Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2016

Table 1. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by state or other area, sex, and type of earnings, 2016
State or area, 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
All areas 171,287,999 160,016,999 19,705,000 6,662,826,992 6,309,799,993 353,026,999 826,190,547 782,415,199 43,775,348
Men 88,710,042 82,180,908 10,926,344 3,927,310,775 3,693,204,899 234,105,875 486,986,536 457,957,408 29,029,129
Women 82,577,957 77,836,092 8,778,656 2,735,516,218 2,616,595,094 118,921,124 339,204,011 324,457,792 14,746,219
Alabama 2,422,766 2,281,952 260,954 84,080,318 79,972,042 4,108,276 10,425,959 9,916,533 509,426
Men 1,229,495 1,143,937 143,208 50,034,991 47,171,039 2,863,952 6,204,339 5,849,209 355,130
Women 1,193,272 1,138,015 117,746 34,045,327 32,801,003 1,244,324 4,221,620 4,067,324 154,296
Alaska 401,429 376,208 47,378 15,809,007 14,914,066 894,941 1,960,317 1,849,344 110,973
Men 217,850 203,469 26,858 9,610,031 9,029,370 580,661 1,191,644 1,119,642 72,002
Women 183,579 172,739 20,520 6,198,977 5,884,696 314,281 768,673 729,702 38,971
Arizona 3,374,252 3,171,375 351,842 124,881,044 118,917,489 5,963,554 15,485,249 14,745,769 739,481
Men 1,753,720 1,639,285 191,875 72,624,304 68,824,434 3,799,870 9,005,414 8,534,230 471,184
Women 1,620,532 1,532,089 159,967 52,256,740 50,093,055 2,163,684 6,479,836 6,211,539 268,297
Arkansas 1,498,979 1,401,514 170,388 48,001,706 45,598,373 2,403,334 5,952,212 5,654,198 298,013
Men 756,059 698,409 94,004 28,018,291 26,368,692 1,649,599 3,474,268 3,269,718 204,550
Women 742,921 703,105 76,385 19,983,415 19,229,681 753,734 2,477,943 2,384,480 93,463
California 19,174,732 17,512,289 2,669,705 813,240,020 759,660,783 53,579,237 100,841,762 94,197,937 6,643,825
Men 10,130,884 9,175,996 1,496,216 480,922,519 445,920,706 35,001,812 59,634,392 55,294,168 4,340,225
Women 9,043,848 8,336,292 1,173,488 332,317,501 313,740,076 18,577,425 41,207,370 38,903,769 2,303,601
Colorado 2,949,405 2,738,914 371,717 118,956,441 112,049,540 6,906,901 14,750,599 13,894,143 856,456
Men 1,602,999 1,486,965 203,800 73,368,074 68,928,238 4,439,836 9,097,641 8,547,101 550,540
Women 1,346,406 1,251,950 167,917 45,588,367 43,121,302 2,467,065 5,652,958 5,347,041 305,916
Connecticut 2,013,083 1,872,565 237,426 91,596,336 85,465,455 6,130,881 11,357,946 10,597,716 760,229
Men 1,037,380 951,596 134,184 54,051,254 49,822,616 4,228,638 6,702,356 6,178,004 524,351
Women 975,704 920,969 103,243 37,545,082 35,642,839 1,902,244 4,655,590 4,419,712 235,878
Delaware 522,851 499,024 44,155 21,229,695 20,399,914 829,780 2,632,482 2,529,589 102,893
Men 265,068 251,758 23,850 11,800,102 11,285,761 514,341 1,463,213 1,399,434 63,778
Women 257,783 247,266 20,305 9,429,593 9,114,154 315,439 1,169,270 1,130,155 39,114
District of Columbia 421,561 399,995 45,766 22,268,772 21,116,183 1,152,589 2,761,328 2,618,407 142,921
Men 205,108 194,485 21,487 11,611,068 10,955,066 656,001 1,439,772 1,358,428 81,344
Women 216,453 205,510 24,280 10,657,704 10,161,117 496,588 1,321,555 1,259,978 61,577
