Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2023
Maine
| 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, Maine | 767,191 | 701,987 | 103,816 | 37,326,212 | 34,648,124 | 2,678,088 | 4,628,450 | 4,296,367 | 332,083 |
| Men | 401,304 | 362,037 | 58,843 | 21,679,870 | 20,019,185 | 1,660,684 | 2,688,304 | 2,482,379 | 205,925 |
| Women | 365,887 | 339,950 | 44,972 | 15,646,342 | 14,628,938 | 1,017,404 | 1,940,146 | 1,813,988 | 126,158 |
| Androscoggin | 65,212 | 60,764 | 7,044 | 3,117,587 | 2,970,183 | 147,404 | 386,581 | 368,303 | 18,278 |
| Men | 33,877 | 30,840 | 4,768 | 1,706,736 | 1,588,755 | 117,981 | 211,635 | 197,006 | 14,630 |
| Women | 31,334 | 29,924 | 2,276 | 1,410,851 | 1,381,429 | 29,422 | 174,946 | 171,297 | 3,648 |
| Aroostook | 31,648 | 30,127 | 3,143 | 1,299,114 | 1,232,766 | 66,348 | 161,090 | 152,863 | 8,227 |
| Men | 17,059 | (X) | (X) | 814,872 | (X) | (X) | 101,044 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 14,589 | (X) | (X) | 484,242 | (X) | (X) | 60,046 | (X) | (X) |
| Cumberland | 197,806 | 180,662 | 28,609 | 11,172,650 | 10,204,745 | 967,905 | 1,385,409 | 1,265,388 | 120,020 |
| Men | 100,812 | 91,807 | 14,304 | 6,348,876 | 5,807,824 | 541,052 | 787,261 | 720,170 | 67,090 |
| Women | 96,995 | 88,855 | 14,304 | 4,823,774 | 4,396,921 | 426,853 | 598,148 | 545,218 | 52,930 |
| Franklin | 16,672 | 15,369 | 2,492 | 684,501 | 630,376 | 54,125 | 84,878 | 78,167 | 6,712 |
| Men | 8,705 | (X) | (X) | 416,999 | (X) | (X) | 51,708 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 7,967 | (X) | (X) | 267,502 | (X) | (X) | 33,170 | (X) | (X) |
| Hancock | 30,835 | 25,954 | 7,261 | 1,231,812 | 1,074,113 | 157,699 | 152,745 | 133,190 | 19,555 |
| Men | 14,849 | 11,705 | 3,901 | 679,362 | 574,683 | 104,679 | 84,241 | 71,261 | 12,980 |
| Women | 15,986 | 14,249 | 3,359 | 552,450 | 499,430 | 53,020 | 68,504 | 61,929 | 6,575 |
| Kennebec | 61,717 | 57,812 | 5,743 | 2,938,864 | 2,790,410 | 148,454 | 364,419 | 346,011 | 18,408 |
| Men | 31,774 | 29,822 | 2,492 | 1,650,300 | 1,561,754 | 88,546 | 204,637 | 193,658 | 10,980 |
| Women | 29,943 | 27,990 | 3,251 | 1,288,564 | 1,228,656 | 59,908 | 159,782 | 152,353 | 7,429 |
| Knox | 22,049 | 19,338 | 3,576 | 830,242 | 782,511 | 47,731 | 102,950 | 97,031 | 5,919 |
| Men | 11,486 | (X) | (X) | 445,094 | (X) | (X) | 55,192 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 10,564 | (X) | (X) | 385,149 | (X) | (X) | 47,758 | (X) | (X) |
| Lincoln | 18,189 | 15,369 | 4,010 | 628,919 | 552,126 | 76,793 | 77,986 | 68,464 | 9,522 |
| Men | 9,714 | (X) | (X) | 332,483 | (X) | (X) | 41,228 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 8,475 | (X) | (X) | 296,436 | (X) | (X) | 36,758 | (X) | (X) |
| Oxford | 28,875 | 26,056 | 3,793 | 1,201,780 | 1,121,051 | 80,729 | 149,021 | 139,010 | 10,010 |
| Men | 14,763 | (X) | (X) | 656,754 | (X) | (X) | 81,438 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 14,113 | (X) | (X) | 545,026 | (X) | (X) | 67,583 | (X) | (X) |
| Penobscot | 75,695 | 69,619 | 10,078 | 3,711,518 | 3,495,228 | 216,290 | 460,228 | 433,408 | 26,820 |
| Men | 39,979 | 37,048 | 5,527 | 2,246,796 | 2,120,479 | 126,317 | 278,603 | 262,939 | 15,663 |
