,830
1995 12,897 1,991 7,232 14,249 15,853 16,547 18,068 18,732 17,937 16,030 14,147 9,882 6,910 5,120 4,376
1996 13,335 2,051 7,383 14,637 16,387 17,009 18,532 19,496 18,834 16,728 14,670 10,358 6,971 5,605 4,372
1997 14,043 2,243 7,873 15,238 17,150 17,801 19,277 20,325 19,989 17,750 15,762 11,003 7,331 5,638 4,687
1998 14,834 2,435 8,529 16,128 18,133 18,625 20,046 21,484 21,088 18,656 16,606 11,646 7,619 5,968 4,871
1999 15,465 2,519 8,928 16,897 18,823 19,283 20,688 22,265 22,129 19,594 17,168 12,324 8,032 6,245 4,876
2000 16,287 2,638 9,454 17,774 19,893 20,387 21,536 23,202 23,074 20,664 17,993 12,876 8,472 6,459 4,947
2001 17,037 2,649 9,536 18,341 20,736 21,114 22,222 24,035 24,149 21,797 18,733 14,055 9,214 7,117 5,200
2002 17,461 2,613 9,333 18,533 21,203 21,678 22,775 24,401 25,082 22,842 19,582 15,028 9,779 7,552 5,343
2003 17,845 2,554 9,367 18,674 21,750 22,317 23,192 24,933 25,806 23,486 20,506 15,520 10,424 7,947 5,469
2004 18,421 2,637 9,676 19,088 22,375 23,165 23,993 25,670 26,643 24,644 21,393 16,639 10,974 8,211 5,908
2005 18,886 2,693 9,914 19,486 22,876 23,949 24,583 26,051 27,450 25,593 22,290 17,442 11,496 8,609 6,240
2006 19,598 2,761 10,263 20,271 23,695 24,976 25,710 26,833 28,438 26,742 23,793 18,730 12,074 8,954 6,444
2007 20,360 2,843 10,491 20,963 24,729 25,966 26,526 27,736 29,128 27,970 24,978 20,124 12,580 9,676 6,690
2008 21,046 2,874 10,477 21,551 25,464 26,829 27,305 28,538 29,833 29,154 25,870 21,618 13,212 10,253 7,084
2009 21,143 2,781 9,870 21,041 25,409 26,969 27,509 28,469 29,774 29,247 26,513 22,354 13,895 10,244 7,365
2010 21,136 2,681 9,730 20,526 25,310 27,249 28,037 28,643 29,844 29,654 27,091 23,112 14,315 10,400 7,415
2011 21,482 2,685 9,885 20,576 25,675 27,562 28,688 29,315 30,212 30,236 28,196 24,093 15,134 11,151 7,600
2012 21,900 2,755 10,119 20,834 26,069 28,462 29,342 29,952 30,696 30,830 29,118 25,350 16,305 11,447 7,902
2013 22,312 2,858 10,282 21,200 26,605 29,112 30,190 30,665 31,178 31,258 30,105 26,158 16,927 11,940 8,098
2014 22,856 2,957 10,895 21,788 27,198 29,719 30,985 31,649 31,941 32,100 30,602 26,943 17,452 12,161 8,826
2015 23,843 3,172 11,698 22,928 28,281 30,940 32,265 33,148 33,256 32,998 31,695 28,638 18,090 12,983 8,964
2016 24,546 3,319 12,309 23,780 29,056 31,753 33,135 34,030 33,984 33,381 32,708 29,130 18,809 13,000 9,348
2017 25,440 3,432 12,791 24,856 30,158 32,650 34,300 35,265 34,909 34,271 33,208 29,986 20,171 13,936 9,855
2018 26,503 3,583 13,533 26,165 31,351 33,878 35,491 36,674 36,192 35,245 33,374 30,979 20,776 14,257 10,035
2019 b 27,786 3,797 14,352 27,602 32,731 35,395 36,840 38,118 37,734 36,389 34,343 32,288 21,894 14,507 10,599
2020 b 27,785 4,219 13,236 27,021 32,889 36,029 37,966 38,879 38,800 37,241 35,106 31,895 21,154 13,858 9,200
2021 b 30,800 4,871 15,848 30,536 36,244 39,366 41,273 42,287 42,487 40,433 38,482 35,153 25,402 17,045 11,700
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Earnings File, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: The amount of median earnings includes estimates above the taxable maximum.
Age refers to age attained during year.
OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; . . . = not applicable.
a. Earnings of workers attaining age 65 during the year. Workers aged 65 or older not covered under program in that year.
b. Preliminary data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 4.B7 Number of wage and salary workers with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, by sex and amount of taxable earnings, 1992–2021 (in thousands)
Year Total Workers with earnings below the taxable maximum (by dollar amount of earnings) Workers with maximum earnings a
1–9,999 10,000–19,999 20,000–39,999 40,000–59,999 60,000–79,999 80,000–99,999 100,000–119,999 120,000–139,999 140,000–142,799 a
  All wage and salary workers
1992 126,000 46,372 29,812 33,253 9,506 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,057
1993 128,100 46,571 29,900 33,920 10,696 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,013
1994 130,100 46,267 29,903 34,712 12,019 274 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,921
1995 132,800 45,781 30,142 35,950 12,833 495 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,597
1996 135,100 45,333 29,832 37,047 13,758 1,050 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,077
1997 137,765 44,407 29,676 38,319 14,853 2,103 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,405
1998 140,386 43,260 29,360 39,681 16,070 3,265 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,747
1999 142,703 42,682 28,975 40,624 17,002 4,830 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,589
2000 146,097 42,214 28,443 41,690 18,386 6,433 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,933
2001 146,596 41,296 27,746 41,644 19,238 7,881 174 . . . . . . . . . 8,614
2002 145,793 40,873 26,910 41,102 19,515 8,286 1,263 . . . . . . . . . 7,840
2003 145,101 40,165 26,247 40,529 19,790 8,640 1,818 . . . . . . . . . 7,909
2004 146,662 39,515 25,914 40,494 20,591 9,338 2,210 . . . . . . . . . 8,597
2005 148,530 39,134 25,683 40,777 21,278 9,793 2,875 . . . . . . . . . 8,987
2006 150,787 38,672 25,237 40,953 22,163 10,551 4,120 . . . . . . . . . 9,090
2007 152,474 38,072 24,892 40,844 22,881 11,190 5,217 . . . . . . . . . 9,378
2008 152,225 37,171 24,415 40,203 23,074 11,626 6,027 531 . . . . . . 9,175
2009 147,375 36,578 23,767 38,312 22,050 11,232 5,927 1,425 . . . . . . 8,081
2010 146,734 36,162 23,815 37,554 21,925 11,369 6,010 1,437 . . . . . . 8,459
2011 147,734 35,210 23,987 37,612 22,173 11,695 6,287 1,519 . . . . . . 9,248
2012 149,790 34,928 24,019 37,943 22,706 12,077 6,627 2,248 . . . . . . 9,239
2013 152,244 34,916 24,130 38,382 23,270 12,472 6,891 2,996 . . . . . . 9,184