Florida 10,432,868 9,619,278 1,375,355 366,168,834 347,802,172 18,366,662 45,404,935 43,127,469 2,277,466
Men 5,320,363 4,890,189 700,892 208,568,673 197,681,513 10,887,159 25,862,515 24,512,508 1,350,008
Women 5,112,505 4,729,089 674,463 157,600,161 150,120,659 7,479,502 19,542,420 18,614,962 927,458
Georgia 5,279,082 4,935,518 630,416 193,518,476 184,362,438 9,156,038 23,996,291 22,860,942 1,135,349
Men 2,689,821 2,503,899 318,323 113,173,658 107,563,177 5,610,481 14,033,534 13,337,834 695,700
Women 2,589,260 2,431,619 312,092 80,344,818 76,799,261 3,545,557 9,962,757 9,523,108 439,649
Hawaii 787,774 734,958 88,095 31,590,004 29,789,262 1,800,742 3,917,160 3,693,868 223,292
Men 408,418 380,291 46,518 18,111,353 16,964,708 1,146,645 2,245,808 2,103,624 142,184
Women 379,357 354,666 41,576 13,478,651 12,824,553 654,097 1,671,353 1,590,245 81,108
Idaho 882,584 826,126 101,417 28,788,843 27,117,979 1,670,864 3,569,816 3,362,629 207,187
Men 468,868 436,238 58,336 17,974,139 16,814,010 1,160,128 2,228,793 2,084,937 143,856
Women 413,716 389,888 43,081 10,814,704 10,303,969 510,735 1,341,023 1,277,692 63,331
Illinois 6,802,606 6,367,047 788,020 270,198,141 256,682,259 13,515,881 33,504,569 31,828,600 1,675,969
Men 3,509,493 3,261,317 430,805 160,952,560 151,971,932 8,980,628 19,958,117 18,844,520 1,113,598
Women 3,293,113 3,105,730 357,214 109,245,580 104,710,327 4,535,253 13,546,452 12,984,081 562,371
Indiana 3,686,987 3,516,138 331,752 131,672,262 126,169,600 5,502,662 16,327,361 15,645,030 682,330
Men 1,922,217 1,821,008 188,974 80,075,032 76,198,047 3,876,985 9,929,304 9,448,558 480,746
Women 1,764,770 1,695,130 142,778 51,597,231 49,971,553 1,625,677 6,398,057 6,196,473 201,584
Iowa 1,804,236 1,702,174 194,561 65,596,776 61,956,187 3,640,588 8,134,000 7,682,567 451,433
Men 923,719 856,957 120,432 38,523,840 35,733,335 2,790,505 4,776,956 4,430,934 346,023
Women 880,518 845,217 74,129 27,072,935 26,222,852 850,083 3,357,044 3,251,634 105,410
Kansas 1,618,722 1,525,351 176,727 59,315,252 55,905,286 3,409,966 7,355,091 6,932,255 422,836
Men 836,940 780,593 104,102 35,488,405 32,990,245 2,498,160 4,400,562 4,090,790 309,772
Women 781,782 744,758 72,625 23,826,846 22,915,041 911,806 2,954,529 2,841,465 113,064
Kentucky 2,262,755 2,133,205 235,385 75,098,705 71,680,752 3,417,953 9,312,239 8,888,413 423,826
Men 1,171,349 1,095,137 133,539 44,754,040 42,492,393 2,261,647 5,549,501 5,269,057 280,444
Women 1,091,406 1,038,068 101,846 30,344,665 29,188,359 1,156,306 3,762,738 3,619,357 143,382
Louisiana 2,231,352 2,082,057 274,598 77,015,260 72,589,564 4,425,695 9,549,892 9,001,106 548,786
Men 1,160,323 1,073,800 145,786 48,651,532 45,658,755 2,992,777 6,032,790 5,661,686 371,104
Women 1,071,030 1,008,257 128,812 28,363,728 26,930,809 1,432,918 3,517,102 3,339,420 177,682
Maine 730,967 674,826 96,152 24,587,879 22,784,060 1,803,819 3,048,897 2,825,223 223,674
Men 382,002 347,112 56,832 14,479,625 13,288,385 1,191,241 1,795,474 1,647,760 147,714
Women 348,965 327,714 39,320 10,108,254 9,495,676 612,578 1,253,423 1,177,464 75,960
Maryland 3,390,433 3,200,369 363,553 159,490,882 152,684,303 6,806,579 19,776,869 18,932,854 844,016