| Women | 35,715 | 32,570 | 4,551 | 1,464,722 | 1,374,749 | 89,973 | 181,626 | 170,469 | 11,157 |
| Piscataquis | 6,528 | (X) | (X) | 276,023 | (X) | (X) | 34,227 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Sagadahoc | 20,063 | 18,219 | 3,034 | 900,787 | 801,445 | 99,343 | 111,698 | 99,379 | 12,319 |
| Men | 10,748 | (X) | (X) | 563,743 | (X) | (X) | 69,904 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 9,316 | (X) | (X) | 337,044 | (X) | (X) | 41,793 | (X) | (X) |
| Somerset | 27,047 | 25,852 | 2,276 | 1,167,257 | 1,117,224 | 50,033 | 144,740 | 138,536 | 6,204 |
| Men | 15,002 | (X) | (X) | 753,462 | (X) | (X) | 93,429 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 12,044 | (X) | (X) | 413,795 | (X) | (X) | 51,311 | (X) | (X) |
| Waldo | 19,968 | 18,015 | 3,034 | 936,147 | 877,530 | 58,617 | 116,082 | 108,814 | 7,269 |
| Men | 10,882 | (X) | (X) | 559,938 | (X) | (X) | 69,432 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 9,086 | (X) | (X) | 376,209 | (X) | (X) | 46,650 | (X) | (X) |
| Washington | 17,246 | 14,860 | 3,576 | 577,743 | 499,508 | 78,235 | 71,640 | 61,939 | 9,701 |
| Men | 8,243 | (X) | (X) | 296,291 | (X) | (X) | 36,740 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 9,003 | (X) | (X) | 281,452 | (X) | (X) | 34,900 | (X) | (X) |
| York | 123,874 | 113,893 | 15,280 | 6,499,186 | 6,090,364 | 408,823 | 805,899 | 755,205 | 50,694 |
| Men | 68,411 | 61,578 | 9,861 | 3,978,731 | 3,714,833 | 263,898 | 493,363 | 460,639 | 32,723 |
| Women | 55,463 | 52,316 | 5,418 | 2,520,455 | 2,375,531 | 144,924 | 312,536 | 294,566 | 17,971 |
| Unknown | 3,766 | (X) | (X) | 152,080 | (X) | (X) | 18,858 | (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, Maine | 797,779 | 734,800 | 108,083 | 43,642,890 | 40,252,989 | 3,389,901 | 1,265,644 | 1,167,337 | 98,307 |
| Men | 411,813 | 373,810 | 61,840 | 25,669,714 | 23,535,288 | 2,134,427 | 744,422 | 682,523 | 61,898 |
| Women | 385,966 | 360,990 | 46,243 | 17,973,176 | 16,717,701 | 1,255,475 | 521,222 | 484,813 | 36,409 |
| Androscoggin | 67,427 | 63,082 | 7,140 | 3,379,752 | 3,226,590 | 153,162 | 98,013 | 93,571 | 4,442 |
| Men | 34,735 | 31,744 | 4,833 | 1,832,429 | 1,707,744 | 124,685 | 53,140 | 49,525 | 3,616 |
| Women | 32,692 | 31,337 | 2,307 | 1,547,323 | 1,518,846 | 28,477 | 44,872 | 44,047 | 826 |
| Aroostook | 32,589 | 31,032 | 3,185 | 1,379,897 | 1,313,928 | 65,969 | 40,017 | 38,104 | 1,913 |
| Men | 17,470 | (X) | (X) | 856,034 | (X) | (X) | 24,825 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 15,120 | (X) | (X) | 523,863 | (X) | (X) | 15,192 | (X) | (X) |
| Cumberland | 203,301 | 186,803 | 30,426 | 13,269,581 | 11,965,336 | 1,304,245 | 384,818 | 346,995 | 37,823 |
| Men | 102,570 | 93,910 | 15,488 | 7,647,191 | 6,957,906 | 689,285 | 221,769 | 201,779 | 19,989 |
| Women | 100,731 | 92,893 | 14,938 | 5,622,390 | 5,007,430 | 614,960 | 163,049 | 145,215 | 17,834 |
| Franklin | 17,367 | 16,177 | 2,526 | 778,864 | 705,622 | 73,241 | 22,587 | 20,463 | 2,124 |
| Men | 9,092 | (X) | (X) | 455,773 | (X) | (X) | 13,217 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 8,275 | (X) | (X) | 323,091 | (X) | (X) | 9,370 | (X) | (X) |
| Hancock | 31,568 | 27,064 | 7,359 | 1,368,166 | 1,216,453 | 151,713 | 39,677 | 35,277 | 4,400 |
