Massachusetts state Economy Profile

Official State Website URL- http://www.mass.gov

Massachusetts state Economy

66.21% of people are in the labor force of Massachusetts. The total population of Massachusetts is 6,349,097 people. Per capita income in Massachusetts is equal to twenty-five thousand, nine hundred and fifty-two dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers in Massachusetts, receive $43,048, female full-time, year-round workers in Massachusetts, are paid $32,059. There are 61,880 families with female householder, no husband present.

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up 6.37% of workers in Massachusetts. 79.99% comprise private wage and salary workers in Massachusetts. There are 5,647 Unpaid family workers in Massachusetts. One hundred and thirty-four thousand, three hundred and sixty-five people are involved in public administration. 23.75% of workers provide educational, health and social services in Massachusetts. The percentage of people involved into transportation and warehousing, and utilities in Massachusetts is as follows: 4.17%.

	Massachusetts	%, Massachusetts	United States
Population 16 years and over	5,010,241		217,168,077
In labor force	3,317,479	66.21%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	3,312,039	66.11%	63.39%
- - Employed	3,161,087	63.09%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	150,952	3.01%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.6		5.8
- Armed Forces	5,440	0.11%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,692,762	33.79%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	2,640,235	52.7%	51.66%
In labor force	1,595,998	31.85%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	1,595,032	31.84%	29.65%
- - Employed	1,525,552	30.45%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	461,589	9.21%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	280,379		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	3,102,837		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	2,290,258	73.81%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	279,111	9.0%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	270,742	8.73%	4.73%
Walked	134,566	4.34%	2.93%
Other means	30,656	0.99%	1.19%
Worked at home	97,504	3.14%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	27.0		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	3,161,087		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,298,704	41.08%	33.65%
Service occupations	444,298	14.06%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	818,844	25.9%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	6,642	0.21%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	235,876	7.46%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	356,723	11.28%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	12,440	0.39%	1.87%
Construction	173,940	5.5%	6.78%
Manufacturing	405,368	12.82%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	103,333	3.27%	3.6%
Retail trade	353,019	11.17%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	131,820	4.17%	5.2%
Information	118,432	3.75%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	259,538	8.21%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	365,561	11.56%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	750,610	23.75%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	214,026	6.77%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	138,635	4.39%	4.87%
Public administration	134,365	4.25%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	2,528,648	79.99%	78.47%
Government workers	425,573	13.46%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	201,219	6.37%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	5,647	0.18%	0.31%

	Massachusetts	%, Massachusetts	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	2,444,588		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	214,700	8.78%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	137,187	5.61%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	248,208	10.15%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	253,125	10.35%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	355,195	14.53%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	490,998	20.09%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	312,741	12.79%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	267,300	10.93%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	80,640	3.3%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	84,494	3.46%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	50,502		41,994
With earnings	1,959,211	39.1%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	68,437		56,604
With Social Security income	640,561	12.79%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,085		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	119,743	2.39%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,632		6,320
With public assistance income	70,183	1.4%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,894		3,032
With retirement income	403,769	8.06%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,000		17,376
Families	1,587,537		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	71,198	4.48%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	51,086	3.22%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	124,034	7.81%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	142,948	9.0%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	225,470	14.2%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	359,202	22.63%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	251,231	15.83%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	222,234	14.0%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	68,196	4.3%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	71,938	4.53%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	61,664		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	25,952		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	43,048		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	32,059		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	105,619		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	81,762	77.41%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	38,672	36.61%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	61,880		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	55,625	89.89%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	26,564	42.93%	42.27%
Individuals	573,421		33,899,812
18 years and over	396,038	69.07%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	71,435	12.46%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	170,795	29.79%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	122,354	21.34%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	230,045	40.12%	31.63%

• Home
• Sell a Home
• Buy a Home
• Services
• Information
• My Fizber