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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages > Publications > QCEW Hurricane Flood Zones

Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Massachusetts, Third Quarter 2023
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	2,660	65,591	1,505,988,596
Statewide	Zone 2	15,835	415,918	12,401,311,040
Statewide	Zone 3	1,341	12,495	176,794,100
Statewide	Zone 4	4,328	79,952	2,176,487,956
Statewide	Total Affected	24,164	573,956	16,260,581,692
Statewide	Unaffected	271,676	3,077,393	61,741,743,033
Barnstable	Zone 1	171	2,566	41,817,585
Barnstable	Zone 2	295	3,647	44,845,590
Barnstable	Zone 3	433	4,351	54,923,782
Barnstable	Zone 4	530	5,815	80,148,959
Barnstable	Total Affected	1,429	16,379	221,735,916
Barnstable	Unaffected	8,763	90,636	1,364,367,216
Bristol	Zone 1	41	839	10,488,887
Bristol	Zone 2	137	1,022	12,957,846
Bristol	Zone 3	192	1,497	20,649,260
Bristol	Zone 4	229	1,883	28,151,006
Bristol	Total Affected	599	5,240	72,246,999
Bristol	Unaffected	18,263	221,566	3,369,631,941
Essex	Zone 1	223	1,686	19,303,202
Essex	Zone 2	957	14,504	288,269,120
Essex	Zone 3	448	4,222	67,498,927
Essex	Zone 4	629	5,809	80,575,913
Essex	Total Affected	2,257	26,221	455,647,162
Essex	Unaffected	28,124	294,108	5,052,586,636
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	4,968	144,609	4,876,404,205
Middlesex	Unaffected	56,894	781,855	18,502,856,214
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	652	15,064	318,615,576
Norfolk	Unaffected	26,703	328,995	6,170,531,208
Plymouth	Zone 1	217	1,882	23,700,981
Plymouth	Zone 2	411	3,429	36,735,734
Plymouth	Zone 3	214	1,891	23,611,554
Plymouth	Zone 4	382	4,496	54,970,052
Plymouth	Total Affected	1,224	11,698	139,018,321
Plymouth	Unaffected	16,490	182,954	2,990,948,444
Suffolk	Zone 1	1,055	39,960	922,653,451
Suffolk	Zone 2	10,294	265,976	7,573,856,228
Suffolk	Zone 3	38	407	6,483,942
Suffolk	Zone 4	1,648	48,401	1,673,919,892
Suffolk	Total Affected	13,035	354,744	10,176,913,513
Suffolk	Unaffected	22,061	359,802	9,763,559,142
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 15th, 2024