Men 1,671,041 1,568,434 189,082 86,376,505 82,240,586 4,135,920 10,710,687 10,197,833 512,854
Women 1,719,393 1,631,935 174,471 73,114,376 70,443,717 2,670,659 9,066,183 8,735,021 331,162
Massachusetts 3,704,656 3,444,980 437,681 169,282,691 159,492,982 9,789,709 20,991,054 19,777,130 1,213,924
Men 1,888,365 1,736,783 250,318 96,868,438 90,341,797 6,526,641 12,011,686 11,202,383 809,304
Women 1,816,291 1,708,197 187,363 72,414,252 69,151,185 3,263,067 8,979,367 8,574,747 404,620
Michigan 5,306,795 5,003,817 569,179 200,084,868 190,773,032 9,311,837 24,810,524 23,655,856 1,154,668
Men 2,731,042 2,557,804 311,125 119,832,316 113,613,103 6,219,214 14,859,207 14,088,025 771,183
Women 2,575,753 2,446,013 258,054 80,252,552 77,159,929 3,092,623 9,951,316 9,567,831 383,485
Minnesota 3,304,217 3,125,637 343,248 137,161,086 130,668,561 6,492,524 17,007,975 16,202,902 805,073
Men 1,720,258 1,609,168 200,899 79,989,855 75,407,861 4,581,994 9,918,742 9,350,575 568,167
Women 1,583,959 1,516,469 142,348 57,171,230 55,260,700 1,910,530 7,089,233 6,852,327 236,906
Mississippi 1,463,170 1,369,049 179,413 46,536,733 43,806,504 2,730,229 5,770,555 5,432,006 338,548
Men 730,160 677,991 89,921 26,822,026 25,177,040 1,644,986 3,325,931 3,121,953 203,978
Women 733,010 691,058 89,492 19,714,707 18,629,464 1,085,243 2,444,624 2,310,054 134,570
Missouri 3,235,052 3,047,537 336,479 112,055,800 106,725,010 5,330,790 13,894,919 13,233,901 661,018
Men 1,666,134 1,551,487 193,916 66,143,756 62,391,242 3,752,514 8,201,826 7,736,514 465,312
Women 1,568,918 1,496,051 142,563 45,912,044 44,333,768 1,578,276 5,693,093 5,497,387 195,706
Montana 618,165 576,409 72,839 19,293,329 17,978,996 1,314,332 2,392,373 2,229,396 162,977
Men 328,261 300,456 45,229 11,659,569 10,701,185 958,384 1,445,787 1,326,947 118,840
Women 289,904 275,954 27,610 7,633,760 7,277,811 355,949 946,586 902,449 44,138
Nebraska 1,162,824 1,097,893 122,473 41,865,703 39,608,617 2,257,086 5,191,347 4,911,469 279,879
Men 605,819 563,852 76,062 24,773,887 23,097,505 1,676,382 3,071,962 2,864,091 207,871
Women 557,005 534,041 46,411 17,091,816 16,511,113 580,704 2,119,385 2,047,378 72,007
Nevada 1,394,912 1,310,652 149,976 48,468,527 45,893,295 2,575,232 6,010,097 5,690,769 319,329
Men 746,646 703,820 77,674 29,372,853 27,760,629 1,612,223 3,642,234 3,442,318 199,916
Women 648,266 606,833 72,302 19,095,674 18,132,666 963,008 2,367,864 2,248,451 119,413
New Hampshire 819,205 764,564 91,855 35,290,757 33,039,313 2,251,445 4,376,054 4,096,875 279,179
Men 427,069 393,359 54,791 21,086,778 19,516,374 1,570,405 2,614,760 2,420,030 194,730
Women 392,136 371,205 37,064 14,203,979 13,522,939 681,040 1,761,293 1,676,844 84,449
New Jersey 5,015,856 4,692,336 569,501 236,306,795 223,405,713 12,901,081 29,302,043 27,702,308 1,599,734
Men 2,564,810 2,367,607 329,067 136,002,710 127,089,577 8,913,133 16,864,336 15,759,108 1,105,229
Women 2,451,046 2,324,729 240,435 100,304,084 96,316,137 3,987,948 12,437,706 11,943,201 494,506
New Mexico 998,072 939,243 97,656 33,208,177 31,712,065 1,496,112 4,117,814 3,932,296 185,518
Men 507,565 479,116 46,626 19,230,114 18,319,980 910,134 2,384,534 2,271,678 112,857
