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Social Security's earnings-test limits are rising in 2025. Currently, you can earn up to $22,320 without having your Social Security benefits withheld. In 2025, that threshold is increasing to ...
The general Social Security earnings-test limit in 2025 is $23,400 (up from $22,320 in 2024). You'll have $1 in Social Security withheld for every $2 you earn above that limit.
This cap is the highest annual income subject to Social Security tax, and the closer your wages are to this limit, the higher your benefit will be. In 2024, the cap is $168,600 per year.
In 2020, the Social Security Wage Base was $137,700 and in 2021 was $142,800; the Social Security tax rate was 6.20% paid by the employee and 6.20% paid by the employer. [1] [2] A person with $10,000 of gross income had $620.00 withheld as Social Security tax from his check and the employer sent an additional $620.00. A person with $130,000 of ...
How Social Security benefits work. Social Security is a federal retirement insurance program. Most people who have worked and paid taxes in the U.S. for more than 10 years are eligible for Social ...
[124] [125] In 2024, the Social Security Wage Base (the upper limit on earnings taxed) increased to $168,600. For each calendar year for which the worker is assessed the FICA contribution, the SSA credits those wages as that year's covered wages.
Any dollars earned above the wage base limit aren't counted in calculating Social Security benefits. In 2025, the wage base limit is $176,100, up from $168,600 the prior year.
Social Security limits the amount of wages that it taxes each year based on inflation and wage growth. In 2024, Social Security's wage cap was $168,600. In 2025, it's $176,100.