Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2017

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2017
County and sex Number Taxable earnings a (thousands of dollars) OASDI contributions b (thousands of dollars)
Total c Wage and salary Self-employed Total Wage and salary Self-employed Total Wage and salary Self-employed
Total, Massachusetts 3,743,709 3,493,314 436,424 178,666,490 168,866,497 9,799,994 22,154,645 20,939,446 1,215,199
Men 1,900,661 1,752,321 247,419 102,185,661 95,742,029 6,443,632 12,671,022 11,872,012 799,010
Women 1,843,048 1,740,993 189,005 76,480,829 73,124,468 3,356,361 9,483,623 9,067,434 416,189
Barnstable 117,203 103,894 19,857 4,612,689 4,081,676 531,013 571,973 506,128 65,846
Men 60,207 51,437 11,347 2,672,175 2,295,502 376,673 331,350 284,642 46,707
Women 56,996 52,457 8,510 1,940,513 1,786,174 154,340 240,624 221,486 19,138
Berkshire 65,476 61,132 7,564 2,164,543 2,045,194 119,350 268,403 253,604 14,799
Men 33,903 31,740 4,202 1,272,009 1,189,513 82,496 157,729 147,500 10,229
Women 31,574 29,392 3,362 892,535 855,681 36,854 110,674 106,104 4,570
Bristol 290,968 276,269 25,005 12,055,152 11,590,979 464,173 1,494,839 1,437,281 57,557
Men 141,391 132,572 14,078 6,703,577 6,398,444 305,134 831,244 793,407 37,837
Women 149,578 143,696 10,926 5,351,575 5,192,535 159,040 663,595 643,874 19,721
Dukes 12,082 9,695 3,782 403,022 341,094 61,928 49,975 42,296 7,679
Men 6,248 5,001 1,891 223,225 194,056 29,169 27,680 24,063 3,617
Women 5,834 4,695 1,891 179,797 147,038 32,759 22,295 18,233 4,062
Essex 437,891 406,800 56,103 20,137,242 18,885,912 1,251,331 2,497,018 2,341,853 155,165
Men 217,614 199,726 31,413 11,324,059 10,522,014 802,045 1,404,183 1,304,730 99,454
Women 220,277 207,074 24,689 8,813,183 8,363,898 449,286 1,092,835 1,037,123 55,711
Franklin 32,077 29,290 5,148 1,147,140 1,051,491 95,649 142,245 130,385 11,860
Men 15,746 14,186 2,311 568,274 509,052 59,222 70,466 63,122 7,343
Women 16,331 15,104 2,837 578,866 542,439 36,428 71,779 67,262 4,517
Hampden 229,836 216,361 22,063 8,515,504 8,165,011 350,492 1,055,922 1,012,461 43,461
Men 118,502 110,732 12,923 4,865,809 4,622,712 243,097 603,360 573,216 30,144
Women 111,334 105,629 9,140 3,649,695 3,542,300 107,395 452,562 439,245 13,317
Hampshire 71,189 62,663 12,712 2,900,396 2,621,218 279,177 359,649 325,031 34,618
Men 38,265 33,067 7,775 1,808,906 1,589,947 218,959 224,304 197,153 27,151
Women 32,924 29,597 4,938 1,091,489 1,031,271 60,218 135,345 127,878 7,467
Middlesex 868,231 803,598 113,046 48,401,487 45,399,644 3,001,844 6,001,784 5,629,556 372,229
Men 445,496 408,535 62,616 28,111,544 26,247,376 1,864,168 3,485,832 3,254,675 231,157
Women 422,735 395,063 50,429 20,289,943 19,152,268 1,137,675 2,515,953 2,374,881 141,072
Nantucket 10,225 (X) (X) 407,850 (X) (X) 50,573 (X) (X)
Men 5,936 (X) (X) 254,029 (X) (X) 31,500 (X) (X)
Women 4,289 (X) (X) 153,822 (X) (X) 19,074 (X) (X)
Norfolk 396,345 371,080 47,593 21,580,775 20,389,974 1,190,801 2,676,016 2,528,357 147,659
Men 201,960 186,662 27,106 12,395,041 11,611,380 783,662 1,536,985 1,439,811 97,174
Women 194,384 184,417 20,487 9,185,734 8,778,594 407,139 1,139,031 1,088,546 50,485
Plymouth 284,895 266,267 31,939 12,959,020 12,328,837 630,183 1,606,918 1,528,776 78,143
Men 142,655 131,041 18,806 7,294,976 6,867,096 427,880 904,577 851,520 53,057
Women 142,240 135,226 13,133 5,664,044 5,461,741 202,303 702,341 677,256 25,086
Suffolk 477,015 453,032 47,277 22,710,912 21,871,175 839,738 2,816,153 2,712,026 104,127
