Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2009

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, 2009
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 157,606,000 147,599,000 16,882,000 5,268,272,000 4,990,900,000 277,372,000 653,265,728 618,871,600 34,394,128
Men 81,572,732 75,616,206 9,685,292 3,111,175,172 2,920,091,673 191,083,499 385,785,721 362,091,367 23,694,354
Women 76,033,268 71,982,794 7,196,708 2,157,096,828 2,070,808,327 86,288,501 267,480,007 256,780,233 10,699,774
Alabama 2,276,328 2,136,687 244,017 69,258,168 65,903,060 3,355,108 8,588,013 8,171,979 416,033
Men 1,147,281 1,062,298 138,676 41,068,588 38,662,301 2,406,286 5,092,505 4,794,125 298,379
Women 1,129,047 1,074,388 105,341 28,189,581 27,240,759 948,822 3,495,508 3,377,854 117,654
Alaska 383,908 361,272 41,747 13,434,228 12,648,364 785,865 1,665,844 1,568,397 97,447
Men 206,140 192,316 24,002 8,303,946 7,777,679 526,267 1,029,689 964,432 65,257
Women 177,769 168,955 17,745 5,130,282 4,870,685 259,597 636,155 603,965 32,190
Arizona 2,863,146 2,703,901 279,199 93,839,412 89,657,952 4,181,461 11,636,087 11,117,586 518,501
Men 1,487,418 1,398,365 153,652 54,181,386 51,428,032 2,753,354 6,718,492 6,377,076 341,416
Women 1,375,728 1,305,537 125,547 39,658,026 38,229,920 1,428,106 4,917,595 4,740,510 177,085
Arkansas 1,427,582 1,339,143 152,934 39,448,885 37,413,725 2,035,160 4,891,662 4,639,302 252,360
Men 715,094 658,096 92,724 22,856,361 21,413,402 1,442,959 2,834,189 2,655,262 178,927
Women 712,488 681,047 60,209 16,592,524 16,000,323 592,201 2,057,473 1,984,040 73,433
California 16,500,815 15,020,536 2,245,080 605,393,602 563,487,953 41,905,650 75,068,807 69,872,506 5,196,301
Men 8,680,658 7,820,412 1,276,192 358,544,014 330,331,151 28,212,863 44,459,458 40,961,063 3,498,395
Women 7,820,157 7,200,124 968,888 246,849,589 233,156,802 13,692,787 30,609,349 28,911,443 1,697,906
Colorado 2,468,582 2,289,658 300,021 85,361,685 80,126,521 5,235,163 10,584,849 9,935,689 649,160
Men 1,326,952 1,226,131 167,601 52,856,077 49,199,546 3,656,531 6,554,154 6,100,744 453,410
Women 1,141,630 1,063,528 132,420 32,505,608 30,926,976 1,578,632 4,030,695 3,834,945 195,750
Connecticut 1,955,928 1,824,186 211,297 78,300,348 73,262,678 5,037,670 9,709,243 9,084,572 624,671
Men 1,014,412 930,740 127,291 46,910,200 43,214,620 3,695,580 5,816,865 5,358,613 458,252
Women 941,517 893,445 84,006 31,390,148 30,048,057 1,342,090 3,892,378 3,725,959 166,419
Delaware 505,663 486,272 35,592 17,787,506 17,253,267 534,239 2,205,651 2,139,405 66,246
Men 259,029 248,669 18,565 10,094,642 9,789,751 304,891 1,251,736 1,213,929 37,807
Women 246,633 237,603 17,027 7,692,863 7,463,516 229,348 953,915 925,476 28,439
District of Columbia 390,611 372,235 33,643 16,685,315 15,860,434 824,880 2,068,979 1,966,694 102,285
Men 192,459 182,378 16,001 8,705,848 8,193,562 512,286 1,079,525 1,016,002 63,523
Women 198,152 189,857 17,642 7,979,467 7,666,872 312,595 989,454 950,692 38,762
Florida 8,804,645 8,154,225 1,088,384 271,787,876 258,158,065 13,629,811 33,701,697 32,011,600 1,690,097
Men 4,463,536 4,113,639 571,527 153,910,873 145,570,348 8,340,525 19,084,948 18,050,723 1,034,225