| Men | 14,813 | 11,904 | 3,954 | 747,214 | 646,509 | 100,705 | 21,669 | 18,749 | 2,920 |
| Women | 16,754 | 15,160 | 3,405 | 620,952 | 569,944 | 51,008 | 18,008 | 16,528 | 1,479 |
| Kennebec | 67,222 | 63,285 | 6,041 | 3,597,906 | 3,438,219 | 159,687 | 104,339 | 99,708 | 4,631 |
| Men | 33,713 | 31,744 | 2,746 | 2,014,380 | 1,922,091 | 92,289 | 58,417 | 55,741 | 2,676 |
| Women | 33,509 | 31,541 | 3,295 | 1,583,526 | 1,516,128 | 67,398 | 45,922 | 43,968 | 1,955 |
| Knox | 22,578 | 20,044 | 3,625 | 953,752 | 907,833 | 45,919 | 27,659 | 26,327 | 1,332 |
| Men | 11,851 | (X) | (X) | 532,088 | (X) | (X) | 15,431 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 10,727 | (X) | (X) | 421,664 | (X) | (X) | 12,228 | (X) | (X) |
| Lincoln | 19,615 | 16,991 | 4,064 | 766,576 | 692,698 | 73,878 | 22,231 | 20,088 | 2,142 |
| Men | 10,420 | (X) | (X) | 421,191 | (X) | (X) | 12,215 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 9,195 | (X) | (X) | 345,386 | (X) | (X) | 10,016 | (X) | (X) |
| Oxford | 30,546 | 27,776 | 3,844 | 1,383,329 | 1,273,454 | 109,875 | 40,117 | 36,930 | 3,186 |
| Men | 15,018 | (X) | (X) | 710,445 | (X) | (X) | 20,603 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 15,529 | (X) | (X) | 672,884 | (X) | (X) | 19,514 | (X) | (X) |
| Penobscot | 79,482 | 73,663 | 10,655 | 4,422,580 | 4,157,916 | 264,664 | 128,255 | 120,580 | 7,675 |
| Men | 41,784 | 38,968 | 5,931 | 2,735,029 | 2,565,341 | 169,687 | 79,316 | 74,395 | 4,921 |
| Women | 37,698 | 34,695 | 4,723 | 1,687,551 | 1,592,574 | 94,977 | 48,939 | 46,185 | 2,754 |
| Piscataquis | 6,845 | (X) | (X) | 282,696 | (X) | (X) | 8,198 | (X) | (X) |
| Men | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Women | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
| Sagadahoc | 20,637 | 18,823 | 3,076 | 1,003,014 | 874,074 | 128,941 | 29,087 | 25,348 | 3,739 |
| Men | 10,931 | (X) | (X) | 628,336 | (X) | (X) | 18,222 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 9,705 | (X) | (X) | 374,678 | (X) | (X) | 10,866 | (X) | (X) |
| Somerset | 27,686 | 26,555 | 2,416 | 1,435,542 | 1,182,428 | 253,114 | 41,631 | 34,290 | 7,340 |
| Men | 15,120 | (X) | (X) | 991,962 | (X) | (X) | 28,767 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 12,566 | (X) | (X) | 443,580 | (X) | (X) | 12,864 | (X) | (X) |
| Waldo | 20,637 | 18,721 | 3,076 | 1,011,597 | 955,205 | 56,392 | 29,336 | 27,701 | 1,635 |
| Men | 11,340 | (X) | (X) | 620,105 | (X) | (X) | 17,983 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 9,297 | (X) | (X) | 391,492 | (X) | (X) | 11,353 | (X) | (X) |
| Washington | 17,980 | 15,669 | 3,735 | 650,375 | 543,672 | 106,704 | 18,861 | 15,766 | 3,094 |
| Men | 8,479 | (X) | (X) | 343,550 | (X) | (X) | 9,963 | (X) | (X) |
| Women | 9,501 | (X) | (X) | 306,825 | (X) | (X) | 8,898 | (X) | (X) |
| York | 128,417 | 118,634 | 16,037 | 7,533,004 | 7,109,424 | 423,580 | 218,457 | 206,173 | 12,284 |
| Men | 69,368 | 62,675 | 10,435 | 4,628,326 | 4,344,815 | 283,512 | 134,221 | 126,000 | 8,222 |
| Women | 59,049 | 55,960 | 5,602 | 2,904,678 | 2,764,610 | 140,068 | 84,236 | 80,174 | 4,062 |
| Unknown | 3,882 | (X) | (X) | 426,258 | (X) | (X) | 12,361 | (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. | |||||||||