Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2023
Delaware
| 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 | 565,184 | 537,610 | 52,992 | 30,788,536 | 29,699,784 | 1,088,751 | 3,817,778 | 3,682,773 | 135,005 |
| Men | 281,628 | 266,973 | 27,634 | 16,657,242 | 16,079,892 | 577,350 | 2,065,498 | 1,993,907 | 71,591 |
| Women | 283,557 | 270,637 | 25,358 | 14,131,294 | 13,619,893 | 511,401 | 1,752,280 | 1,688,867 | 63,414 |
| Kent | 96,612 | (X) | (X) | 4,726,048 | (X) | (X) | 586,030 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| New Castle | 330,589 | 315,930 | 30,126 | 19,301,431 | 18,692,741 | 608,689 | 2,393,377 | 2,317,900 | 75,477 |
| Men | 164,561 | 156,743 | 15,822 | 10,462,067 | 10,098,145 | 363,922 | 1,297,296 | 1,252,170 | 45,126 |
| Women | 166,028 | 159,186 | 14,304 | 8,839,363 | 8,594,596 | 244,767 | 1,096,081 | 1,065,730 | 30,351 |
| Sussex | 135,642 | 126,311 | 15,388 | 6,610,614 | 6,266,700 | 343,914 | 819,716 | 777,071 | 42,645 |
| Men | 65,532 | 60,865 | 8,128 | 3,365,304 | 3,225,076 | 140,228 | 417,298 | 399,909 | 17,388 |
| Women | 70,110 | 65,445 | 7,261 | 3,245,310 | 3,041,624 | 203,686 | 402,418 | 377,161 | 25,257 |
| Unknown | 2,341 | (X) | (X) | 150,443 | (X) | (X) | 18,655 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| 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 $160,200 in 2023. | |||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||
| CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov. | |||||||||
| 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 | 566,996 | 538,840 | 55,799 | 35,376,065 | 33,921,031 | 1,455,034 | 1,025,906 | 983,710 | 42,196 |
| Men | 282,987 | 268,097 | 29,437 | 20,120,089 | 19,208,313 | 911,776 | 583,483 | 557,041 | 26,442 |
| Women | 284,009 | 270,743 | 26,362 | 15,255,976 | 14,712,718 | 543,258 | 442,423 | 426,669 | 15,754 |
| Kent | 96,951 | (X) | (X) | 5,024,838 | (X) | (X) | 145,720 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| New Castle | 331,718 | 316,630 | 31,964 | 22,439,622 | 21,559,900 | 879,723 | 650,749 | 625,237 | 25,512 |
| Men | 165,399 | 157,399 | 17,135 | 12,803,435 | 12,165,891 | 637,543 | 371,300 | 352,811 | 18,489 |
| Women | 166,319 | 159,230 | 14,828 | 9,636,187 | 9,394,008 | 242,179 | 279,449 | 272,426 | 7,023 |
| Sussex | 135,977 | 126,672 | 15,817 | 7,759,542 | 7,364,533 | 395,009 | 225,027 | 213,571 | 11,455 |
| Men | 65,894 | 61,250 | 8,348 | 4,234,059 | 4,079,290 | 154,769 | 122,788 | 118,299 | 4,488 |
| Women | 70,083 | 65,422 | 7,469 | 3,525,483 | 3,285,243 | 240,240 | 102,239 | 95,272 | 6,967 |
| Unknown | 2,350 | (X) | (X) | 152,063 | (X) | (X) | 4,410 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| 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. | |||||||||
| CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov. | |||||||||