Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2019

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2019
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 3,796,291 3,556,713 430,536 195,483,001 185,246,812 10,236,189 24,239,892 22,970,605 1,269,287
Men 1,917,459 1,780,700 236,289 110,783,361 104,332,313 6,451,048 13,737,137 12,937,207 799,930
Women 1,878,832 1,776,013 194,247 84,699,640 80,914,499 3,785,141 10,502,755 10,033,398 469,357
Barnstable 118,369 104,016 22,231 4,890,032 4,282,998 607,034 606,364 531,092 75,272
Men 59,901 51,346 12,106 2,791,725 2,400,992 390,732 346,174 297,723 48,451
Women 58,468 52,670 10,125 2,098,307 1,882,006 216,301 260,190 233,369 26,821
Berkshire 64,011 59,190 7,484 2,290,682 2,156,658 134,024 284,045 267,426 16,619
Men 33,014 30,054 4,292 1,346,600 1,253,172 93,428 166,978 155,393 11,585
Women 30,997 29,137 3,192 944,082 903,486 40,596 117,066 112,032 5,034
Bristol 293,814 278,938 26,083 12,875,945 12,399,944 476,001 1,596,617 1,537,593 59,024
Men 143,340 134,579 14,087 7,161,008 6,826,685 334,322 887,965 846,509 41,456
Women 150,474 144,359 11,996 5,714,937 5,573,259 141,678 708,652 691,084 17,568
Dukes 12,495 10,086 3,852 486,210 367,491 118,719 60,290 45,569 14,721
Men 6,198 4,992 1,761 258,942 216,661 42,281 32,109 26,866 5,243
Women 6,297 5,094 2,091 227,268 150,830 76,438 28,181 18,703 9,478
Essex 447,127 415,962 55,798 21,846,112 20,519,104 1,327,007 2,708,918 2,544,369 164,549
Men 218,347 200,187 31,586 12,019,750 11,195,897 823,853 1,490,449 1,388,291 102,158
Women 228,780 215,774 24,212 9,826,362 9,323,208 503,154 1,218,469 1,156,078 62,391
Franklin 30,948 28,322 4,512 1,195,495 1,117,569 77,926 148,241 138,579 9,663
Men 13,337 12,021 1,981 562,073 523,331 38,742 69,697 64,893 4,804
Women 17,611 16,300 2,531 633,422 594,239 39,184 78,544 73,686 4,859
Hampden 231,753 218,831 20,800 9,020,193 8,638,378 381,814 1,118,504 1,071,159 47,345
Men 115,596 108,804 10,675 5,039,841 4,781,521 258,319 624,940 592,909 32,032
Women 116,157 110,027 10,125 3,980,352 3,856,857 123,495 493,564 478,250 15,313
Hampshire 69,533 61,635 11,116 2,928,762 2,672,007 256,754 363,166 331,329 31,838
Men 36,925 31,989 7,044 1,787,588 1,608,350 179,239 221,661 199,435 22,226
Women 32,609 29,646 4,072 1,141,173 1,063,658 77,516 141,506 131,894 9,612
Middlesex 871,813 814,197 104,773 52,896,765 49,972,815 2,923,950 6,559,199 6,196,629 362,570
Men 448,334 416,064 56,348 30,627,398 28,860,084 1,767,314 3,797,797 3,578,650 219,147
Women 423,479 398,133 48,424 22,269,367 21,112,731 1,156,636 2,761,402 2,617,979 143,423
Nantucket 10,380 (X) (X) 422,239 (X) (X) 52,358 (X) (X)
Men 6,071 (X) (X) 271,850 (X) (X) 33,709 (X) (X)
Women 4,310 (X) (X) 150,389 (X) (X) 18,648 (X) (X)
Norfolk 408,898 383,871 46,553 23,872,040 22,493,632 1,378,408 2,960,133 2,789,210 170,923