2014 154,301 34,160 24,164 38,695 23,861 13,021 7,258 3,797 . . . . . . 9,345
2015 157,041 33,419 24,098 39,182 24,647 13,700 7,704 4,363 . . . . . . 9,928
2016 159,539 33,148 23,843 40,103 25,426 14,128 7,968 4,502 . . . . . . 10,421
2017 161,452 32,558 23,394 40,218 26,142 14,809 8,380 4,948 1,390 . . . 9,613
2018 163,589 31,639 22,763 40,525 26,915 15,576 8,875 5,314 1,726 . . . 10,256
2019 b 165,323 30,639 22,018 40,589 27,680 16,336 9,407 5,637 2,629 . . . 10,388
2020 b 163,806 32,997 21,202 37,148 26,851 16,313 9,618 5,840 3,510 . . . 10,327
2021 b 164,616 29,676 19,627 37,198 28,242 17,515 10,433 6,393 4,108 567 10,857
  Men
1992 66,543 20,640 13,773 19,197 6,977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,955
1993 67,673 20,834 13,875 19,344 7,751 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,869
1994 68,481 20,444 13,836 19,571 8,615 219 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,794
1995 69,901 20,223 13,865 20,101 9,031 385 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,292
1996 70,670 19,771 13,491 20,458 9,510 797 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,641
1997 71,910 19,352 13,199 20,821 10,094 1,579 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,862
1998 73,111 18,800 12,868 21,243 10,719 2,403 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,074
1999 74,376 18,635 12,595 21,507 11,167 3,537 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,936
2000 76,033 18,468 12,241 21,713 11,804 4,644 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,163
2001 76,303 18,298 11,985 21,392 12,077 5,552 133 . . . . . . . . . 6,862
2002 75,711 18,291 11,693 20,870 11,990 5,713 934 . . . . . . . . . 6,217
2003 75,200 17,972 11,396 20,468 11,993 5,853 1,305 . . . . . . . . . 6,210
2004 75,910 17,632 11,236 20,235 12,327 6,247 1,559 . . . . . . . . . 6,670
2005 76,758 17,385 11,032 20,282 12,651 6,455 2,023 . . . . . . . . . 6,926
2006 77,820 17,205 10,773 20,154 12,985 6,872 2,856 . . . . . . . . . 6,976
2007 78,612 17,025 10,663 19,848 13,190 7,145 3,600 . . . . . . . . . 7,139
2008 78,444 16,860 10,428 19,425 13,039 7,296 4,060 374 . . . . . . 6,960
2009 75,522 16,965 10,251 18,274 12,191 6,871 3,896 983 . . . . . . 6,087
2010 75,164 16,740 10,240 17,903 12,089 6,934 3,949 988 . . . . . . 6,318
2011 75,914 16,204 10,355 17,971 12,247 7,095 4,116 1,045 . . . . . . 6,879
2012 77,090 15,999 10,350 18,175 12,530 7,304 4,308 1,552 . . . . . . 6,870
2013 78,446 15,968 10,404 18,391 12,849 7,505 4,460 2,047 . . . . . . 6,821
2014 79,440 15,473 10,335 18,490 13,145 7,828 4,671 2,588 . . . . . . 6,910
2015 80,798 15,173 10,278 18,631 13,500 8,154 4,870 2,916 . . . . . . 7,276
2016 81,959 15,097 10,181 18,966 13,845 8,328 5,000 2,973 . . . . . . 7,569
2017 82,857 14,812 9,947 18,843 14,153 8,694 5,228 3,250 940 . . . 6,990
2018 83,795 14,320 9,584 18,753 14,466 9,132 5,510 3,457 1,166 . . . 7,407
2019 b 84,562 13,862 9,274 18,592 14,747 9,495 5,771 3,615 1,757 . . . 7,449
2020 b 83,708 14,698 9,215 17,256 14,190 9,329 5,787 3,645 2,281 . . . 7,307
2021 b 84,026 13,379 8,430 16,858 14,715 9,943 6,200 3,922 2,611 379 7,589
  Women
1992 59,457 25,732 16,039 14,056 2,529 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,103
1993 60,427 25,737 16,026 14,576 2,945 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,144
1994 61,619 25,823 16,068 15,142 3,404 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,127
1995 62,900 25,558 16,277 15,849 3,801 107 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,305
1996 64,429 25,563 16,341 16,587 4,248 250 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,437
1997 65,855 25,054 16,477 17,496 4,760 521 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,543
1998 67,275 24,460 16,492 18,438 5,349 859 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,673
1999 68,327 24,048 16,380 19,118 5,835 1,293 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,652
2000 70,064 23,745 16,203 19,978 6,581 1,787 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,770
2001 70,293 22,997 15,761 20,252 7,161 2,329 38 . . . . . . . . . 1,752
2002 70,082 22,581 15,218 20,232 7,525 2,575 326 . . . . . . . . . 1,624
2003 69,901 22,193 14,852 20,061 7,797 2,786 510 . . . . . . . . . 1,699
2004 70,752 21,884 14,678 20,259 8,264 3,091 647 . . . . . . . . . 1,926
2005 71,772 21,749 14,650 20,495 8,627 3,337 849 . . . . . . . . . 2,061
2006 72,967 21,467 14,464 20,799 9,178 3,679 1,264 . . . . . . . . . 2,115
2007 73,862 21,047 14,229 20,995 9,690 4,045 1,616 . . . . . . . . . 2,239
2008 73,781 20,311 13,987 20,778 10,035 4,330 1,967 154 . . . . . . 2,216
2009 71,853 19,612 13,516 20,039 9,859 4,361 2,030 439 . . . . . . 1,994
2010 71,570 19,422 13,575 19,651 9,836 4,435 2,061 446 . . . . . . 2,141
2011 71,820 19,005 13,632 19,642 9,927 4,600 2,171 470 . . . . . . 2,369
2012 72,700 18,929 13,669 19,768 10,176 4,773 2,319 693 . . . . . . 2,369
2013 73,798 18,948 13,726 19,992 10,422 4,967 2,431 947 . . . . . . 2,363
2014 74,861 18,687 13,829 20,205 10,716 5,193 2,587 1,209 . . . . . . 2,435
2015 76,243 18,246 13,820 20,551 11,147 5,546 2,834 1,447 . . . . . . 2,652
2016 77,580 18,051 13,662 21,137 11,581 5,800 2,968 1,529 . . . . . . 2,852
2017 78,595 17,746 13,447 21,375 11,989 6,115 3,152 1,698 450 . . . 2,623
2018 79,794 17,319 13,179 21,772 12,449 6,444 3,365 1,857 560 . . . 2,849
2019 b 80,761 16,777 12,744 21,997 12,933 6,841 3,636 2,022 872 . . . 2,939
2020 b 80,098 18,299 11,987 19,892 12,661 6,984 3,831 2,195 1,229 . . . 3,020
2021 b 80,590 16,297 11,197 20,340 13,527 7,572 4,233 2,471 1,497 188 3,268
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Earnings File, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: Taxable earnings consist of self-employment income and taxable wages.
Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; . . . = not applicable.
a. Subject to revision.
b. Preliminary data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 4.B8 Number of self-employed workers with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, by sex and age, selected years 1951–2021 (in thousands)
Year Total, all ages Under 20 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–61 62–64 65–69 70–71 72 or older
  All self-employed workers
1951 4,190 6 71 246 414 543 592 565 503 462 164 215 237 55 117
1955 6,810 18 114 362 600 757 865 874 790 737 290 441 497 143 322
1960 6,870 19 133 305 560 743 848 929 918 846 316 452 414 101 286
1965 6,550 31 143 292 452 664 814 870 913 885 328 411 388 92 267
1970 6,270 33 159 348 476 581 729 808 837 839 327 407 388 94 244
1975 7,000 67 302 581 679 700 731 813 869 823 317 382 393 95 248
1980 8,200 78 380 824 1,052 983 869 812 851 852 307 381 419 112 280
1985 10,600 112 527 1,099 1,488 1,522 1,261 1,030 930 929 368 434 455 124 321
1990 12,500 152 529 1,123 1,663 1,854 1,736 1,377 1,113 980 381 487 567 150 389
1991 12,800 136 521 1,105 1,697 1,897 1,818 1,474 1,170 998 388 486 561 158 391
1992 13,100 137 509 1,093 1,678 1,951 1,864 1,589 1,243 1,018 382 484 576 166 410
1993 13,200 131 488 1,029 1,650 1,956 1,892 1,647 1,325 1,047 375 481 589 164 426
1994 13,300 140 473 989 1,624 1,936 1,945 1,726 1,357 1,070 375 482 580 164 437
1995 13,500 143 482 1,005 1,612 1,960 1,964 1,808 1,393 1,097 385 467 574 166 445
1996 13,900 147 490 1,036 1,614 2,013 2,035 1,873 1,471 1,144 404 475 575 164 458
1997 14,020 151 498 1,030 1,548 1,978 2,053 1,874 1,555 1,203 402 485 592 169 483
1998 14,230 162 510 1,045 1,524 1,963 2,092 1,885 1,616 1,265 415 493 590 178 492
1999 14,500 171 535 1,040 1,521 1,965 2,088 1,969 1,684 1,322 420 514 595 174 502
2000 14,675 173 554 1,016 1,495 1,948 2,093 2,014 1,785 1,345 443 522 591 180 515
2001 14,930 173 598 1,036 1,526 1,907 2,113 2,042 1,825 1,421 457 526 610 178 519
2002 15,858 175 700 1,112 1,626 1,898 2,191 2,158 1,911 1,578 537 585 651 172 564
2003 15,969 176 703 1,123 1,638 1,915 2,209 2,177 1,924 1,588 541 587 652 173 565
2004 16,496 189 747 1,194 1,643 1,948 2,236 2,228 1,992 1,684 533 649 691 183 580
2005 17,098 211 815 1,281 1,662 2,013 2,256 2,283 2,066 1,764 528 691 739 194 595
2006 17,724 215 871 1,379 1,665 2,085 2,255 2,353 2,147 1,848 580 721 780 212 612
2007 18,214 226 929 1,452 1,719 2,115 2,232 2,388 2,210 1,856 680 727 825 218 638
2008 17,973 218 931 1,491 1,699 2,055 2,135 2,326 2,168 1,835 673 727 855 216 644
2009 17,901 198 904 1,473 1,711 1,997 2,124 2,286 2,167 1,874 638 806 852 221 650
2010 17,944 193 951 1,509 1,778 1,933 2,131 2,239 2,162 1,873 645 830 852 220 626
2011 18,533 191 996 1,554 1,838 1,929 2,156 2,217 2,203 1,964 663 896 968 252 706
2012 18,651 188 967 1,534 1,862 1,907 2,145 2,156 2,194 2,011 709 887 1,052 277 761
2013 18,810 199 991 1,542 1,887 1,921 2,112 2,119 2,188 2,049 710 909 1,093 303 788
2014 19,285 207 1,017 1,636 1,954 1,994 2,104 2,140 2,174 2,074 739 952 1,155 302 836
2015 19,428 203 1,019 1,680 2,012 2,042 2,029 2,128 2,157 2,069 758 974 1,188 296 872
2016 19,549 199 1,011 1,700 2,023 2,081 2,007 2,136 2,137 2,071 761 992 1,208 329 893
2017 19,697 204 1,016 1,685 2,018 2,134 2,011 2,130 2,091 2,080 769 1,025 1,227 379 928
2018 20,110 209 1,035 1,730 2,100 2,235 2,070 2,113 2,086 2,073 786 1,042 1,271 377 984
2019 a 20,329 220 1,038 1,754 2,132 2,307 2,110 2,090 2,075 2,050 798 1,055 1,303 361 1,037
2020 a 19,164 276 1,142 1,656 2,019 2,135 2,010 1,890 1,902 1,858 726 980 1,231 335 1,003
2021 a 20,472 307 1,382 1,916 2,216 2,268 2,138 1,912 1,936 1,891 725 1,019 1,309 369 1,084
  Men
1951 3,620 5 61 219 370 478 519 479 430 393 139 179 204 47 97
1955 5,980 16 104 335 555 687 773 773 679 631 247 373 420 122 265
1960 5,990 16 119 284 515 678 757 812 793 709 260 386 348 83 230
1965 5,640 26 127 263 410 598 714 759 772 742 272 339 326 75 217
1970 5,370 28 136 306 422 522 642 699 712 695 268 324 320 77 201
1975 5,790 57 251 479 564 584 619 680 715 672 255 309 326 78 201
1980 6,407 60 305 639 793 752 672 641 681 668 244 301 333 92 226
1985 7,623 79 378 782 1,060 1,058 873 730 674 686 278 328 351 97 249
1990 8,525 103 346 746 1,112 1,241 1,148 914 762 693 270 355 424 116 295
1991 8,668 92 341 726 1,109 1,268 1,204 976 793 699 273 350 418 119 299
1992 8,798 89 330 714 1,090 1,289 1,228 1,041 830 706 271 344 427 126 312
1993 8,840 89 310 674 1,075 1,290 1,241 1,078 885 713 261 341 436 125 322
1994 8,839 89 309 638 1,053 1,269 1,268 1,127 890 723 263 333 423 122 331
1995 8,908 97 305 648 1,030 1,271 1,281 1,170 906 735 269 325 413 124 335
1996 9,074 94 306 658 1,021 1,281 1,322 1,200 954 754 276 328 415 119 346
1997 9,078 98 311 638 975 1,245 1,313 1,197 997 788 275 334 420 122 365
1998 9,109 98 314 641 947 1,217 1,326 1,188 1,033 819 275 338 415 130 368
1999 9,225 107 319 632 948 1,207 1,314 1,240 1,063 844 279 352 415 127 377
2000 9,277 106 328 604 913 1,193 1,310 1,268 1,128 856 294 348 415 130 383
2001 9,354 102 345 613 912 1,163 1,320 1,280 1,145 893 297 349 426 129 379
2002 9,778 109 395 636 955 1,147 1,333 1,331 1,187 983 338 380 445 124 415
2003 9,860 109 397 645 964 1,160 1,347 1,346 1,195 990 341 381 446 125 416
2004 10,088 111 410 682 951 1,165 1,343 1,373 1,233 1,045 338 417 471 128 423
2005 10,395 126 448 722 958 1,185 1,352 1,398 1,272 1,093 328 441 500 139 433
2006 10,705 125 470 777 954 1,204 1,343 1,433 1,317 1,147 359 458 524 152 442
