Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2015

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2015
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 3,642,536 3,384,087 440,277 164,388,330 154,658,071 9,730,259 20,384,153 19,177,601 1,206,552
Men 1,859,538 1,705,234 249,969 94,701,196 88,213,336 6,487,861 11,742,948 10,938,454 804,495
Women 1,782,998 1,678,852 190,309 69,687,134 66,444,736 3,242,398 8,641,205 8,239,147 402,057
Barnstable 115,777 101,758 21,038 4,304,505 3,787,594 516,911 533,759 469,662 64,097
Men 60,493 51,541 12,083 2,502,563 2,155,796 346,767 310,318 267,319 42,999
Women 55,284 50,217 8,954 1,801,942 1,631,798 170,144 223,441 202,343 21,098
Berkshire 66,891 61,931 8,415 2,144,828 1,984,669 160,160 265,959 246,099 19,860
Men 35,213 32,086 4,963 1,305,740 1,189,651 116,089 161,912 147,517 14,395
Women 31,678 29,845 3,452 839,088 795,017 44,070 104,047 98,582 5,465
Bristol 284,505 267,789 24,490 11,253,047 10,821,522 431,525 1,395,378 1,341,869 53,509
Men 139,368 129,769 13,809 6,345,032 6,059,571 285,461 786,784 751,387 35,397
Women 145,137 138,020 10,681 4,908,015 4,761,951 146,064 608,594 590,482 18,112
Dukes 12,187 9,167 4,531 389,465 322,121 67,344 48,294 39,943 8,351
Men 6,812 5,195 2,697 232,585 196,985 35,600 28,841 24,426 4,414
Women 5,375 3,973 1,834 156,879 125,136 31,744 19,453 15,517 3,936
Essex 419,964 386,863 57,718 18,386,396 17,055,658 1,330,738 2,279,913 2,114,902 165,012
Men 210,331 190,274 31,826 10,320,233 9,495,411 824,822 1,279,709 1,177,431 102,278
Women 209,633 196,589 25,892 8,066,162 7,560,246 505,916 1,000,204 937,471 62,734
Franklin 31,726 29,030 4,639 1,081,106 987,057 94,049 134,057 122,395 11,662
Men 14,841 13,547 2,050 551,970 497,526 54,444 68,444 61,693 6,751
Women 16,884 15,483 2,589 529,135 489,531 39,604 65,613 60,702 4,911
Hampden 229,458 215,332 21,685 8,111,243 7,739,857 371,386 1,005,794 959,742 46,052
Men 120,266 111,638 12,191 4,680,262 4,424,310 255,952 580,353 548,614 31,738
Women 109,192 103,693 9,494 3,430,980 3,315,547 115,434 425,442 411,128 14,314
Hampshire 71,888 64,987 11,112 2,750,321 2,485,016 265,305 341,040 308,142 32,898
Men 38,652 34,123 7,336 1,715,718 1,501,580 214,138 212,749 186,196 26,553
Women 33,236 30,864 3,776 1,034,603 983,436 51,167 128,291 121,946 6,345
Middlesex 853,696 789,006 113,063 44,485,023 41,631,841 2,853,181 5,516,143 5,162,348 353,794
Men 440,799 403,059 62,034 26,187,044 24,327,453 1,859,591 3,247,193 3,016,604 230,589
Women 412,898 385,947 51,029 18,297,979 17,304,389 993,590 2,268,949 2,145,744 123,205
Nantucket 8,730 (X) (X) 349,539 (X) (X) 43,343 (X) (X)
Men 4,823 (X) (X) 215,932 (X) (X) 26,776 (X) (X)
Women 3,907 (X) (X) 133,607 (X) (X) 16,567 (X) (X)
Norfolk 384,300 358,750 47,793 20,028,453 18,881,466 1,146,987 2,483,528 2,341,302 142,226
