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

Delaware

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, Delaware 539,236 515,291 43,362 23,855,783 22,915,924 939,859 2,958,117 2,841,575 116,543
Men 272,158 259,683 21,241 13,330,366 12,771,945 558,421 1,652,965 1,583,721 69,244
Women 267,077 255,608 22,121 10,525,417 10,143,979 381,438 1,305,152 1,257,853 47,298
Kent 92,044 (X) (X) 3,657,383 (X) (X) 453,515 (X) (X)
Men 49,197 (X) (X) 2,213,959 (X) (X) 274,531 (X) (X)
Women 42,846 (X) (X) 1,443,424 (X) (X) 178,985 (X) (X)
New Castle 324,494 312,048 24,762 15,538,240 14,986,139 552,101 1,926,742 1,858,281 68,461
Men 161,755 154,750 11,776 8,577,909 8,226,692 351,217 1,063,661 1,020,110 43,551
Women 162,739 157,297 12,987 6,960,332 6,759,447 200,885 863,081 838,171 24,910
Sussex 119,744 111,962 11,776 4,535,696 4,263,078 272,618 562,426 528,622 33,805
Men 59,474 55,421 6,383 2,468,488 2,302,548 165,941 306,093 285,516 20,577
Women 60,270 56,541 5,393 2,067,208 1,960,531 106,677 256,334 243,106 13,228
Unknown 2,954 (X) (X) 124,464 (X) (X) 15,433 (X) (X)
Men 1,732 (X) (X) 70,011 (X) (X) 8,681 (X) (X)
Women 1,223 (X) (X) 54,453 (X) (X) 6,752 (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, Delaware 541,266 517,442 45,679 28,030,694 26,337,849 1,692,845 812,890 763,798 49,093
Men 273,940 261,574 22,784 16,675,387 15,549,409 1,125,978 483,586 450,933 32,653
Women 267,326 255,868 22,895 11,355,307 10,788,440 566,868 329,304 312,865 16,439
Kent 92,254 (X) (X) 3,993,142 (X) (X) 115,801 (X) (X)
Men 49,290 (X) (X) 2,377,425 (X) (X) 68,945 (X) (X)
Women 42,964 (X) (X) 1,615,717 (X) (X) 46,856 (X) (X)
New Castle 325,954 313,542 26,341 18,996,090 17,907,272 1,088,818 550,887 519,311 31,576
Men 163,113 156,109 12,892 11,518,623 10,641,892 876,731 334,040 308,615 25,425
Women 162,842 157,433 13,448 7,477,467 7,265,380 212,087 216,847 210,696 6,151
Sussex 120,102 112,292 12,226 4,917,494 4,590,167 327,327 142,607 133,115 9,492
Men 59,805 55,739 6,557 2,709,607 2,523,616 185,991 78,579 73,185 5,394
Women 60,297 56,554 5,668 2,207,887 2,066,552 141,336 64,029 59,930 4,099
Unknown 2,955 (X) (X) 123,969 (X) (X) 3,595 (X) (X)
Men 1,732 (X) (X) 69,732 (X) (X) 2,022 (X) (X)
Women 1,223 (X) (X) 54,236 (X) (X) 1,573 (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.