2007 10,891 133 497 802 970 1,214 1,324 1,433 1,348 1,132 422 454 547 153 462
2008 10,591 121 480 806 946 1,155 1,248 1,373 1,305 1,110 422 452 560 150 462
2009 10,405 107 442 772 932 1,106 1,217 1,336 1,302 1,127 394 495 553 152 469
2010 10,399 102 461 762 947 1,069 1,219 1,308 1,308 1,148 394 522 554 152 454
2011 10,572 102 465 770 968 1,041 1,201 1,282 1,309 1,182 398 561 623 169 500
2012 10,593 102 452 748 965 1,023 1,182 1,245 1,289 1,210 431 549 675 182 539
2013 10,647 109 466 758 967 1,020 1,166 1,209 1,280 1,226 433 554 705 201 555
2014 10,880 119 485 796 1,004 1,056 1,142 1,212 1,266 1,237 454 581 740 202 586
2015 10,899 113 494 825 1,026 1,070 1,105 1,200 1,243 1,217 461 597 754 193 601
2016 10,959 114 505 843 1,033 1,084 1,086 1,194 1,221 1,223 458 605 763 216 614
2017 11,005 113 515 833 1,015 1,120 1,086 1,178 1,205 1,212 460 623 770 248 630
2018 11,172 122 530 856 1,055 1,150 1,116 1,161 1,190 1,207 461 628 787 245 663
2019 a 11,228 129 533 866 1,068 1,181 1,133 1,145 1,157 1,180 465 637 805 232 696
2020 a 10,512 161 590 820 1,003 1,085 1,062 1,027 1,059 1,053 421 579 760 214 679
2021 a 11,045 173 703 937 1,096 1,140 1,106 1,022 1,052 1,042 422 590 804 233 725
  Women
1951 570 1 10 27 44 65 73 86 73 69 25 36 33 8 20
1955 830 2 10 27 45 70 92 101 111 106 43 68 77 21 57
1960 880 3 14 21 45 65 91 117 125 137 56 66 67 18 55
1965 910 5 16 29 42 66 100 111 141 143 56 72 62 17 50
1970 900 5 23 42 54 59 87 109 125 144 59 65 68 17 43
1975 1,210 10 51 102 115 116 112 133 154 151 62 73 67 17 47
1980 1,793 18 75 185 259 231 197 171 170 184 63 80 86 20 54
1985 2,977 33 149 317 428 464 388 300 256 243 90 106 104 27 72
1990 3,975 49 183 377 551 613 588 463 350 287 111 132 142 34 94
1991 4,131 44 180 378 588 629 614 499 376 299 115 136 143 39 92
1992 4,302 48 179 380 588 662 636 548 413 312 110 140 148 39 98
1993 4,360 41 178 355 575 666 651 569 440 334 114 140 153 39 104
1994 4,460 51 164 352 572 667 677 599 468 346 112 148 157 42 105
1995 4,592 46 177 357 582 689 683 638 487 362 116 142 161 42 109
1996 4,826 54 183 377 594 733 713 673 517 390 128 147 160 45 112
1997 4,942 54 188 392 572 733 739 676 558 415 128 151 172 47 118
1998 5,121 65 196 404 577 746 767 697 583 445 140 155 175 48 124
1999 5,276 64 216 408 573 757 773 729 621 478 141 162 180 47 126
2000 5,398 68 226 412 582 754 783 747 657 489 148 173 176 50 132
2001 5,576 71 253 423 614 744 793 762 680 528 160 177 184 49 139
2002 6,080 66 305 475 671 751 858 827 724 595 199 205 206 48 148
2003 6,109 67 305 478 675 755 862 831 729 598 200 206 206 49 149
2004 6,408 77 338 512 692 784 893 855 758 640 195 232 220 55 157
2005 6,703 85 367 560 704 828 904 885 795 672 201 250 238 54 162
2006 7,019 90 401 602 711 880 912 920 830 701 221 264 256 60 170
2007 7,323 93 432 650 749 901 908 956 861 724 257 273 278 65 176
2008 7,382 96 451 686 753 900 886 953 863 725 252 275 295 66 181
2009 7,496 91 462 701 779 891 907 949 865 747 244 311 299 69 181
2010 7,545 91 490 748 831 864 912 932 854 725 251 308 298 68 173
2011 7,961 90 530 784 869 888 956 934 894 782 265 335 345 83 206
2012 8,058 87 515 786 896 884 963 912 905 802 278 339 377 95 222
2013 8,163 90 525 784 920 901 946 909 908 823 277 355 388 102 233
2014 8,405 88 532 840 951 938 962 928 908 837 285 372 415 100 250
2015 8,529 89 525 855 986 972 924 929 914 852 298 377 434 103 271
2016 8,590 85 506 857 990 997 921 942 916 849 303 387 445 113 280
2017 8,692 91 501 853 1,003 1,014 925 953 886 868 309 402 457 132 298
2018 8,938 87 504 874 1,045 1,085 954 952 896 866 324 414 484 132 321
2019 a 9,101 91 505 888 1,063 1,126 977 945 918 870 333 418 498 129 341
2020 a 8,652 115 553 836 1,017 1,051 948 863 843 804 305 401 471 120 325
2021 a 9,427 134 679 980 1,120 1,128 1,032 890 884 848 302 429 505 136 359
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Earnings File, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: Age refers to age attained during year.
Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance.
a. Preliminary data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 4.B9 Number of self-employed workers with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, by sex and amount of taxable earnings, 1992–2021 (in thousands)
Year Total Workers with earnings below the taxable maximum (by dollar amount of earnings) Workers with maximum earnings a
1–9,999 10,000–19,999 20,000–39,999 40,000–59,999 60,000–79,999 80,000–99,999 100,000–119,999 120,000–139,999 140,000–142,799 a
  All self-employed workers
1992 13,098 6,039 2,755 2,547 920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839
1993 13,202 6,015 2,776 2,560 1,021 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828
1994 13,297 5,886 2,832 2,605 1,071 89 . . . . . . . . . . . . 814
1995 13,499 5,909 2,882 2,648 1,122 113 . . . . . . . . . . . . 822
1996 13,900 5,979 2,964 2,742 1,184 173 . . . . . . . . . . . . 854
1997 14,019 5,911 2,966 2,770 1,226 275 . . . . . . . . . . . . 869
1998 14,237 5,835 3,010 2,874 1,282 384 . . . . . . . . . . . . 848
1999 14,499 5,745 3,075 2,947 1,339 546 . . . . . . . . . . . . 848
2000 14,672 5,592 3,019 2,919 1,371 668 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,104
2001 14,930 5,625 3,123 2,927 1,418 714 79 . . . . . . . . . 1,042
2002 15,249 5,810 3,305 2,979 1,451 731 194 . . . . . . . . . 776
2003 15,969 6,018 3,489 3,106 1,540 768 247 . . . . . . . . . 798
2004 16,496 6,065 3,639 3,196 1,622 822 297 . . . . . . . . . 852