Men 206,925 191,833 26,964 13,526,250 12,637,653 888,597 1,677,255 1,567,069 110,186
Women 201,974 192,037 19,590 10,345,789 9,855,979 489,811 1,282,878 1,222,141 60,737
Plymouth 291,256 273,640 30,265 14,242,965 13,573,678 669,287 1,766,128 1,683,136 82,992
Men 144,114 134,375 16,618 7,985,366 7,558,330 427,036 990,185 937,233 52,952
Women 147,142 139,265 13,647 6,257,599 6,015,348 242,251 775,942 745,903 30,039
Suffolk 491,145 469,039 51,066 25,864,576 24,948,255 916,322 3,207,207 3,093,584 113,624
Men 243,145 229,732 28,614 13,837,057 13,287,692 549,365 1,715,795 1,647,674 68,121
Women 248,000 239,308 22,451 12,027,520 11,660,563 366,957 1,491,412 1,445,910 45,503
Worcester 440,273 415,554 43,692 21,882,749 20,970,359 912,390 2,713,461 2,600,325 113,136
Men 234,674 221,989 22,671 13,121,433 12,502,831 618,602 1,627,058 1,550,351 76,707
Women 205,598 193,565 21,021 8,761,316 8,467,528 293,788 1,086,403 1,049,974 36,430
Unknown 14,475 (X) (X) 768,237 (X) (X) 95,261 (X) (X)
Men 7,539 (X) (X) 446,482 (X) (X) 55,364 (X) (X)
Women 6,936 (X) (X) 321,755 (X) (X) 39,898 (X) (X)
All areas d 176,847,000 165,694,000 19,896,000 7,682,880,983 7,288,699,982 394,181,001 952,677,242 903,798,798 48,878,444
Men 91,078,121 84,730,493 10,803,899 4,503,772,781 4,248,777,032 254,995,748 558,467,825 526,848,352 31,619,473
Women 85,768,879 80,963,507 9,092,101 3,179,108,202 3,039,922,950 139,185,252 394,209,417 376,950,446 17,258,971
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 $132,900 in 2019.
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, 2019
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 4,095,115 3,876,328 467,463 279,180,584 259,854,820 19,325,764 8,096,237 7,535,790 560,447
Men 2,036,773 1,909,480 263,295 167,350,975 155,068,407 12,282,568 4,853,178 4,496,984 356,194
Women 2,058,342 1,966,849 204,168 111,829,608 104,786,412 7,043,196 3,243,059 3,038,806 204,253
Barnstable 127,827 114,330 22,895 5,946,085 5,297,642 648,443 172,436 153,632 18,805
Men 64,393 56,248 12,448 3,444,525 3,008,493 436,033 99,891 87,246 12,645
Women 63,434 58,082 10,447 2,501,560 2,289,150 212,410 72,545 66,385 6,160
Berkshire 69,826 65,215 7,669 2,922,014 2,773,682 148,331 84,738 80,437 4,302
Men 35,570 32,709 4,446 1,797,074 1,687,603 109,471 52,115 48,940 3,175
Women 34,257 32,506 3,223 1,124,940 1,086,079 38,860 32,623 31,496 1,127
Bristol 319,689 306,511 27,785 15,828,795 15,314,595 514,200 459,035 444,123 14,912
Men 154,181 146,428 15,226 8,908,115 8,539,054 369,061 258,335 247,633 10,703
Women 165,508 160,083 12,559 6,920,680 6,775,541 145,139 200,700 196,491 4,209
Dukes 13,794 11,718 4,001 658,904 531,188 127,716 19,108 15,404 3,704
Men 6,803 5,706 1,889 370,309 315,762 54,547 10,739 9,157 1,582
Women 6,991 6,012 2,112 288,595 215,425 73,170 8,369 6,247 2,122
Essex 480,541 451,309 59,127 31,013,716 28,196,799 2,816,917 899,398 817,707 81,691
