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Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 1998

(released December 2001)

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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 1998

  • In 1998, 149.1 million workers had earnings taxable under the Social Security program. About 134.7 million had only wages, 8.7 million had only self-employment income, and 5.7 million had both.
  • Social Security taxable earnings of $3.5 trillion, which includes earnings up to the taxable maximum of $68,400.
  • Social Security taxes totaled about $436 billion.
  • In 1998, 152.4 million workers had earnings taxable under the Medicare program. About 137.3 million had only wages, 8.6 million had only self-employment income, and 6.5 million had both.
  • Medicare taxable earnings totaled $4.3 trillion.
  • Medicare taxes totaled about $125 billion.

Preface

This report presents 1998 earnings and employment data by state and county for persons covered under the Social Security and Medicare 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, and Shirley Piazza 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.

Susan Grad
Acting Associate Commissioner for Research, Evaluation, and Statistics
December 2001

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 (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and amount paid, by wage and salary and self-employed, state or other area, sex, and race, 1998
    • Table 2. Estimated number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, by state or other area, sex, race, and age, 1998
    • Table 3. Estimated number of persons in state or other area with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and amount paid, by wage and salary and self-employed, county, and sex, 1998
  • Medicare
    • Table 4. Estimated number of persons with Medicare (HI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and amount paid, by wage and salary and self-employed, state or other area, sex, and race, 1998
    • Table 5. Estimated number of persons with Medicare (HI) taxable earnings, by state or other area, sex, race, and age, 1998
    • Table 6. Estimated number of persons in state or other area with Medicare (HI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and amount paid, by wage and salary and self-employed, county, and sex, 1998

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 HTML file for each state contains Tables 3 and 6 for the given state. The HTML file for each region contains Tables 3 and 6 for each state in the particular region.

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

Entire publication (2.9 MB) PDF.
Introduction HTML. PDF.
Table 1 HTML. PDF.
Table 2 HTML. PDF.
Table 4 HTML. PDF.
Table 5 HTML. PDF.
Technical Note HTML. PDF.

Data Tables By State

Alabama HTML. PDF.
Alaska HTML. PDF.
Arizona HTML. PDF.
Arkansas HTML. PDF.
California HTML. PDF.
Colorado HTML. PDF.
Connecticut HTML. PDF.
Delaware HTML. PDF.
District of Columbia County data not applicable.
Please see Tables 1 and 4 for totals.
Florida HTML. PDF.
Georgia HTML. PDF.
Hawaii HTML. PDF.
Idaho HTML. PDF.
Illinois HTML. PDF.
Indiana HTML. PDF.
Iowa HTML. PDF.
Kansas HTML. PDF.
Kentucky HTML. PDF.
Louisiana HTML. PDF.
Maine HTML. PDF.
Maryland HTML. PDF.
Massachusetts HTML. PDF.
Michigan HTML. PDF.
Minnesota HTML. PDF.
Mississippi HTML. PDF.
Missouri HTML. PDF.
Montana HTML. PDF.
Nebraska HTML. PDF.
Nevada HTML. PDF.
New Hampshire HTML. PDF.
New Jersey HTML. PDF.
New Mexico HTML. PDF.
New York HTML. PDF.
North Carolina HTML. PDF.
North Dakota HTML. PDF.
Ohio HTML. PDF.
Oklahoma HTML. PDF.
Oregon HTML. PDF.
Pennsylvania HTML. PDF.
Rhode Island HTML. PDF.
South Carolina HTML. PDF.
South Dakota HTML. PDF.
Tennessee HTML. PDF.
Texas HTML. PDF.
Utah HTML. PDF.
Vermont HTML. PDF.
Virginia HTML. PDF.
Washington HTML. PDF.
West Virginia HTML. PDF.
Wisconsin HTML. PDF.
Wyoming HTML. PDF.
Outlying areas
Puerto Rico HTML. PDF.
Virgin Islands County data not applicable.
Please see Tables 1 and 4 for totals.
Other County data not applicable.
Please see Tables 1 and 4 for totals.

Data Tables By Region

Region 1 (Boston) HTML. PDF.
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Region 2 (New York) HTML. PDF.
New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands
Region 3 (Philadelphia) HTML. PDF.
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia
Region 4 (Atlanta) HTML. PDF.
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
Region 5 (Chicago) HTML. PDF.
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin
Region 6 (Dallas) HTML. PDF.
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
Region 7 (Kansas City) HTML. PDF.
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska
Region 8 (Denver) HTML. PDF.
Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming
Region 9 (San Francisco) HTML. PDF.
Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada
Region 10 (Seattle) HTML. PDF.
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

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