2005 17,098 6,087 3,745 3,378 1,714 883 385 . . . . . . . . . 902
2006 17,724 6,172 3,914 3,492 1,785 964 513 . . . . . . . . . 884
2007 18,214 6,389 4,016 3,497 1,825 1,000 624 . . . . . . . . . 863
2008 17,973 6,264 4,094 3,357 1,750 986 578 134 . . . . . . 806
2009 17,901 6,580 4,137 3,173 1,626 912 545 211 . . . . . . 713
2010 17,944 6,590 4,278 3,118 1,592 902 531 209 . . . . . . 720
2011 18,533 6,531 4,467 3,306 1,697 956 570 226 . . . . . . 777
2012 18,651 6,349 4,478 3,359 1,743 999 602 305 . . . . . . 813
2013 18,810 6,318 4,531 3,392 1,744 1,036 600 373 . . . . . . 813
2014 19,285 6,220 4,715 3,531 1,847 1,061 650 461 . . . . . . 800
2015 19,428 6,046 4,777 3,632 1,911 1,117 662 514 . . . . . . 769
2016 19,549 6,019 4,733 3,692 1,962 1,160 693 508 . . . . . . 782
2017 19,697 5,932 4,755 3,750 1,980 1,177 702 454 219 . . . 728
2018 20,110 5,702 4,988 3,909 2,063 1,228 747 475 251 . . . 747
2019 b 20,329 5,740 4,968 3,962 2,093 1,258 754 481 333 . . . 740
2020 b 19,164 6,278 4,069 3,478 1,921 1,170 719 452 378 . . . 699
2021 b 20,472 5,987 4,361 3,921 2,198 1,365 845 522 375 144 754
  Men
1992 8,795 3,497 1,936 1,891 737 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734
1993 8,841 3,482 1,927 1,901 816 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715
1994 8,839 3,331 1,958 1,925 843 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . 705
1995 8,908 3,329 1,964 1,934 877 93 . . . . . . . . . . . . 708
1996 9,075 3,313 1,997 1,983 912 138 . . . . . . . . . . . . 729
1997 9,077 3,233 1,980 1,967 940 220 . . . . . . . . . . . . 735
1998 9,116 3,150 1,955 2,020 973 306 . . . . . . . . . . . . 710
1999 9,224 3,066 1,972 2,050 1,000 428 . . . . . . . . . . . . 709
2000 9,277 2,944 1,908 1,989 1,000 515 . . . . . . . . . . . . 920
2001 9,354 2,947 1,934 1,971 1,019 552 63 . . . . . . . . . 865
2002 9,442 3,048 2,024 1,998 1,033 541 152 . . . . . . . . . 643
2003 9,860 3,158 2,103 2,081 1,098 572 191 . . . . . . . . . 654
2004 10,088 3,152 2,144 2,120 1,143 606 227 . . . . . . . . . 694
2005 10,395 3,148 2,166 2,217 1,198 644 292 . . . . . . . . . 727
2006 10,705 3,175 2,216 2,265 1,233 701 389 . . . . . . . . . 726
2007 10,891 3,283 2,241 2,239 1,242 711 469 . . . . . . . . . 705
2008 10,591 3,196 2,213 2,125 1,176 691 425 102 . . . . . . 659
2009 10,405 3,364 2,203 1,983 1,081 633 396 156 . . . . . . 585
2010 10,399 3,358 2,241 1,973 1,058 631 390 156 . . . . . . 590
2011 10,572 3,229 2,263 2,085 1,118 658 415 172 . . . . . . 630
2012 10,593 3,123 2,230 2,095 1,144 683 432 227 . . . . . . 656
2013 10,647 3,107 2,240 2,099 1,135 706 430 276 . . . . . . 651
2014 10,880 3,062 2,296 2,176 1,189 724 455 339 . . . . . . 639
2015 10,899 2,980 2,315 2,207 1,218 754 450 369 . . . . . . 606
2016 10,959 2,980 2,291 2,246 1,228 764 471 364 . . . . . . 615
2017 11,005 2,941 2,302 2,246 1,225 766 477 318 161 . . . 569
2018 11,172 2,863 2,351 2,315 1,271 785 500 328 181 . . . 578
2019 b 11,228 2,886 2,334 2,325 1,262 788 500 329 237 . . . 567
2020 b 10,512 3,045 2,004 2,035 1,150 723 462 300 262 . . . 531
2021 b 11,045 2,833 2,135 2,193 1,276 832 530 331 256 102 557
  Women
1992 4,303 2,541 819 656 182 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
1993 4,361 2,534 849 659 206 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
1994 4,458 2,553 873 681 227 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
1995 4,591 2,581 918 713 245 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
1996 4,825 2,666 967 760 272 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
1997 4,942 2,679 986 802 286 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
1998 5,121 2,686 1,056 855 309 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
1999 5,276 2,679 1,103 897 338 118 . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
2000 5,395 2,646 1,111 929 371 153 . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
2001 5,576 2,677 1,189 955 399 162 14 . . . . . . . . . 177
2002 5,807 2,762 1,281 981 418 190 39 . . . . . . . . . 133
2003 6,109 2,861 1,385 1,026 442 196 52 . . . . . . . . . 145
2004 6,408 2,913 1,495 1,076 480 216 67 . . . . . . . . . 159
2005 6,703 2,939 1,579 1,161 516 239 90 . . . . . . . . . 175
2006 7,019 2,997 1,698 1,227 552 263 124 . . . . . . . . . 158
2007 7,323 3,105 1,775 1,258 583 289 155 . . . . . . . . . 158
2008 7,382 3,068 1,881 1,232 574 295 153 29 . . . . . . 147
2009 7,496 3,216 1,934 1,190 545 279 149 52 . . . . . . 127
2010 7,545 3,232 2,038 1,146 534 272 140 51 . . . . . . 131
2011 7,961 3,302 2,204 1,222 579 298 155 52 . . . . . . 147
2012 8,058 3,226 2,248 1,264 598 316 169 75 . . . . . . 158
2013 8,163 3,211 2,291 1,293 609 330 170 94 . . . . . . 162
2014 8,405 3,158 2,419 1,355 658 337 195 122 . . . . . . 161
2015 8,529 3,066 2,462 1,425 693 363 212 145 . . . . . . 163
2016 8,590 3,039 2,442 1,446 734 396 222 144 . . . . . . 167
2017 8,692 2,991 2,453 1,504 755 411 225 136 58 . . . 159
2018 8,938 2,839 2,637 1,594 792 443 247 147 70 . . . 169
2019 b 9,101 2,854 2,634 1,637 831 470 254 152 96 . . . 173
2020 b 8,652 3,233 2,065 1,443 771 447 257 152 116 . . . 168
2021 b 9,427 3,154 2,226 1,728 922 533 315 191 119 42 197
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Earnings File, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: Taxable earnings consist of self-employment income and taxable wages.
Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; . . . = not applicable.
a. Subject to revision.