Women 490,507 460,127 51,031 13,978,063 13,392,085 585,978 1,733,280 1,660,619 72,661
New York 10,783,936 10,026,419 1,313,796 463,682,450 438,803,261 24,879,189 57,496,624 54,411,604 3,085,019
Men 5,390,248 4,940,214 733,336 256,046,340 239,604,197 16,442,143 31,749,746 29,710,920 2,038,826
Women 5,393,688 5,086,205 580,459 207,636,110 199,199,064 8,437,046 25,746,878 24,700,684 1,046,194
North Carolina 5,289,720 4,958,591 594,103 191,807,569 182,370,567 9,437,001 23,784,139 22,613,950 1,170,188
Men 2,706,209 2,511,148 321,331 111,210,315 105,084,352 6,125,963 13,790,079 13,030,460 759,619
Women 2,583,511 2,447,443 272,772 80,597,254 77,286,215 3,311,039 9,994,060 9,583,491 410,569
North Dakota 464,527 439,096 52,427 18,031,911 16,793,075 1,238,835 2,235,957 2,082,341 153,616
Men 252,518 234,811 34,593 11,474,202 10,457,882 1,016,319 1,422,801 1,296,777 126,024
Women 212,009 204,285 17,834 6,557,709 6,335,193 222,516 813,156 785,564 27,592
Ohio 5,945,991 5,575,326 632,994 209,670,460 199,170,217 10,500,243 25,999,137 24,697,107 1,302,030
Men 3,129,342 2,906,038 360,437 128,154,170 120,838,660 7,315,510 15,891,117 14,983,994 907,123
Women 2,816,650 2,669,288 272,557 81,516,291 78,331,557 3,184,733 10,108,020 9,713,113 394,907
Oklahoma 2,008,352 1,885,122 212,932 67,895,463 64,689,239 3,206,224 8,419,037 8,021,466 397,572
Men 1,038,296 964,868 122,688 40,787,690 38,601,881 2,185,809 5,057,674 4,786,633 271,040
Women 970,057 920,254 90,244 27,107,774 26,087,358 1,020,415 3,361,364 3,234,832 126,532
Oregon 2,176,007 2,035,809 236,030 83,639,848 78,916,975 4,722,873 10,371,341 9,785,705 585,636
Men 1,127,479 1,050,829 126,448 49,073,390 46,101,868 2,971,522 6,085,100 5,716,632 368,469
Women 1,048,528 984,980 109,581 34,566,459 32,815,107 1,751,351 4,286,241 4,069,073 217,168
Pennsylvania 7,050,851 6,682,714 680,372 278,206,424 265,441,705 12,764,719 34,497,597 32,914,771 1,582,825
Men 3,635,535 3,400,774 404,699 163,173,026 154,197,283 8,975,744 20,233,455 19,120,463 1,112,992
Women 3,415,316 3,281,940 275,673 115,033,398 111,244,422 3,788,976 14,264,141 13,794,308 469,833
Rhode Island 612,162 578,247 63,385 24,096,656 22,826,197 1,270,458 2,987,985 2,830,448 157,537
Men 307,154 287,082 35,238 13,639,684 12,774,395 865,289 1,691,321 1,584,025 107,296
Women 305,008 291,165 28,147 10,456,972 10,051,803 405,169 1,296,665 1,246,424 50,241
South Carolina 2,558,774 2,421,818 248,707 88,842,080 84,885,428 3,956,651 11,016,418 10,525,793 490,625
Men 1,285,011 1,206,111 133,969 51,929,246 49,221,107 2,708,139 6,439,227 6,103,417 335,809
Women 1,273,763 1,215,707 114,738 36,912,834 35,664,322 1,248,512 4,577,191 4,422,376 154,815
South Dakota 586,073 551,193 65,427 18,652,020 17,528,657 1,123,363 2,312,850 2,173,553 139,297
Men 298,823 275,852 40,072 10,830,808 9,998,444 832,363 1,343,020 1,239,807 103,213
Women 287,251 275,341 25,354 7,821,212 7,530,213 290,999 969,830 933,746 36,084
Tennessee 3,539,790 3,296,233 425,112 124,227,566 115,213,043 9,014,524 15,404,218 14,286,417 1,117,801
Men 1,798,725 1,649,290 246,773 72,415,531 66,177,418 6,238,113 8,979,526 8,206,000 773,526
