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For questions pertaining to the data, please send an e-mail to eedata_sc@ssa.gov, or contact Greg Diez at 410-965-0153 or Bill Kearns at 410-965-6750. To obtain additional copies of this report, please call the Division of Information Resources at 202-358-6274 or e-mail op.publications@ssa.gov.

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Highlights 1997

• In 1997, 146.7 million workers had earnings taxable under the Social Security program. About 132.4 million had only wages, 8.6 million had only self-employment income, and 5.7 million had both.
• Social Security taxable earnings of $3.29 trillion, which includes earnings up to the taxable maximum of $65,400, represented an increase of 6.9% over the previous year.
• Social Security taxes totaled about $408 billion.
• In 1997, 149.8 million workers had earnings taxable under the Medicare program. About 134.8 million had only wages, 8.5 million had only self-employment income, and 6.6 million had both.
• Medicare taxable earnings totaled $4.01 trillion.
• Medicare taxes totaled about $116 billion.

Foreword

This report presents 1997 earnings and employment data by state and county for persons covered under the Social Security (146.7 million) and Medicare (149.8 million) programs. Beginning with this issue, the data are shown separately for each program.

The data show by selected characteristics (sex, age, and race), the number of wage and salary workers and self-employed persons, the amount of their taxable earnings, and the amount they paid in Social Security and Medicare contributions. The information in this publication is a rich data source for researchers and policymakers who are interested in studying the primary revenue source for the Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) program and the Medicare (Hospital Insurance Part A) program. When coupled with the Social Security Administration publication OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, these data are valuable for studying the impact that the Social Security program has on a state or county, and are used for this purpose in academia, private industry, and state governments.

Greg Diez, Bill Kearns, Wayne Long, Shirley Piazza, Bev Smith, and Cres Smith in the Division of Earnings Statistics and Analysis prepared this publication. This and other publications on the Social Security program are available on our Web site at www.ssa.gov/policy.

Table of Contents

Data tables are available by state or region.

The PDF file for each state contains the following six tables:

• Social Security
• Table 1. Estimated number of persons with Social Security taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions for OASDI, by wage and salary workers and self-employed persons, state, sex, and race, 1997
• Table 2. Estimated number of persons with Social Security taxable earnings by state, sex, race, and age, 1997
• Table 3. Estimated number of persons in state or other area with Social Security taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions for OADSI, by wage and salary workers and self-employed persons, county, and sex, 1997
• Medicare
• Table 4. Estimated number of persons with Medicare taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions for HI, by wage and salary workers and self-employed persons, state, sex, and race, 1997
• Table 5. Estimated number of persons with Medicare taxable earnings by state, sex, race, and age, 1997
• Table 6. Estimated number of persons in state or other area with Medicare taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions for HI, by wage and salary workers and self-employed persons, county, and sex, 1997

The PDF file for each region contains Tables 1, 2, 4, and 5 (which cover all states) and Tables 3 and 6 for each state in the particular region.

The following files are available for this document in the given formats:

Data Tables By State

Data Tables By Region

Other Editions of this Publication

Next Expected Update

February 2004

Other Editions

• Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2000 (released September 2003)
• Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 1999 (released January 2003)
• Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 1998 (released December 2001)
• Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 1997 (released March 2001)
• Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security, by State and County, 1996 (released January 2000)
• Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security, by State and County, 1995 (released July 1998)