b. Preliminary data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 4.B10 Number of workers with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by state or other area and type of earnings, 2021
State or area a Number b (thousands) Taxable earnings c (millions of dollars) OASDI contributions d (millions of dollars)
Total Wage and salary Self- employed Total Wage and salary Self- employed Total Wage and salary Self- employed
All areas 176,577 164,616 20,472 8,360,100 7,940,000 420,100 1,036,652 984,560 52,092
Alabama 2,538 2,386 272 105,215 100,408 4,807 13,047 12,451 596
Alaska 393 368 46 18,356 17,375 981 2,276 2,155 122
Arizona 3,746 3,511 407 173,113 165,057 8,056 21,466 20,467 999
Arkansas 1,540 1,442 168 59,335 56,398 2,937 7,358 6,993 364
California 19,501 17,953 2,461 1,029,548 973,790 55,758 127,664 120,750 6,914
Colorado 3,155 2,922 412 159,955 151,303 8,652 19,834 18,762 1,073
Connecticut 1,997 1,856 232 107,453 100,663 6,790 13,324 12,482 842
Delaware 545 518 48 26,242 25,303 939 3,254 3,138 116
District of Columbia 407 385 42 26,950 25,704 1,246 3,342 3,187 155
Florida 11,509 10,497 1,650 497,352 469,820 27,532 61,672 58,258 3,414
Georgia 5,713 5,295 729 253,856 241,148 12,709 31,478 29,902 1,576
Hawaii 745 693 85 35,453 33,500 1,952 4,396 4,154 242
Idaho 1,085 1,015 120 44,589 42,136 2,453 5,529 5,225 304
Illinois 6,650 6,209 763 319,729 304,936 14,793 39,646 37,812 1,834
Indiana 3,796 3,610 355 163,862 157,422 6,440 20,319 19,520 799
Iowa 1,824 1,720 193 79,227 75,358 3,869 9,824 9,344 480
Kansas 1,632 1,534 179 70,765 66,857 3,908 8,775 8,290 485
Kentucky 2,309 2,176 237 91,478 87,381 4,098 11,343 10,835 508
Louisiana 2,186 2,019 287 88,079 82,958 5,121 10,922 10,287 635
Maine 739 681 95 31,649 29,548 2,101 3,924 3,664 261
Maryland 3,420 3,212 374 195,671 187,436 8,235 24,263 23,242 1,021
Massachusetts 3,699 3,454 423 209,912 199,280 10,632 26,029 24,711 1,318
Michigan 5,314 4,993 572 240,675 230,020 10,655 29,844 28,522 1,321
Minnesota 3,313 3,135 341 166,113 158,726 7,387 20,598 19,682 916
Mississippi 1,481 1,385 175 54,905 51,873 3,032 6,808 6,432 376
Missouri 3,272 3,076 356 138,128 131,594 6,533 17,128 16,318 810
Montana 675 631 77 25,972 24,288 1,684 3,220 3,012 209
Nebraska 1,170 1,102 130 50,674 48,101 2,573 6,284 5,965 319
Nevada 1,577 1,474 177 65,005 61,547 3,458 8,061 7,632 429
New Hampshire 843 790 88 44,600 41,901 2,699 5,530 5,196 335
New Jersey 5,042 4,720 559 287,189 272,279 14,910 35,611 33,763 1,849
New Mexico 1,007 946 106 40,776 38,928 1,847 5,056 4,827 229
New York 10,422 9,697 1,222 543,875 517,676 26,199 67,440 64,192 3,249
North Carolina 5,696 5,332 632 253,659 241,516 12,143 31,454 29,948 1,506
North Dakota 445 420 51 20,304 18,903 1,401 2,518 2,344 174
Ohio 5,994 5,596 676 254,599 241,501 13,099 31,570 29,946 1,624
Oklahoma 2,047 1,923 221 81,129 77,547 3,582 10,060 9,616 444
Oregon 2,248 2,103 254 108,607 102,837 5,770 13,467 12,752 715
Pennsylvania 6,982 6,603 677 336,221 321,535 14,686 41,691 39,870 1,821
Rhode Island 611 578 64 29,190 27,947 1,243 3,620 3,465 154
South Carolina 2,763 2,597 303 116,692 111,354 5,338 14,470 13,808 662
South Dakota 577 545 64 23,087 21,727 1,360 2,863 2,694 169
Tennessee 3,796 3,518 483 164,037 152,205 11,832 20,341 18,873 1,467
Texas 14,778 13,578 1,964 683,548 644,508 39,041 84,760 79,919 4,841
Utah 1,852 1,766 179 83,001 79,916 3,086 10,292 9,910 383
Vermont 380 351 50 17,060 16,014 1,046 2,115 1,986 130
Virginia 4,801 4,533 494 253,295 243,361 9,934 31,409 30,177 1,232
Washington 4,165 3,929 403 239,586 229,180 10,406 29,709 28,418 1,290
West Virginia 848 808 71 34,033 32,643 1,390 4,220 4,048 172
Wisconsin 3,347 3,182 303 152,049 146,022 6,027 18,854 18,107 747
Wyoming 366 346 40 14,809 14,060 750 1,836 1,743 93
Outlying area  
Puerto Rico 1,071 1,000 97 28,151 26,547 1,604 3,491 3,292 199
Other and unknown e 563 499 66 21,343 19,964 1,379 2,647 2,476 171
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Continuous Work History Sample, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: Data are based on preliminary estimates. COVID-19-related delays in processing the 2021 tax returns for self-employed individuals may result in underreporting.
Totals (and "all areas" values) do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance.
a. Most state assignments are based on end-of-year residence obtained from electronically filed employer wage reports; the remainder are based on location of employer from reports filed on paper.
b. Workers with earnings in both wage and salary employment and self-employment are counted in each type of employment but only once in the total. National and state totals and subtotals are unduplicated counts of workers in each type of employment.
c. Includes Social Security taxable wages as reported by employers and Social Security taxable self-employment income as reported by self-employed workers. Annual maximum taxable earnings for Social Security (OASDI) from a single employer or from self-employment were $142,800 in 2021.
d. For 2021 earnings, paid at the rate of 6.2 percent of taxable wages by both employees and employers, 6.2 percent of taxable tips by employees, and 12.4 percent of self-employment income by self-employed workers. Data are unadjusted for multi-employer tax refunds.
e. 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.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 4.B11 Number of workers with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by type of earnings, selected years 1937–2022
Year Number a (thousands) Taxable earnings b (millions of dollars) OASDI contributions c,d (millions of dollars)
Total Wage and salary Self- employed Total Wage and salary Self- employed Total Wage and salary Self- employed
1937 32,900 32,900 . . . 29,620 29,620 . . . 592 592 . . .
1940 35,390 35,390 . . . 32,970 32,970 . . . 659 659 . . .
1945 46,390 46,390 . . . 62,950 62,950 . . . 1,259 1,259 . . .
1950 48,280 48,280 . . . 87,500 87,500 . . . 2,625 2,625 . . .