Men 235,800 220,852 28,366 12,237,465 11,686,543 550,922 1,517,446 1,449,131 68,314
Women 241,215 232,180 18,911 10,473,447 10,184,632 288,815 1,298,707 1,262,894 35,813
Worcester 435,892 410,066 41,499 20,032,579 19,122,113 910,466 2,484,040 2,371,142 112,898
Men 230,002 214,932 22,798 12,101,762 11,453,579 648,183 1,500,618 1,420,244 80,375
Women 205,891 195,133 18,701 7,930,817 7,668,534 262,284 983,421 950,898 32,523
Unknown 14,383 (X) (X) 638,179 (X) (X) 79,134 (X) (X)
Men 6,938 (X) (X) 352,810 (X) (X) 43,748 (X) (X)
Women 7,446 (X) (X) 285,369 (X) (X) 35,386 (X) (X)
All areas d 173,010,000 161,986,000 19,615,000 6,997,733,976 6,631,099,975 366,634,001 867,719,013 822,256,397 45,462,616
Men 89,494,262 83,112,982 10,827,170 4,126,708,156 3,885,282,757 241,425,399 511,711,811 481,775,062 29,936,749
Women 83,515,738 78,873,018 8,787,830 2,871,025,820 2,745,817,218 125,208,602 356,007,202 340,481,335 15,525,867
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Continuous Work History Sample, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: State designation is based on employee residence.
OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
a. Based on Social Security annual maximum taxable earnings of $127,200 in 2017.
b. Includes both employee and employer contributions. Data are not adjusted for tax refunds to persons who made excess contributions because they worked for two or more employers.
c. Workers with earnings from both wage and salary employment and self-employment are counted in each type of employment but only once in the total.
d. Includes persons employed in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands; U.S. citizens employed abroad by U.S. employers; persons employed on U.S. oceanborne vessels; and workers with unknown residence.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 6. Number of persons with Medicare Part A (HI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2017
County and sex Number Taxable earnings a (thousands of dollars) HI contributions b (thousands of dollars)
Total c Wage and salary Self-employed Total Wage and salary Self-employed Total Wage and salary Self-employed
Total, Massachusetts 4,029,355 3,804,709 471,245 250,304,422 234,021,554 16,282,868 7,258,828 6,786,625 472,203
Men 2,012,932 1,877,768 272,804 152,529,315 140,563,629 11,965,686 4,423,350 4,076,345 347,005
Women 2,016,422 1,926,941 198,441 97,775,107 93,457,925 4,317,182 2,835,478 2,710,280 125,198
Barnstable 126,209 113,956 20,944 5,727,468 5,097,660 629,808 166,097 147,832 18,264
Men 64,284 55,805 11,847 3,309,289 2,847,978 461,311 95,969 82,591 13,378
Women 61,925 58,151 9,097 2,418,178 2,249,681 168,497 70,127 65,241 4,886
Berkshire 71,661 67,639 7,933 2,733,231 2,604,222 129,009 79,264 75,522 3,741
Men 36,532 34,483 4,548 1,653,536 1,560,255 93,281 47,953 45,247 2,705
Women 35,129 33,156 3,385 1,079,695 1,043,968 35,728 31,311 30,275 1,036
Bristol 314,524 301,773 26,656 15,181,871 14,588,320 593,552 440,274 423,061 17,213
Men 150,863 143,235 15,232 8,676,903 8,309,374 367,529 251,630 240,972 10,658
Women 163,661 158,538 11,424 6,504,968 6,278,945 226,023 188,644 182,089 6,555
Dukes 13,183 11,222 3,808 536,937 476,901 60,036 15,571 13,830 1,741
Men 6,850 5,815 1,904 302,334 274,056 28,278 8,768 7,948 820
Women 6,333 5,407 1,904 234,603 202,845 31,758 6,803 5,883 921
Essex 468,561 440,826 59,130 30,139,930 27,501,857 2,638,072 874,058 797,554 76,504
Men 228,159 211,894 33,320 18,352,343 16,463,781 1,888,562 532,218 477,450 54,768