Women 4,341,109 4,040,586 516,857 117,877,002 112,587,717 5,289,286 14,616,748 13,960,877 655,871
Georgia 4,562,189 4,259,029 521,883 146,303,052 139,227,971 7,075,081 18,141,578 17,264,268 877,310
Men 2,315,900 2,147,137 282,174 85,015,204 80,325,999 4,689,206 10,541,885 9,960,424 581,462
Women 2,246,290 2,111,891 239,709 61,287,847 58,901,972 2,385,875 7,599,693 7,303,845 295,849
Hawaii 710,765 670,289 68,518 24,576,550 23,357,949 1,218,601 3,047,492 2,896,386 151,106
Men 369,513 346,517 37,951 14,183,416 13,371,871 811,545 1,758,744 1,658,112 100,632
Women 341,252 323,771 30,566 10,393,134 9,986,079 407,056 1,288,749 1,238,274 50,475
Idaho 761,765 715,473 85,134 21,906,236 20,655,049 1,251,188 2,716,373 2,561,226 155,147
Men 400,363 373,669 49,542 13,576,659 12,692,447 884,212 1,683,506 1,573,863 109,642
Women 361,403 341,804 35,592 8,329,577 7,962,602 366,976 1,032,868 987,363 45,505
Illinois 6,436,642 6,032,600 701,280 222,730,456 211,425,662 11,304,794 27,618,577 26,216,782 1,401,794
Men 3,308,473 3,077,161 387,617 133,116,446 125,428,724 7,687,722 16,506,439 15,553,162 953,277
Women 3,128,168 2,955,439 313,663 89,614,010 85,996,938 3,617,073 11,112,137 10,663,620 448,517
Indiana 3,581,612 3,421,936 302,790 107,574,553 102,856,317 4,718,236 13,339,245 12,754,183 585,061
Men 1,901,258 1,805,026 177,448 65,405,021 61,958,346 3,446,675 8,110,223 7,682,835 427,388
Women 1,680,354 1,616,910 125,342 42,169,532 40,897,971 1,271,561 5,229,022 5,071,348 157,674
Iowa 1,728,073 1,620,701 191,911 52,285,626 49,143,480 3,142,145 6,483,418 6,093,792 389,626
Men 879,990 807,789 122,675 30,713,816 28,247,136 2,466,680 3,808,513 3,502,645 305,868
Women 848,083 812,912 69,236 21,571,810 20,896,344 675,466 2,674,904 2,591,147 83,758
Kansas 1,559,337 1,470,394 162,370 49,975,389 47,093,875 2,881,514 6,196,948 5,839,641 357,308
Men 800,576 744,060 97,956 29,834,031 27,688,125 2,145,907 3,699,420 3,433,327 266,092
Women 758,761 726,334 64,415 20,141,358 19,405,751 735,607 2,497,528 2,406,313 91,215
Kentucky 2,128,140 1,999,699 226,067 60,779,976 57,669,903 3,110,074 7,536,717 7,151,068 385,649
Men 1,109,621 1,031,458 135,907 36,714,376 34,498,522 2,215,854 4,552,583 4,277,817 274,766
Women 1,018,520 968,241 90,160 24,065,600 23,171,380 894,220 2,984,134 2,873,251 110,883
Louisiana 2,112,361 1,969,473 241,863 64,153,737 60,323,959 3,829,778 7,955,063 7,480,171 474,892
Men 1,130,522 1,041,397 139,599 42,088,906 39,377,665 2,711,241 5,219,024 4,882,830 336,194
Women 981,839 928,077 102,264 22,064,831 20,946,294 1,118,537 2,736,039 2,597,340 138,699
Maine 741,746 686,068 90,263 20,929,676 19,579,470 1,350,205 2,595,280 2,427,854 167,425
Men 383,918 347,542 55,901 12,444,547 11,497,142 947,406 1,543,124 1,425,646 117,478
Women 357,828 338,526 34,361 8,485,128 8,082,329 402,800 1,052,156 1,002,209 49,947
Maryland 3,166,058 2,998,574 301,354 132,022,034 126,367,043 5,654,991 16,370,732 15,669,513 701,219
Men 1,562,298 1,465,271 163,704 72,153,995 68,502,897 3,651,099 8,947,095 8,494,359 452,736
Women 1,603,759 1,533,304 137,651 59,868,038 57,864,146 2,003,892 7,423,637 7,175,154 248,483