1951 58,120 54,630 4,190 120,770 111,250 9,520 3,552 3,338 214
1952 59,580 56,060 4,240 128,640 118,880 9,760 3,786 3,566 220
1953 60,840 57,220 4,340 135,870 125,840 10,030 4,001 3,775 226
1954 59,610 55,940 4,350 133,520 123,410 10,110 5,240 4,936 303
1955 65,200 59,560 6,810 157,540 141,810 15,730 6,144 5,672 472
1956 67,610 61,560 7,390 170,720 153,010 17,710 6,652 6,120 531
1957 70,590 64,730 7,150 181,380 163,990 17,390 7,966 7,380 587
1958 69,770 64,040 7,130 180,720 163,140 17,580 7,935 7,341 593
1959 71,700 66,000 7,060 202,310 183,620 18,690 9,882 9,181 701
1960 72,530 66,980 6,870 207,000 188,580 18,420 12,144 11,315 829
1961 72,820 67,360 6,790 209,640 190,850 18,790 12,297 11,451 846
1962 74,280 68,890 6,720 219,050 200,130 18,920 13,397 12,508 889
1963 75,540 70,310 6,590 225,550 206,840 18,710 16,006 14,996 1,010
1964 77,430 72,230 6,480 236,390 217,430 18,960 16,788 15,764 1,024
1965 80,680 75,430 6,550 250,730 230,830 19,900 17,810 16,735 1,075
1966 84,600 79,460 6,630 312,540 287,860 24,680 23,597 22,165 1,431
1967 87,040 82,020 6,470 329,960 305,670 24,290 25,275 23,842 1,433
1968 89,380 84,470 6,570 375,800 348,500 27,300 28,069 26,486 1,583
1969 92,060 87,200 6,350 402,510 375,010 27,500 33,233 31,501 1,733
1970 93,090 88,180 6,270 415,580 388,680 26,900 34,344 32,649 1,695
1971 93,340 88,460 6,290 426,950 399,550 27,400 38,649 36,759 1,891
1972 96,240 91,220 6,600 484,150 452,050 32,100 43,804 41,589 2,215
1973 99,830 94,610 7,100 561,850 523,450 38,400 53,463 50,775 2,688
1974 101,330 96,190 7,040 636,800 594,400 42,400 61,814 58,846 2,968
1975 100,200 94,900 7,000 664,700 621,100 43,600 64,541 61,489 3,052
1976 102,600 97,230 7,400 737,700 689,200 48,500 71,626 68,231 3,395
1977 105,800 100,450 7,480 816,600 763,600 53,000 79,306 75,596 3,710
1978 110,600 104,810 8,040 915,600 856,100 59,500 90,691 86,466 4,225
1979 112,700 106,900 8,200 1,067,000 997,500 69,500 106,246 101,346 4,900
1980 113,000 107,200 8,200 1,180,700 1,109,000 71,700 117,729 112,674 5,055
1981 113,000 107,300 8,250 1,294,100 1,220,000 74,100 136,468 130,540 5,928
1982 111,800 105,800 8,550 1,365,300 1,290,000 75,300 145,382 139,320 6,062
1983 112,100 105,900 9,200 1,454,100 1,369,000 85,100 154,703 147,852 6,851
1984 116,300 109,900 9,900 1,608,800 1,515,000 93,800 183,403 172,710 10,693
1985 119,800 113,400 10,600 1,722,600 1,621,000 101,600 196,376 184,794 11,582
1986 122,900 115,900 11,200 1,844,400 1,730,800 113,600 210,262 197,311 12,950
1987 125,600 118,200 12,000 1,960,000 1,835,100 124,900 223,440 209,201 14,239
1988 129,600 122,100 12,400 2,088,400 1,952,000 136,400 253,114 236,582 16,532
1989 131,700 123,900 12,900 2,239,500 2,096,000 143,500 271,427 254,035 17,392
1990 133,600 126,100 12,500 2,358,000 2,222,000 136,000 292,392 275,528 16,864
1991 133,000 125,200 12,800 2,422,500 2,283,000 139,500 300,390 283,092 17,298
1992 134,000 126,000 13,100 2,532,900 2,386,000 146,900 314,080 295,864 18,216
1993 136,100 128,100 13,200 2,636,100 2,483,400 152,700 326,876 307,942 18,935
1994 138,200 130,100 13,300 2,785,200 2,624,500 160,700 345,365 325,438 19,927
1995 141,000 132,800 13,500 2,919,100 2,754,300 164,800 361,968 341,533 20,435
1996 143,400 135,100 13,900 3,073,500 2,901,700 171,800 381,114 359,811 21,303
1997 146,145 137,765 14,020 3,285,000 3,104,300 180,700 407,340 384,933 22,407
1998 148,786 140,386 14,230 3,524,900 3,333,700 191,200 437,088 413,379 23,709
1999 151,333 142,703 14,500 3,749,600 3,547,300 202,300 464,950 439,865 25,085
2000 154,732 146,097 14,675 4,008,500 3,798,400 210,100 497,054 471,002 26,052
2001 155,416 146,596 14,930 4,167,900 3,950,100 217,800 516,820 489,812 27,007
2002 154,893 145,793 15,249 4,250,100 4,021,800 228,300 527,012 498,703 28,309
2003 154,576 145,101 15,969 4,355,000 4,114,000 241,000 540,020 510,136 29,884
2004 156,405 146,662 16,496 4,554,500 4,295,900 258,600 564,758 532,692 32,066
2005 158,511 148,530 17,098 4,766,000 4,490,500 275,500 590,984 556,822 34,162
2006 161,052 150,787 17,724 5,043,400 4,751,700 291,700 625,382 589,211 36,171
2007 162,928 152,474 18,214 5,268,200 4,973,300 294,900 653,257 616,689 36,568
2008 162,532 152,225 17,973 5,432,800 5,140,600 292,200 673,667 637,434 36,233
2009 157,940 147,375 17,901 5,271,200 4,985,700 285,500 653,629 618,227 35,402
2010 157,329 146,734 17,944 5,307,100 5,021,200 285,900 658,080 622,629 35,452
2011 158,674 147,734 18,533 5,485,500 5,176,900 308,600 680,202 641,936 38,266
2012 160,775 149,790 18,651 5,706,500 5,381,300 325,200 707,606 667,281 40,325
2013 163,236 152,244 18,810 5,908,600 5,577,300 331,300 732,666 691,585 41,081
2014 165,429 154,301 19,285 6,178,700 5,834,200 344,500 766,159 723,441 42,718
2015 168,186 157,041 19,428 6,470,900 6,120,200 350,700 802,392 758,905 43,487
2016 170,738 159,539 19,549 6,663,400 6,307,200 356,200 826,262 782,093 44,169
2017 172,744 161,452 19,697 7,005,500 6,634,100 371,400 868,682 822,628 46,054
2018 175,065 163,589 20,110 7,338,200 6,950,700 387,500 909,937 861,887 48,050
2019 e 176,970 165,323 20,329 7,691,700 7,295,100 396,600 953,771 904,592 49,178
2020 e 174,938 163,806 19,164 7,745,500 7,356,200 389,300 960,442 912,169 48,273
2021 f 176,577 164,616 20,472 8,360,100 7,940,000 420,100 1,036,652 984,560 52,092
2022 g 180,488 168,619 21,083 9,168,376 8,698,700 469,676 1,136,879 1,078,639 58,240
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Earnings File, 1 percent sample; Bureau of Economic Analysis; and Bureau of Labor Statistics.
NOTES: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; . . . = not applicable.
a. Workers with earnings in both wage and salary employment and self-employment are counted in each type of employment but only once in the total.
b. Includes Social Security taxable wages as reported by employers and Social Security taxable self-employment income as reported by self-employed workers. See Table 2.A3 for annual maximum taxable earnings.
c. See Table 2.A3 for contribution rates.
d. Data are unadjusted for multi-employer tax refunds. Unadjusted for tax credits. See Table 2.A5 for information on tax credits.
e. Preliminary data.
f. Taxable earnings are preliminary estimates based on Social Security data; employment data are preliminary estimates based on data from Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Income and Product Accounts.
