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'Report on Universal Social Security Coverage of State and Local Workers' from The Segal Company

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State-by-State Cost Analysis
Of Mandatory Social Security
State Employees Not
Covered by SS
5-Year
Cumulative
Employee and
Employer
SS Tax
Alabama 26,000 $152,001,196
Alaska 44,000 $473,751,282
Arizona 41,000 $301,696,992
Arkansas 23,000 $127,141,137
California 1,468,000 $8,205,239,780
Colorado 263,000 $2,016,591,418
Connecticut 92,000 $871,192,113
Delaware 4,000 $30,370,101
Florida 173,000 $1,170,239,747
Georgia 181,000 $1,116,908,610
Hawaii 51,000 $388,276,078
Idaho 13,000 $87,490,813
Illinois 489,000 $4,237,608,792
Indiana 54,000 $370,766,235
Iowa 35,000 $239,351,794
Kansas 29,000 $186,813,125
Kentucky 89,000 $614,271,849
Louisiana 261,000 $1,384,710,751
Maine 67,000 $445,746,545
Maryland 40,000 $339,840,181
Massachusetts 442,000 $3,644,093,337
Michigan 94,000 $852,099,342
Minnesota 44,000 $356,541,953
Mississippi 26,000 $140,751,508
Missouri 128,000 $806,806,786
Montana 13,000 $86,215,732
Nebraska 17,000 $113,827,468
Nevada 100,000 $831,165,283
New Hampshire 13,000 $89,018,011
New Jersey 49,000 $483,447,245
New Mexico 22,000 $135,104,595
New York 68,000 $649,275,486
North Carolina 46,000 $302,897,173
North Dakota 10,000 $65,396,921
Ohio 820,000 $4,350,432,245
Oklahoma 32,000 $183,369,070
Oregon 27,000 $209,608,534
Pennsylvania 71,000 $579,839,769
Rhode Island 14,000 $123,434,933
South Carolina 30,000 $185,136,349
South Dakota 7,000 $34,102,832
Tennessee 47,000 $292,247,130
Texas 836,000 $5,277,097,497
Utah 23,000 $160,379,946
Vermont 2,000 $12,207,336
Virginia 43,000 $297,070,590
Washington 63,000 $565,386,107
West Virginia 15,000 $86,281,938
Wisconsin 62,000 $507,016,173
Wyoming 10,000 $62,409,844
TOTAL 6,617,000 $44,242,669,672

Source: Prepared by The Segal Company for the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME),AFL/CIO and for the Coalition to Preserve Retirement Security, July 2005

Source of statistics on number of uncovered workers in each state based on Social Security Administration, Continuous Work History Sample, 1 percent sample, Table 1-8 - Estimated Social Security Coverage of Workers with State and Local Government Employment, 2001. This is the data that the SSA provided to AFSCME.

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