Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Essex County, MA
±
0
4
8
16 Miles
Essex
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.
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages;
2012 Third Quarter
https://www.bls.gov/cew
Flood Zone Source: National Hurricane Program.
Middlesex
Area
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
Suffolk
Zone 4
Total Included
Unincluded
Average
Establishments
Monthly
Employment
226
1,819
Total
Quarterly
Wages
17,842,847
849
14,706
224,421,740
402
4,225
43,053,037
354
1,831
19,796
4,888
25,638
279,915
55,927,816
341,245,440
3,416,456,917