Women 1,741,064 1,646,942 178,338 51,812,035 49,035,625 2,776,410 6,424,692 6,080,417 344,275
Texas 13,590,202 12,585,550 1,713,446 523,290,437 494,358,599 28,931,838 64,888,014 61,300,466 3,587,548
Men 7,266,655 6,692,413 937,888 326,197,317 307,334,343 18,862,974 40,448,467 38,109,458 2,339,009
Women 6,323,548 5,893,138 775,557 197,093,120 187,024,257 10,068,863 24,439,547 23,191,008 1,248,539
Utah 1,620,392 1,550,976 151,051 58,279,296 56,204,778 2,074,518 7,226,633 6,969,392 257,240
Men 890,526 852,874 86,806 38,779,160 37,268,799 1,510,360 4,808,616 4,621,331 187,285
Women 729,866 698,103 64,245 19,500,136 18,935,979 564,158 2,418,017 2,348,061 69,956
Vermont 392,838 365,896 48,345 13,913,491 13,091,388 822,103 1,725,273 1,623,332 101,941
Men 200,173 184,071 27,718 7,695,574 7,182,738 512,836 954,251 890,660 63,592
Women 192,665 181,825 20,627 6,217,917 5,908,650 309,267 771,022 732,673 38,349
Virginia 4,672,896 4,416,280 479,580 203,983,372 195,211,039 8,772,333 25,293,938 24,206,169 1,087,769
Men 2,386,997 2,247,037 255,260 118,589,724 113,011,692 5,578,032 14,705,126 14,013,450 691,676
Women 2,285,899 2,169,243 224,320 85,393,648 82,199,346 3,194,302 10,588,812 10,192,719 396,093
Washington 3,973,470 3,761,158 377,841 177,364,692 169,104,144 8,260,547 21,993,222 20,968,914 1,024,308
Men 2,113,250 1,995,177 207,668 108,133,286 102,848,578 5,284,708 13,408,527 12,753,224 655,304
Women 1,860,220 1,765,981 170,174 69,231,406 66,255,567 2,975,839 8,584,694 8,215,690 369,004
West Virginia 870,979 830,515 74,129 28,933,725 27,599,852 1,333,874 3,587,782 3,422,382 165,400
Men 447,315 421,230 45,014 17,311,925 16,304,176 1,007,749 2,146,679 2,021,718 124,961
Women 423,664 409,285 29,114 11,621,801 11,295,676 326,125 1,441,103 1,400,664 40,439
Wisconsin 3,349,027 3,191,691 297,159 127,232,080 122,179,640 5,052,440 15,776,778 15,150,275 626,503
Men 1,736,390 1,639,898 175,438 75,281,768 71,714,082 3,567,686 9,334,939 8,892,546 442,393
Women 1,612,638 1,551,793 121,721 51,950,312 50,465,558 1,484,754 6,441,839 6,257,729 184,109
Wyoming 335,661 317,097 37,494 12,303,203 11,665,888 637,315 1,525,597 1,446,570 79,027
Men 178,881 168,043 21,809 7,764,605 7,375,265 389,340 962,811 914,533 48,278
Women 156,780 149,054 15,685 4,538,598 4,290,623 247,975 562,786 532,037 30,749
Outlying areas  
Puerto Rico 1,151,935 1,064,509 109,259 26,449,033 24,671,458 1,777,575 3,279,680 3,059,261 220,419
Men 561,714 501,780 71,980 14,071,626 12,740,734 1,330,892 1,744,882 1,579,851 165,031
Women 590,221 562,729 37,279 12,377,407 11,930,724 446,683 1,534,798 1,479,410 55,389
Other d 602,066 539,758 65,749 19,666,099 18,353,046 1,313,053 2,438,596 2,275,778 162,819
Men 379,560 349,051 32,445 13,799,091 13,047,706 751,386 1,711,087 1,617,915 93,172
Women 222,506 190,707 33,304 5,867,008 5,305,340 561,668 727,509 657,862 69,647
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.
a. Based on Social Security annual maximum taxable earnings of $118,500 in 2016.
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 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.
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