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    Master Earnings File (MEF)

    Metadata Updated: December 4, 2024

    This database stores wage data and self-employment income data that date back to 1937.

    Access & Use Information

    Non-public: This dataset is not for public access or use. Specific details are provided below. License: us-pd

    Downloads & Resources

    No file downloads are available because this is not a public dataset. See Access & Use Information for details.

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 4, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from SSA JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 4, 2024
    Publisher Social Security Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier US-GOV-SSA-139
    Data Last Modified 2024-12-03
    Rights The data asset contains Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Federal Tax Information (FTI) and cannot be provided to the public.
    Public Access Level non-public
    Bureau Code 016:00
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 50bf061c-729c-40ac-b697-411154399b36
    Harvest Source Id 9386406b-a7b0-4834-a267-0f912b6340db
    Harvest Source Title SSA JSON
    License https://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Program Code 016:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash badf9e7277610c2d2fbab09bb17d1ea1d21f7e24e8ffe6fcf4d75dc5ac16c9b8
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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