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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 2022
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	2,700	63,904	1,445,641,595
Statewide	Zone 2	15,691	408,959	12,673,913,424
Statewide	Zone 3	1,371	12,626	186,804,196
Statewide	Zone 4	4,188	74,656	2,007,423,415
Statewide	Total Affected	23,950	560,145	16,313,782,630
Statewide	Unaffected	268,611	3,064,324	61,484,162,839
Barnstable	Zone 1	153	2,506	40,222,562
Barnstable	Zone 2	291	3,539	45,034,602
Barnstable	Zone 3	434	4,245	54,859,573
Barnstable	Zone 4	516	5,604	79,018,934
Barnstable	Total Affected	1,394	15,894	219,135,671
Barnstable	Unaffected	8,764	90,396	1,364,267,882
Bristol	Zone 1	42	796	10,241,072
Bristol	Zone 2	137	819	11,152,301
Bristol	Zone 3	196	1,596	26,969,667
Bristol	Zone 4	215	2,070	29,439,987
Bristol	Total Affected	590	5,281	77,803,027
Bristol	Unaffected	18,540	221,442	3,374,151,100
Essex	Zone 1	224	1,684	20,310,825
Essex	Zone 2	937	14,760	296,709,092
Essex	Zone 3	465	4,264	69,556,686
Essex	Zone 4	604	5,215	74,035,607
Essex	Total Affected	2,230	25,924	460,612,210
Essex	Unaffected	28,020	292,666	5,160,980,688
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	4,889	144,344	5,204,782,334
Middlesex	Unaffected	57,061	780,664	18,532,051,544
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	659	15,367	318,650,868
Norfolk	Unaffected	26,936	325,520	6,262,280,953
Plymouth	Zone 1	224	1,896	24,600,557
Plymouth	Zone 2	422	3,415	35,803,570
Plymouth	Zone 3	217	1,854	23,663,136
Plymouth	Zone 4	380	4,445	56,996,699
Plymouth	Total Affected	1,243	11,611	141,063,962
Plymouth	Unaffected	16,685	182,531	2,959,939,875
Suffolk	Zone 1	1,086	37,803	843,323,147
Suffolk	Zone 2	10,217	259,820	7,569,344,607
Suffolk	Zone 3	48	540	8,272,801
Suffolk	Zone 4	1,594	43,561	1,470,794,003
Suffolk	Total Affected	12,945	341,725	9,891,734,558
Suffolk	Unaffected	22,358	361,679	9,846,067,543
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, 2023