Women 240,402 228,931 25,810 11,787,587 11,038,076 749,511 341,840 320,104 21,736
Franklin 35,816 33,360 5,606 1,420,229 1,309,867 110,362 41,187 37,986 3,201
Men 18,072 16,731 2,644 735,661 661,012 74,650 21,334 19,169 2,165
Women 17,744 16,629 2,962 684,568 648,855 35,713 19,852 18,817 1,036
Hampden 248,998 236,787 22,531 10,379,971 9,966,522 413,449 301,019 289,029 11,990
Men 125,682 118,648 13,117 6,024,138 5,719,376 304,762 174,700 165,862 8,838
Women 123,316 118,138 9,414 4,355,833 4,247,146 108,687 126,319 123,167 3,152
Hampshire 81,620 74,372 13,222 3,894,519 3,552,770 341,749 112,941 103,030 9,911
Men 42,613 38,053 8,145 2,421,597 2,138,780 282,817 70,226 62,025 8,202
Women 39,006 36,319 5,077 1,472,923 1,413,991 58,932 42,715 41,006 1,709
Middlesex 927,266 868,491 124,608 70,521,940 65,304,823 5,217,116 2,045,136 1,893,840 151,296
Men 467,916 433,888 71,507 44,472,421 40,796,335 3,676,086 1,289,700 1,183,094 106,606
Women 459,350 434,602 53,101 26,049,518 24,508,488 1,541,030 755,436 710,746 44,690
Nantucket 10,940 (X) (X) 583,354 (X) (X) 16,917 (X) (X)
Men 6,244 (X) (X) 377,271 (X) (X) 10,941 (X) (X)
Women 4,697 (X) (X) 206,084 (X) (X) 5,976 (X) (X)
Norfolk 427,000 403,691 54,053 32,579,793 30,320,473 2,259,320 944,814 879,294 65,520
Men 214,401 200,060 32,157 20,636,063 18,836,695 1,799,369 598,446 546,264 52,182
Women 212,599 203,631 21,896 11,943,730 11,483,778 459,951 346,368 333,030 13,339
Plymouth 309,542 293,306 34,378 17,428,659 16,510,436 918,223 505,431 478,803 26,628
Men 151,899 141,807 20,521 10,375,291 9,687,486 687,805 300,883 280,937 19,946
Women 157,643 151,499 13,857 7,053,368 6,822,949 230,418 204,548 197,866 6,682
Suffolk 504,686 483,470 51,091 32,514,452 31,007,981 1,506,472 942,919 899,231 43,688
Men 248,260 234,542 31,099 18,999,127 17,875,821 1,123,306 550,975 518,399 32,576
Women 256,426 248,927 19,992 13,515,325 13,132,160 383,165 391,944 380,833 11,112
Worcester 474,975 451,946 44,321 25,841,091 24,523,703 1,317,388 749,392 711,187 38,204
Men 244,223 230,666 24,964 15,747,753 14,696,041 1,051,712 456,685 426,185 30,500
Women 230,752 221,280 19,358 10,093,337 9,827,662 265,676 292,707 285,002 7,705
Unknown 14,373 (X) (X) 820,978 (X) (X) 23,808 (X) (X)
Men 6,934 (X) (X) 445,587 (X) (X) 12,922 (X) (X)
Women 7,439 (X) (X) 375,391 (X) (X) 10,886 (X) (X)
All areas d 176,962,000 166,205,000 20,552,000 8,653,800,036 8,066,400,034 587,400,001 250,960,201 233,925,601 17,034,600
Men 90,985,759 84,740,013 11,541,010 5,403,620,293 4,971,781,824 431,838,470 156,704,989 144,181,673 12,523,316
Women 85,976,242 81,464,988 9,010,990 3,250,179,742 3,094,618,211 155,561,532 94,255,213 89,743,928 4,511,284
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Continuous Work History Sample, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: State designation is based on employee residence.
HI = Hospital Insurance; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
a. There is no annual maximum taxable amount for Medicare earnings.
b. Includes both employee and employer contributions.
c. Workers with earnings from both wage and salary employment and self-employment are counted in each type of employment but only once in the total.
d. Includes persons employed in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands; U.S. citizens employed abroad by U.S. employers; persons employed on U.S. oceanborne vessels; and workers with unknown residence.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.