Massachusetts 3,423,785 3,190,378 377,975 132,770,486 125,027,675 7,742,811 16,463,540 15,503,432 960,109
Men 1,760,119 1,623,980 216,836 77,584,348 72,242,545 5,341,803 9,620,459 8,958,076 662,384
Women 1,663,666 1,566,398 161,139 55,186,138 52,785,130 2,401,008 6,843,081 6,545,356 297,725
Michigan 4,951,748 4,672,042 495,727 154,724,515 147,738,735 6,985,780 19,185,840 18,319,603 866,237
Men 2,540,266 2,386,073 267,916 89,938,113 85,318,718 4,619,394 11,152,326 10,579,521 572,805
Women 2,411,482 2,285,970 227,811 64,786,403 62,420,017 2,366,386 8,033,514 7,740,082 293,432
Minnesota 3,080,378 2,908,513 316,330 108,003,425 102,772,421 5,231,004 13,392,425 12,743,780 648,644
Men 1,587,800 1,480,230 192,629 62,805,853 59,036,860 3,768,993 7,787,926 7,320,571 467,355
Women 1,492,578 1,428,283 123,701 45,197,572 43,735,561 1,462,010 5,604,499 5,423,210 181,289
Mississippi 1,362,481 1,274,799 155,293 37,992,450 35,816,739 2,175,711 4,711,064 4,441,276 269,788
Men 682,529 627,153 89,545 21,978,878 20,473,418 1,505,460 2,725,381 2,538,704 186,677
Women 679,952 647,645 65,748 16,013,572 15,343,321 670,251 1,985,683 1,902,572 83,111
Missouri 3,061,480 2,886,484 306,791 91,781,872 87,268,412 4,513,460 11,380,952 10,821,283 559,669
Men 1,578,797 1,470,189 184,423 54,624,306 51,278,805 3,345,501 6,773,414 6,358,572 414,842
Women 1,482,684 1,416,295 122,368 37,157,566 35,989,607 1,167,959 4,607,538 4,462,711 144,827
Montana 542,711 502,460 69,954 14,629,243 13,590,056 1,039,187 1,814,026 1,685,167 128,859
Men 282,813 256,763 42,875 8,798,440 8,040,636 757,804 1,091,007 997,039 93,968
Women 259,898 245,697 27,079 5,830,803 5,549,420 281,383 723,020 688,128 34,892
Nebraska 1,062,215 1,005,638 109,751 32,842,544 30,994,260 1,848,285 4,072,476 3,843,288 229,187
Men 548,314 509,120 71,390 19,462,340 17,992,930 1,469,410 2,413,330 2,231,123 182,207
Women 513,900 496,518 38,362 13,380,204 13,001,330 378,875 1,659,145 1,612,165 46,980
Nevada 1,175,462 1,114,040 104,315 36,892,586 35,225,460 1,667,126 4,574,681 4,367,957 206,724
Men 641,765 610,658 53,645 22,883,902 21,799,488 1,084,414 2,837,604 2,703,136 134,467
Women 533,697 503,383 50,670 14,008,685 13,425,973 582,712 1,737,077 1,664,821 72,256
New Hampshire 801,788 752,256 83,493 28,922,463 27,305,872 1,616,591 3,586,385 3,385,928 200,457
Men 419,268 386,681 51,696 17,455,373 16,279,207 1,176,165 2,164,466 2,018,622 145,844
Women 382,520 365,575 31,797 11,467,090 11,026,665 440,426 1,421,919 1,367,306 54,613
New Jersey 4,702,633 4,432,288 463,622 198,166,979 188,344,423 9,822,556 24,572,705 23,354,708 1,217,997
Men 2,401,329 2,229,105 279,404 113,799,068 106,711,731 7,087,337 14,111,084 13,232,255 878,830
Women 2,301,304 2,203,183 184,218 84,367,911 81,632,692 2,735,219 10,461,621 10,122,454 339,167
New Mexico 949,171 894,470 93,648 28,385,318 26,984,581 1,400,737 3,519,779 3,346,088 173,691
Men 482,780 454,305 48,208 16,486,185 15,613,596 872,590 2,044,287 1,936,086 108,201
Women 466,391 440,165 45,439 11,899,133 11,370,985 528,148 1,475,492 1,410,002 65,490
New York 10,073,709 9,370,417 1,170,543 379,939,592 360,185,295 19,754,296 47,112,509 44,662,977 2,449,533
