Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2002
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- Contact Information
- Highlights
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Accessibility and Usability Information
- Other Editions of this Publication
Contact Information
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.
Highlights
Social Security
- In 2002, 153.8 million workers had earnings taxable under the Social Security program. About 138.7 million had only wages, 8.94 million had only self-employment income, and 6.21 million had both.
- Social Security taxable earnings totaled $4.2 trillion, which includes earnings up to the taxable maximum of $84,900.
- Social Security taxes totaled about $526 billion.
Medicare
- In 2002, 157.5 million workers had earnings taxable under the Medicare program. About 141.7 million had only wages, 8.8 million had only self-employment income, and 7.0 million had both.
- Medicare taxable earnings totaled $5.1 trillion.
- Medicare taxes totaled about $149 billion.
Preface
This report presents 2002 earnings and employment data by state and county for persons covered under the Social Security and Medicare programs.
The data show, by sex, race, and age, 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) and the Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) programs. When coupled with the Social Security Administration publication OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, these data are valuable for studying the impact of the Social Security program and are used for this purpose in academia, private industry, and state governments.
Greg Diez, Fred Galeas, Bill Kearns, Randall Miles, Carol Musil, and Shirley Piazza in the Division of Earnings Statistics and Analysis are the team that designed, compiled, programmed, validated, and reviewed the data for this publication. Rich Mason and Dana Sheild in the Office of Systems wrote the computer programs to produce the source data from SSA's programmatic data files. Emil Loomis designed the cover, Sherry Snyder edited the report, and Laurie Brown prepared the electronic versions for the Web.
Associate Commissioner for Research, Evaluation, and Statistics
December 2004
Table of Contents
The PDF file for each state contains the following six tables:
- Social Security
- Table 1. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by state or other area, sex, race, and type of earnings, 2002
- Table 2. Number of persons with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, by state or other area, sex, race, and age, 2002
- Table 3. Number of persons in state or other area with Social Security (OASDI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2002
- Medicare
- Table 4. Number of persons with Medicare Part A (HI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by state or other area, sex, race, and type of earnings, 2002
- Table 5. Number of persons with Medicare Part A (HI) taxable earnings, by state or other area, sex, race, and age, 2002
- Table 6. Number of persons in state or other area with Medicare Part A (HI) taxable earnings, amount taxable, and contributions, by county, sex, and type of earnings, 2002
The HTML file for each state contains Tables 3 and 6 for the given state.
Data Tables by State
Accessibility and Usability Information
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Other Editions of this Publication
Next Expected Update
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Other Editions
- Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2004 (released August 2007)
- Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2003 (released April 2006)
- Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2002 (released December 2004)
- Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2001 (released January 2004)
- Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2000 (released September 2003)