Men 192,714 178,051 26,216 11,290,284 10,556,516 733,768 1,399,995 1,309,008 90,987
Women 191,587 180,699 21,577 8,738,170 8,324,950 413,219 1,083,533 1,032,294 51,239
Plymouth 270,218 250,269 31,934 11,626,074 11,010,713 615,361 1,441,633 1,365,328 76,305
Men 136,754 124,676 18,556 6,650,261 6,223,370 426,891 824,632 771,698 52,935
Women 133,464 125,593 13,378 4,975,813 4,787,343 188,470 617,001 593,631 23,370
Suffolk 449,632 425,163 49,088 20,024,674 19,181,482 843,192 2,483,060 2,378,504 104,556
Men 224,096 209,220 29,345 10,940,531 10,361,578 578,953 1,356,626 1,284,836 71,790
Women 225,536 215,943 19,743 9,084,143 8,819,904 264,239 1,126,434 1,093,668 32,766
Worcester 428,076 401,226 42,507 18,734,934 17,757,919 977,015 2,323,132 2,201,982 121,150
Men 227,343 210,952 25,353 11,367,381 10,647,436 719,945 1,409,555 1,320,282 89,273
Women 200,733 190,274 17,154 7,367,553 7,110,483 257,071 913,577 881,700 31,877
Unknown 15,489 (X) (X) 718,723 (X) (X) 89,122 (X) (X)
Men 7,034 (X) (X) 395,660 (X) (X) 49,062 (X) (X)
Women 8,454 (X) (X) 323,063 (X) (X) 40,060 (X) (X)
All areas d 168,430,001 157,038,001 19,691,000 6,499,230,007 6,139,300,008 359,929,999 805,904,521 761,273,201 44,631,320
Men 87,384,057 80,768,267 10,937,778 3,854,397,640 3,614,266,438 240,131,202 477,945,307 448,169,038 29,776,269
Women 81,045,944 76,269,733 8,753,222 2,644,832,367 2,525,033,570 119,798,797 327,959,213 313,104,163 14,855,051
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 $118,500 in 2015.
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, 2015
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 3,930,180 3,692,785 461,720 232,767,904 215,265,015 17,502,889 6,750,269 6,242,685 507,584
Men 1,973,902 1,829,382 262,143 142,663,965 129,732,906 12,931,060 4,137,255 3,762,254 375,001
Women 1,956,279 1,863,403 199,577 90,103,939 85,532,110 4,571,829 2,613,014 2,480,431 132,583
Barnstable 124,326 111,026 22,062 5,454,538 4,814,392 640,146 158,182 139,617 18,564
Men 63,955 55,004 12,672 3,171,628 2,732,517 439,111 91,977 79,243 12,734
Women 60,372 56,022 9,391 2,282,910 2,081,875 201,035 66,204 60,374 5,830
Berkshire 71,989 67,125 8,825 2,676,841 2,490,467 186,374 77,628 72,224 5,405
Men 37,574 34,530 5,204 1,667,604 1,528,073 139,531 48,361 44,314 4,046
Women 34,415 32,595 3,620 1,009,237 962,394 46,843 29,268 27,909 1,358
Bristol 309,085 293,964 25,683 14,022,501 13,543,424 479,077 406,653 392,759 13,893
Men 149,118 140,158 14,482 7,998,252 7,682,910 315,342 231,949 222,804 9,145
Women 159,966 153,807 11,201 6,024,249 5,860,514 163,735 174,703 169,955 4,748
Dukes 13,203 10,491 4,752 545,484 473,904 71,580 15,819 13,743 2,076
Men 7,194 5,806 2,828 330,819 292,980 37,840 9,594 8,496 1,097
Women 6,009 4,685 1,923 214,664 180,924 33,741 6,225 5,247 978
Essex 449,628 420,065 60,529 27,856,965 24,783,736 3,073,229 807,852 718,728 89,124