Men 5,035,769 4,630,137 648,968 211,986,112 199,063,664 12,922,448 26,286,278 24,683,894 1,602,384
Women 5,037,940 4,740,280 521,575 167,953,480 161,121,631 6,831,849 20,826,231 19,979,082 847,149
North Carolina 4,676,021 4,401,038 483,008 146,424,612 139,352,091 7,072,522 18,156,652 17,279,659 876,993
Men 2,378,771 2,209,945 277,045 84,546,773 79,714,977 4,831,796 10,483,800 9,884,657 599,143
Women 2,297,249 2,191,093 205,963 61,877,840 59,637,114 2,240,726 7,672,852 7,395,002 277,850
North Dakota 402,627 379,612 44,721 12,129,532 11,158,459 971,073 1,504,062 1,383,649 120,413
Men 218,607 201,230 30,566 7,714,552 6,897,966 816,587 956,604 855,348 101,257
Women 184,020 178,382 14,155 4,414,980 4,260,493 154,486 547,457 528,301 19,156
Ohio 5,597,712 5,247,761 567,219 167,703,472 159,326,300 8,377,172 20,795,230 19,756,461 1,038,769
Men 2,948,912 2,735,459 337,562 102,492,949 96,444,886 6,048,063 12,709,126 11,959,166 749,960
Women 2,648,800 2,512,302 229,657 65,210,522 62,881,413 2,329,109 8,086,105 7,797,295 288,809
Oklahoma 1,894,309 1,780,231 203,707 54,957,438 52,179,270 2,778,168 6,814,722 6,470,230 344,493
Men 980,680 907,994 125,445 32,869,609 30,825,479 2,044,129 4,075,831 3,822,359 253,472
Women 913,629 872,236 78,262 22,087,829 21,353,791 734,038 2,738,891 2,647,870 91,021
Oregon 1,893,850 1,769,780 201,963 61,018,543 57,751,007 3,267,536 7,566,299 7,161,125 405,174
Men 976,652 907,072 108,110 35,926,653 33,795,719 2,130,934 4,454,905 4,190,669 264,236
Women 917,198 862,707 93,853 25,091,890 23,955,288 1,136,602 3,111,394 2,970,456 140,939
Pennsylvania 6,693,928 6,352,785 598,811 229,530,584 219,111,791 10,418,793 28,461,792 27,169,862 1,291,930
Men 3,442,007 3,220,194 366,590 134,953,174 127,334,231 7,618,942 16,734,194 15,789,445 944,749
Women 3,251,920 3,132,591 232,221 94,577,410 91,777,560 2,799,851 11,727,599 11,380,417 347,181
Rhode Island 587,105 555,534 58,158 20,283,918 19,293,456 990,462 2,515,206 2,392,389 122,817
Men 293,073 274,591 33,541 11,631,775 10,899,583 732,192 1,442,340 1,351,548 90,792
Women 294,032 280,943 24,617 8,652,143 8,393,873 258,270 1,072,866 1,040,840 32,025
South Carolina 2,187,772 2,071,010 205,040 65,259,927 62,440,763 2,819,164 8,092,231 7,742,655 349,576
Men 1,093,884 1,023,466 115,803 37,763,800 35,777,650 1,986,150 4,682,711 4,436,429 246,283
Women 1,093,888 1,047,544 89,237 27,496,127 26,663,112 833,014 3,409,520 3,306,226 103,294
South Dakota 494,142 463,936 59,286 13,285,851 12,404,437 881,414 1,647,446 1,538,150 109,295
Men 244,481 223,054 38,875 7,399,922 6,699,077 700,845 917,590 830,686 86,905
Women 249,662 240,882 20,412 5,885,929 5,705,360 180,569 729,855 707,465 22,391
Tennessee 3,153,348 2,918,144 383,719 94,878,188 88,101,482 6,776,706 11,764,895 10,924,584 840,312
Men 1,605,987 1,457,894 232,529 55,025,471 50,119,118 4,906,353 6,823,158 6,214,771 608,388
Women 1,547,361 1,460,250 151,190 39,852,717 37,982,364 1,870,353 4,941,737 4,709,813 231,924
Texas 11,455,786 10,596,753 1,430,972 379,635,372 356,408,768 23,226,604 47,074,786 44,194,687 2,880,099
