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However, that changes for high earners, just like it does for FICA taxes, with your Social Security taxes only applying to the first $142,800 in earnings and an additional 0.9% Medicare tax on ...
The changes in Social Security tax rates over time can be accessed on the SSA [126] website. The combined tax rate of these two federal programs is 15.30% (7.65% paid by the employee and 7.65% paid by the employer). In 2011–2012 it temporarily dropped to 13.30% (5.65% paid by the employee and 7.65% paid by the employer).
For 2025, you can earn $23,400 ($62,160 in the year you reach full retirement) in wages before seeing a reduction in benefits. That limit is up from $22,320 ($59,520) in 2024.
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 cap means that high-income earners ...
[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).
As part of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 enacted on December 17, 2010, the employee Social Security tax rate is reduced from 6.2% to 4.2% for wages paid during the year 2011 and 2012. The employer Social Security tax rate and the Social Security Wage Base were not directly impacted by this ...
Right now, the Social Security tax rate is 12.4% — 6.2% for the employee, 6.2% for the employer. With this change, employees will pay up to $10,918.20 in 2025, compared to $10,453.20 currently ...
Until June 30, 2011, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act imposed a tax of 6.2%, which was composed of a permanent rate of 6.0% and a temporary rate of 0.2%, which was passed by Congress in 1976. The temporary rate was extended many times, but it expired on June 30, 2011.