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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages >

Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Massachusetts, Third quarter 2018
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	2,580	69,547	1,268,690,302
Statewide	Zone 2	14,000	378,388	8,952,965,920
Statewide	Zone 3	1,260	12,555	136,602,051
Statewide	Zone 4	3,968	74,663	1,597,661,555
Statewide	Total Affected	21,808	535,153	11,955,919,828
Statewide	Unaffected	237,016	3,057,404	49,005,031,996
Barnstable	Zone 1	143	2,138	28,439,932
Barnstable	Zone 2	298	5,153	53,860,646
Barnstable	Zone 3	412	4,116	40,833,798
Barnstable	Zone 4	515	6,030	66,275,257
Barnstable	Total Affected	1,368	17,437	189,409,633
Barnstable	Unaffected	8,220	92,227	1,059,186,190
Bristol	Zone 1	32	556	6,211,622
Bristol	Zone 2	117	943	8,527,019
Bristol	Zone 3	198	1,667	20,828,483
Bristol	Zone 4	218	1,977	21,661,704
Bristol	Total Affected	565	5,142	57,228,828
Bristol	Unaffected	17,268	221,682	2,685,130,768
Essex	Zone 1	232	2,047	24,041,336
Essex	Zone 2	926	14,540	226,591,519
Essex	Zone 3	402	4,163	48,662,115
Essex	Zone 4	518	5,442	66,597,423
Essex	Total Affected	2,078	26,193	365,892,393
Essex	Unaffected	24,644	297,737	4,276,042,349
Middlesex	Zone 1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Middlesex	Zone 2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Middlesex	Zone 3	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Middlesex	Zone 4	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Middlesex	Total Affected	4,453	121,856	3,378,294,566
Middlesex	Unaffected	51,680	796,949	15,293,744,490
Norfolk	Zone 1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Norfolk	Zone 2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Norfolk	Zone 3	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Norfolk	Zone 4	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Norfolk	Total Affected	523	18,019	314,905,447
Norfolk	Unaffected	24,983	334,097	5,067,183,242
Plymouth	Zone 1	186	1,724	15,606,316
Plymouth	Zone 2	422	3,324	27,385,583
Plymouth	Zone 3	195	2,112	20,951,448
Plymouth	Zone 4	340	4,432	41,677,304
Plymouth	Total Affected	1,143	11,591	105,620,651
Plymouth	Unaffected	15,135	183,795	2,373,977,494
Suffolk	Zone 1	1,111	44,192	781,861,737
Suffolk	Zone 2	8,944	243,640	5,533,961,514
Suffolk	Zone 3	46	379	3,297,874
Suffolk	Zone 4	1,577	46,704	1,225,447,185
Suffolk	Total Affected	11,678	334,915	7,544,568,310
Suffolk	Unaffected	19,173	347,173	7,582,822,074
Footnotes: (1) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards
Note: Flood zones represent a conservative estimation of areas that would experience flooding in the event of a hurricane. Zone 1 is the area that would be flooded by a Category I hurricane. A Category II hurricane would cause flooding in Zones 1 and 2. The hurricane categories reference the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.

Last Modified Date: March 21, 2019