g. Preliminary estimates based on data from Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Economic Analysis.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 4.B12 Number of workers with Medicare Part A (HI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by state or other area and type of earnings, 2021
State or area a Number b (thousands) Taxable earnings c (millions of dollars) HI contributions d (millions of dollars)
Total Wage and salary Self- employed Total Wage and salary Self- employed Total Wage and salary Self- employed
All areas 180,359 168,611 21,543 10,664,400 9,890,000 774,400 309,268 286,810 22,458
Alabama 2,540 2,389 283 116,709 109,897 6,812 3,385 3,187 198
Alaska 423 400 48 23,518 21,917 1,601 682 636 46
Arizona 3,754 3,521 427 201,787 190,462 11,324 5,852 5,523 328
Arkansas 1,542 1,445 175 68,165 63,962 4,202 1,977 1,855 122
California 20,407 18,892 2,614 1,557,281 1,448,181 109,101 45,161 41,997 3,164
Colorado 3,369 3,153 436 211,802 196,311 15,491 6,142 5,693 449
Connecticut 2,046 1,906 248 161,101 145,311 15,790 4,672 4,214 458
Delaware 546 519 51 31,286 29,609 1,677 907 859 49
District of Columbia 410 389 45 36,272 32,196 4,076 1,052 934 118
Florida 11,560 10,550 1,715 621,968 577,284 44,684 18,037 16,741 1,296
Georgia 5,803 5,391 759 307,507 287,497 20,010 8,918 8,337 580
Hawaii 756 705 87 39,261 36,402 2,859 1,139 1,056 83
Idaho 1,087 1,016 125 48,941 45,882 3,059 1,419 1,331 89
Illinois 6,921 6,497 806 433,316 395,777 37,539 12,566 11,478 1,089
Indiana 3,804 3,620 372 182,899 173,954 8,945 5,304 5,045 259
Iowa 1,826 1,722 201 87,124 82,165 4,959 2,527 2,383 144
Kansas 1,634 1,537 189 81,741 75,534 6,207 2,371 2,190 180
Kentucky 2,343 2,213 247 106,540 101,269 5,271 3,090 2,937 153
Louisiana 2,353 2,196 298 109,229 101,339 7,889 3,168 2,939 229
Maine 773 716 98 37,288 34,585 2,703 1,081 1,003 78
Maryland 3,431 3,224 402 240,618 220,569 20,050 6,978 6,396 581
Massachusetts 3,994 3,768 459 303,351 281,889 21,462 8,797 8,175 622
Michigan 5,325 5,004 600 276,217 260,122 16,095 8,010 7,544 467
Minnesota 3,319 3,142 361 195,984 184,687 11,298 5,684 5,356 328
Mississippi 1,484 1,388 180 59,425 55,313 4,113 1,723 1,604 119
Missouri 3,334 3,143 371 166,297 156,109 10,188 4,823 4,527 295
Montana 676 632 80 29,413 27,034 2,379 853 784 69
Nebraska 1,172 1,105 136 58,470 55,285 3,185 1,696 1,603 92
Nevada 1,677 1,579 184 89,695 83,109 6,586 2,601 2,410 191
New Hampshire 853 801 94 55,486 51,272 4,214 1,609 1,487 122
New Jersey 5,058 4,736 600 374,069 342,540 31,529 10,848 9,934 914
New Mexico 1,015 953 109 43,928 41,598 2,330 1,274 1,206 68
New York 10,420 9,694 1,302 769,904 676,654 93,250 22,327 19,623 2,704
North Carolina 5,696 5,332 662 295,810 277,488 18,322 8,578 8,047 531
North Dakota 446 421 55 22,861 20,454 2,407 663 593 70
Ohio 6,486 6,127 705 326,007 304,920 21,087 9,454 8,843 612
Oklahoma 2,053 1,930 228 88,739 84,397 4,341 2,573 2,448 126
Oregon 2,249 2,104 265 129,974 122,258 7,716 3,769 3,545 224
Pennsylvania 6,998 6,619 717 396,481 372,753 23,728 11,498 10,810 688
Rhode Island 621 589 68 35,463 33,378 2,085 1,028 968 60
South Carolina 2,762 2,596 318 131,542 123,981 7,561 3,815 3,595 219
South Dakota 577 545 67 25,533 23,835 1,698 740 691 49
Tennessee 3,810 3,533 506 201,531 176,436 25,095 5,844 5,117 728
Texas 15,547 14,387 2,055 876,382 812,986 63,397 25,415 23,577 1,839
Utah 1,862 1,776 189 96,354 92,186 4,168 2,794 2,673 121
Vermont 380 351 51 18,695 17,414 1,281 542 505 37
Virginia 4,803 4,536 525 299,620 280,254 19,365 8,689 8,127 562
Washington 4,180 3,945 431 314,468 297,872 16,596 9,120 8,638 481
West Virginia 851 811 74 36,954 34,990 1,964 1,072 1,015 57
Wisconsin 3,350 3,187 319 170,679 163,021 7,658 4,950 4,728 222
Wyoming 367 347 42 16,164 15,318 846 469 444 25
Outlying area  
Puerto Rico 1,089 1,018 99 30,809 28,493 2,315 893 826 67
Other and unknown e 574 510 67 23,743 21,847 1,896 689 634 55
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Continuous Work History Sample, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: Data are based on preliminary estimates. COVID-19-related delays in processing the 2021 tax returns for self-employed individuals may result in underreporting.
Totals (and "all areas" values) do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
HI = Hospital Insurance.
a. Most state assignments are based on end-of-year residence obtained from electronically filed employer wage reports; the remainder are based on location of employer from reports filed on paper.
b. Workers with earnings in both wage and salary employment and self-employment are counted in each type of employment but only once in the total. National and state totals and subtotals are unduplicated counts of workers in each type of employment.
c. No annual maximum taxable earnings amount for Medicare.
d. For 2021 earnings, paid at the rate of 1.45 percent of taxable wages by both employees and employers, 1.45 percent of taxable tips by employees, and 2.9 percent of self-employment income by self-employed workers.
e. 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.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 4.B13 Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, by sex and age, 2021
Sex Total, all ages a Under 20 20–29 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–61 62–64 65–69 70 or older
  OASDI taxable earnings (in millions of dollars)
All workers 8,360,100 82,043 1,163,544 1,992,749 1,974,298 1,921,379 331,546 386,293 335,258 172,990
Men 4,849,059 42,497 645,629 1,144,718 1,146,123 1,123,897 197,067 229,680 205,642 113,805
Women 3,511,041 39,546 517,915 848,031 828,175 797,481 134,479 156,612 129,616 59,185
  Percentage distribution, by age
All workers 100 1 14 24 24 23 4 5 4 2
Men 100 1 13 24 24 23 4 5 4 2
Women 100 1 15 24 24 23 4 4 4 2
  Percentage distribution, by sex
All workers 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Men 58 52 55 57 58 58 59 59 61 66
Women 42 48 45 43 42 42 41 41 39 34
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Earnings File, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: Includes Social Security taxable wages as reported by employers and Social Security taxable self-employment income as reported by self-employed workers.
Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance.
a. Includes workers of unknown age.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 4.B14 Medicare Part A (HI) taxable earnings, by sex and age, 2021
Sex Total, all ages a Under 20 20–29 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–61 62–64 65–69 70 or older
  HI taxable earnings (in millions of dollars)
All workers 10,664,400 82,556 1,229,263 2,339,871 2,632,576 2,647,783 492,577 523,006 464,150 252,617
Men 6,581,258 42,844 688,004 1,383,154 1,625,109 1,679,892 333,313 335,889 312,116 180,939
Women 4,083,142 39,712 541,259 956,717 1,007,467 967,892 159,265 187,118 152,034 71,678
  Percentage distribution, by age
All workers 100 1 12 22 25 25 5 5 4 2
Men 100 1 10 21 25 26 5 5 5 3
Women 100 1 13 23 25 24 4 5 4 2
  Percentage distribution, by sex
All workers 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Men 62 52 56 59 62 63 68 64 67 72
Women 38 48 44 41 38 37 32 36 33 28
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Earnings File, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
HI = Hospital Insurance.
a. Includes workers of unknown age.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.