Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2021

Delaware

Table 3. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2021
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 545,407 517,814 47,684 26,242,243 25,302,945 939,298 3,254,038 3,137,565 116,473
Men 272,246 255,805 26,537 14,418,191 13,843,774 574,417 1,787,856 1,716,628 71,228
Women 273,160 262,009 21,147 11,824,052 11,459,171 364,881 1,466,182 1,420,937 45,245
Kent 93,169 (X) (X) 4,088,596 (X) (X) 506,986 (X) (X)
Men (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Women (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
New Castle 323,238 308,288 26,744 16,734,277 16,187,070 547,207 2,075,050 2,007,197 67,854
Men 161,807 152,262 15,342 9,222,915 8,852,673 370,241 1,143,641 1,097,732 45,910
Women 161,431 156,026 11,403 7,511,363 7,334,397 176,966 931,409 909,465 21,944
Sussex 126,763 118,596 13,165 5,314,936 5,048,020 266,916 659,052 625,954 33,098
Men 61,118 56,653 7,464 2,735,730 2,592,768 142,962 339,231 321,503 17,727
Women 65,645 61,942 5,701 2,579,206 2,455,252 123,954 319,822 304,451 15,370
Unknown 2,238 (X) (X) 104,432 (X) (X) 12,950 (X) (X)
Men (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Women (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
All areas d 176,576,999 164,615,999 20,472,000 8,360,099,980 7,939,999,979 420,100,001 1,036,652,397 984,559,997 52,092,400
Men 90,737,029 84,023,925 11,043,718 4,849,059,185 4,580,520,575 268,538,610 601,283,339 567,984,551 33,298,788
Women 85,839,971 80,592,075 9,428,282 3,511,040,795 3,359,479,403 151,561,391 435,369,059 416,575,446 18,793,613
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 $142,800 in 2021.
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: 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, 2021
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 546,489 518,931 50,655 31,286,092 29,609,131 1,676,961 907,297 858,665 48,632
Men 273,396 256,976 28,841 18,353,853 17,139,273 1,214,580 532,262 497,039 35,223
Women 273,093 261,955 21,814 12,932,239 12,469,858 462,381 375,035 361,626 13,409
Kent 93,295 (X) (X) 4,487,774 (X) (X) 130,145 (X) (X)
Men (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Women (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
New Castle 323,982 309,001 28,736 20,652,345 19,528,378 1,123,967 598,918 566,323 32,595
Men 162,626 153,027 16,990 12,413,773 11,514,921 898,853 359,999 333,933 26,067
Women 161,356 155,974 11,746 8,238,571 8,013,457 225,114 238,919 232,390 6,528
Sussex 126,977 118,784 13,634 6,041,553 5,702,631 338,922 175,205 165,376 9,829
Men 61,376 56,903 7,656 3,136,840 2,948,474 188,366 90,968 85,506 5,463
Women 65,601 61,882 5,978 2,904,713 2,754,157 150,556 84,237 79,871 4,366
Unknown 2,235 (X) (X) 104,420 (X) (X) 3,028 (X) (X)
Men (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Women (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
All areas d 180,359,000 168,611,000 21,543,000 10,664,400,017 9,890,000,020 774,399,997 309,267,601 286,810,001 22,457,600
Men 92,158,375 85,535,561 11,810,926 6,581,258,140 6,016,615,256 564,642,884 190,856,486 174,481,842 16,374,644
Women 88,200,625 83,075,439 9,732,074 4,083,141,878 3,873,384,764 209,757,114 118,411,114 112,328,158 6,082,956
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: statistics@ssa.gov.