Men 6,129,567 5,610,570 826,724 237,724,779 221,930,651 15,794,128 29,477,873 27,519,401 1,958,472
Women 5,326,219 4,986,183 604,247 141,910,593 134,478,117 7,432,476 17,596,914 16,675,287 921,627
Utah 1,334,937 1,275,926 122,675 41,098,422 39,506,996 1,591,426 5,096,204 4,898,867 197,337
Men 731,937 698,158 72,518 27,115,883 25,909,272 1,206,611 3,362,369 3,212,750 149,620
Women 603,000 577,768 50,157 13,982,539 13,597,724 384,816 1,733,835 1,686,118 47,717
Vermont 404,710 379,099 44,824 12,159,454 11,422,285 737,169 1,507,772 1,416,363 91,409
Men 204,401 187,091 27,592 6,804,436 6,284,780 519,656 843,750 779,313 64,437
Women 200,309 192,009 17,232 5,355,018 5,137,505 217,513 664,022 637,051 26,972
Virginia 4,313,251 4,097,860 390,181 165,635,462 158,836,433 6,799,029 20,538,797 19,695,718 843,080
Men 2,205,344 2,077,875 220,836 96,996,324 92,385,574 4,610,749 12,027,544 11,455,811 571,733
Women 2,107,907 2,019,985 169,345 68,639,138 66,450,858 2,188,280 8,511,253 8,239,906 271,347
Washington 3,435,277 3,246,731 319,510 129,286,184 123,246,631 6,039,553 16,031,487 15,282,582 748,905
Men 1,806,107 1,699,288 177,961 78,662,935 74,679,594 3,983,341 9,754,204 9,260,270 493,934
Women 1,629,170 1,547,443 141,548 50,623,249 48,567,037 2,056,212 6,277,283 6,022,313 254,970
West Virginia 857,429 810,453 80,313 25,524,626 24,198,461 1,326,166 3,165,054 3,000,609 164,445
Men 450,517 420,288 49,234 15,724,673 14,746,388 978,285 1,949,859 1,828,552 121,307
Women 406,912 390,165 31,079 9,799,954 9,452,073 347,881 1,215,194 1,172,057 43,137
Wisconsin 3,168,921 3,018,759 274,686 102,146,560 98,035,288 4,111,272 12,666,173 12,156,376 509,798
Men 1,623,729 1,524,697 169,550 59,800,375 56,800,273 3,000,102 7,415,246 7,043,234 372,013
Women 1,545,192 1,494,062 105,136 42,346,185 41,235,015 1,111,170 5,250,927 5,113,142 137,785
Wyoming 332,188 316,702 32,207 10,814,622 10,328,761 485,861 1,341,013 1,280,766 60,247
Men 178,887 171,005 17,437 7,011,434 6,686,442 324,991 869,418 829,119 40,299
Women 153,301 145,697 14,770 3,803,188 3,642,319 160,870 471,595 451,648 19,948
Outlying areas
Puerto Rico 1,160,427 1,077,974 100,212 24,318,892 22,597,581 1,721,311 3,015,543 2,802,100 213,443
Men 602,478 546,108 68,210 13,419,643 12,125,045 1,294,598 1,664,036 1,503,506 160,530
Women 557,949 531,866 32,002 10,899,249 10,472,536 426,713 1,351,507 1,298,595 52,912
Other d 3,308,803 3,302,776 8,001 72,594,558 72,473,114 121,444 9,001,725 8,986,666 15,059
Men 1,839,752 1,835,764 4,923 47,108,743 47,014,102 94,641 5,841,484 5,829,749 11,735
Women 1,469,051 1,467,013 3,077 25,485,815 25,459,012 26,803 3,160,241 3,156,917 3,324
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Continuous Work History Sample, 1 percent sample.
NOTES: State designation is based on employee residence.
Beginning with this year's edition we have removed the race breakdown because the quality of the data has become too inconsistent.
OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance.
a. Based on Social Security annual maximum taxable earnings of $106,800 in 2009.
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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