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In 2024, you'd have owed a 6.2% tax on all of your income up to $168,600, and anything above that wouldn't have been subject to Social Security tax. In 2025, with the wage base limit going up to ...
For people who earned between $168,600 and $176,100 in 2024 and will continue to earn that amount in 2025, this new wage base limit means that more of their income will be subject to Social ...
Here’s a breakdown of FICA taxes: Social Security tax: Both you and your employer contribute 6.2 percent of your wages up to a capped amount called the taxable maximum ($168,600 in 2024). This ...
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 ...
The absolute maximum Social Security benefit in 2024 is $4,873 monthly, ... workers pay taxes on income up to a specific amount, called the wage base limit. In 2024, the limit is $168,600 annually ...
[a] [9] The taxation limit in 2020 was $137,700 of gross compensation, resulting in a maximum Social Security tax for 2020 of $8,537.40. [7] This limit, known as the Social Security Wage Base, goes up each year based on average national wages and, in general, at a faster rate than the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).
In 2024, the Social Security wage cap is $168,600. In 2025, that cap is rising to $176,100. This means that higher earners generally will pay Social Security tax on an additional $7,500 of income.
The wage base limit in 2024 is $168,600, so any amount earned above this is exempt from Social Security taxes and not used to determine your monthly Social Security benefit.