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

Delaware

Table 3. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2016
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 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
Kent 91,215 (X) (X) 3,204,195 (X) (X) 397,320 (X) (X)
Men 49,587 (X) (X) 1,937,596 (X) (X) 240,262 (X) (X)
Women 41,629 (X) (X) 1,266,599 (X) (X) 157,058 (X) (X)
New Castle 315,806 302,498 24,387 14,090,707 13,611,646 479,061 1,747,248 1,687,844 59,404
Men 160,050 152,321 13,107 7,779,826 7,456,531 323,295 964,698 924,610 40,089
Women 155,757 150,177 11,280 6,310,881 6,155,115 155,766 782,549 763,234 19,315
Sussex 112,051 104,644 12,032 3,756,256 3,498,613 257,643 465,776 433,828 31,948
Men 53,696 49,617 6,876 2,013,955 1,868,091 145,864 249,730 231,643 18,087
Women 58,356 55,027 5,157 1,742,301 1,630,522 111,779 216,045 202,185 13,861
Unknown 3,777 (X) (X) 178,536 (X) (X) 22,138 (X) (X)
Men 1,736 (X) (X) 68,724 (X) (X) 8,522 (X) (X)
Women 2,042 (X) (X) 109,812 (X) (X) 13,617 (X) (X)
All areas d 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
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 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 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, 2016
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 524,620 500,801 46,984 25,173,420 23,655,612 1,517,808 730,029 686,013 44,016
Men 266,617 253,309 25,706 14,820,531 13,843,632 976,899 429,795 401,465 28,330
Women 258,003 247,492 21,278 10,352,889 9,811,980 540,909 300,234 284,547 15,686
Kent 91,379 (X) (X) 3,393,661 (X) (X) 98,416 (X) (X)
Men 49,666 (X) (X) 2,044,890 (X) (X) 59,302 (X) (X)
Women 41,713 (X) (X) 1,348,771 (X) (X) 39,114 (X) (X)
New Castle 316,826 303,522 26,246 17,312,317 16,339,075 973,241 502,057 473,833 28,224
Men 161,022 153,292 14,473 10,441,556 9,657,836 783,720 302,805 280,077 22,728
Women 155,804 150,230 11,773 6,870,761 6,681,239 189,522 199,252 193,756 5,496
Sussex 112,638 105,222 12,745 4,266,781 3,859,625 407,155 123,737 111,929 11,808
Men 54,194 50,111 7,129 2,265,345 2,116,752 148,593 65,695 61,386 4,309
Women 58,444 55,112 5,617 2,001,436 1,742,873 258,563 58,042 50,543 7,498
Unknown 3,776 (X) (X) 200,662 (X) (X) 5,819 (X) (X)
Men 1,735 (X) (X) 68,740 (X) (X) 1,993 (X) (X)
Women 2,041 (X) (X) 131,922 (X) (X) 3,826 (X) (X)
All areas d 175,215,999 164,206,999 20,694,000 8,286,958,971 7,711,299,970 575,659,001 240,321,810 223,627,699 16,694,111
Men 90,201,580 83,800,324 11,691,072 5,164,596,258 4,735,874,527 428,721,731 149,773,291 137,340,361 12,432,930
Women 85,014,420 80,406,675 9,002,928 3,122,362,714 2,975,425,443 146,937,270 90,548,519 86,287,338 4,261,181
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.