Men 230,320 213,070 34,009 17,899,699 15,851,309 2,048,389 519,091 459,688 59,403
Women 250,221 238,239 25,118 13,114,017 12,345,489 768,528 380,306 358,019 22,287
Franklin 35,527 33,015 4,890 1,535,086 1,450,398 84,688 44,518 42,062 2,456
Men 16,285 15,081 2,223 787,328 741,858 45,470 22,833 21,514 1,319
Women 19,243 17,934 2,667 747,758 708,540 39,218 21,685 20,548 1,137
Hampden 252,568 241,194 21,339 11,171,070 10,753,664 417,406 323,961 311,856 12,105
Men 123,813 117,795 11,114 6,377,413 6,080,422 296,992 184,945 176,332 8,613
Women 128,755 123,399 10,225 4,793,656 4,673,242 120,414 139,016 135,524 3,492
Hampshire 79,868 73,061 11,336 3,962,721 3,637,507 325,214 114,919 105,488 9,431
Men 41,665 37,499 7,224 2,403,807 2,152,795 251,012 69,710 62,431 7,279
Women 38,203 35,563 4,112 1,558,914 1,484,713 74,201 45,209 43,057 2,152
Middlesex 932,325 879,284 117,588 79,252,707 72,165,770 7,086,937 2,298,329 2,092,807 205,521
Men 471,720 440,916 65,796 48,047,880 44,512,151 3,535,728 1,393,389 1,290,852 102,536
Women 460,605 438,368 51,792 31,204,827 27,653,619 3,551,209 904,940 801,955 102,985
Nantucket 11,097 (X) (X) 543,672 (X) (X) 15,766 (X) (X)
Men 6,377 (X) (X) 345,284 (X) (X) 10,013 (X) (X)
Women 4,720 (X) (X) 198,389 (X) (X) 5,753 (X) (X)
Norfolk 440,283 417,275 52,904 36,121,615 33,402,157 2,719,458 1,047,527 968,663 78,864
Men 219,249 205,122 31,453 22,351,853 20,305,546 2,046,307 648,204 588,861 59,343
Women 221,034 212,153 21,450 13,769,762 13,096,612 673,150 399,323 379,802 19,521
Plymouth 316,203 300,295 33,120 20,218,791 19,053,621 1,165,170 586,345 552,555 33,790
Men 153,525 144,594 18,783 12,117,670 11,239,665 878,005 351,412 325,950 25,462
Women 162,678 155,701 14,337 8,101,121 7,813,956 287,165 234,932 226,605 8,328
Suffolk 521,412 500,832 55,571 40,170,322 38,154,396 2,015,926 1,164,939 1,106,477 58,462
Men 256,190 243,436 32,231 24,468,190 23,144,910 1,323,280 709,578 671,202 38,375
Women 265,222 257,396 23,340 15,702,131 15,009,486 692,645 455,362 435,275 20,087
Worcester 479,677 458,137 46,680 28,812,509 27,625,350 1,187,159 835,563 801,135 34,428
Men 249,141 237,832 24,785 17,440,353 16,598,501 841,852 505,770 481,357 24,414
Women 230,536 220,305 21,895 11,372,156 11,026,849 345,307 329,793 319,779 10,014
Unknown 14,477 (X) (X) 1,022,577 (X) (X) 29,655 (X) (X)
Men 7,541 (X) (X) 591,475 (X) (X) 17,153 (X) (X)
Women 6,936 (X) (X) 431,102 (X) (X) 12,502 (X) (X)
All areas d 180,896,000 170,019,000 20,905,000 9,512,542,010 8,872,500,011 640,041,999 275,863,718 257,302,500 18,561,218
Men 92,615,972 86,400,315 11,544,635 5,893,647,286 5,428,486,676 465,160,611 170,915,771 157,426,114 13,489,658
Women 88,280,028 83,618,685 9,360,365 3,618,894,723 3,444,013,335 174,881,388 104,947,947 99,876,387 5,071,560
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.