Men 221,155 202,902 33,376 16,977,443 14,794,275 2,183,167 492,346 429,034 63,312
Women 228,473 217,163 27,153 10,879,522 9,989,461 890,062 315,506 289,694 25,812
Franklin 35,143 32,798 4,865 1,402,555 1,252,404 150,151 40,674 36,320 4,354
Men 16,839 15,890 2,150 743,194 653,636 89,558 21,553 18,955 2,597
Women 18,304 16,909 2,715 659,362 598,768 60,593 19,121 17,364 1,757
Hampden 249,080 235,701 22,741 10,024,521 9,538,950 485,571 290,711 276,630 14,082
Men 127,584 119,480 12,785 5,892,097 5,529,221 362,876 170,871 160,347 10,523
Women 121,496 116,221 9,956 4,132,424 4,009,729 122,696 119,840 116,282 3,558
Hampshire 83,377 77,005 11,653 3,756,030 3,401,469 354,562 108,925 98,643 10,282
Men 43,854 39,521 7,693 2,357,895 2,057,719 300,176 68,379 59,674 8,705
Women 39,523 37,484 3,960 1,398,136 1,343,750 54,386 40,546 38,969 1,577
Middlesex 911,482 851,844 118,570 65,826,563 60,147,448 5,679,115 1,908,970 1,744,276 164,694
Men 463,456 427,806 65,055 41,929,384 37,698,375 4,231,009 1,215,952 1,093,253 122,699
Women 448,027 424,038 53,515 23,897,179 22,449,073 1,448,106 693,018 651,023 41,995
Nantucket 9,757 (X) (X) 523,610 (X) (X) 15,185 (X) (X)
Men 5,214 (X) (X) 347,327 (X) (X) 10,072 (X) (X)
Women 4,543 (X) (X) 176,283 (X) (X) 5,112 (X) (X)
Norfolk 413,714 390,119 50,121 29,877,911 27,854,596 2,023,315 866,459 807,783 58,676
Men 204,406 190,476 27,493 18,486,105 17,015,704 1,470,400 536,097 493,455 42,642
Women 209,308 199,643 22,628 11,391,807 10,838,892 552,915 330,362 314,328 16,035
Plymouth 297,255 278,889 33,489 16,431,242 15,252,045 1,179,197 476,506 442,309 34,197
Men 146,938 135,879 19,460 9,993,427 9,089,671 903,757 289,809 263,600 26,209
Women 150,317 143,010 14,029 6,437,815 6,162,375 275,440 186,697 178,709 7,988
Suffolk 480,964 458,772 51,478 28,791,596 27,139,061 1,652,535 834,956 787,033 47,924
Men 238,191 224,700 30,774 17,132,632 15,880,218 1,252,414 496,846 460,526 36,320
Women 242,773 234,071 20,704 11,658,964 11,258,843 400,122 338,110 326,506 11,604
Worcester 465,683 441,150 44,577 24,389,375 22,991,167 1,398,208 707,292 666,744 40,548
Men 241,384 225,719 26,588 14,867,019 13,767,939 1,099,080 431,144 399,270 31,873
Women 224,298 215,431 17,989 9,522,356 9,223,228 299,128 276,148 267,474 8,675
Unknown 15,494 (X) (X) 1,188,170 (X) (X) 34,457 (X) (X)
Men 7,040 (X) (X) 769,139 (X) (X) 22,305 (X) (X)
Women 8,454 (X) (X) 419,030 (X) (X) 12,152 (X) (X)
All areas d 172,369,000 161,237,000 20,650,000 8,096,301,974 7,511,499,976 584,801,998 234,792,757 217,833,499 16,959,258
Men 88,914,085 82,396,749 11,470,475 5,082,927,586 4,655,591,554 427,336,031 147,404,900 135,012,155 12,392,745
Women 83,454,915 78,840,251 9,179,525 3,013,374,389 2,855,908,422 157,465,967 87,387,857 82,821,344 4,566,513
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.