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  2. Federal Insurance Contributions Act - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA / ˈ f aɪ k ə /) is a United States federal payroll (or employment) tax payable by both employees and employers to fund Social Security and Medicare [1] —federal programs that provide benefits for retirees, people with disabilities, and children of deceased workers.

  3. Federal Employees Retirement System - Wikipedia

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    The FERS annuity is based on a specified percentage (either 1% or 1.1% for most employees, see below), multiplied by (a) the length of an employee's Federal service eligible for FERS retirement (referred to as "creditable Federal service", which may not be the actual duration of Federal employment) and (b) the average annual rate of basic pay ...

  4. What Is the FICA Tax Rate? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    All told, with the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, 12.4% of your paycheck is paid to the government for Social Security taxes and another 2.9% for Medicare, for a total FICA tax rate of 15.3% ...

  5. Public employee pension plans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal Employees Retirement System - covers approximately 2.44 million full-time civilian employees (as of Dec 2005). [2]Retired pay for U.S. Armed Forces retirees is, strictly speaking, not a pension but instead is a form of retainer pay. U.S. military retirees do not vest into a retirement system while they are on active duty; eligibility for non-disability retired pay is solely based upon ...

  6. Medicare and Social Security funding: FICA taxes and trust ...

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    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).

  7. What Is the FICA Tax Rate? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    All told, with the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, 12.4% of your paycheck is paid to the government for Social Security taxes and another 2.9% for Medicare, for a total FICA tax rate of 15.3% ...

  8. Congressional pension - Wikipedia

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    The FERS program takes into account the years served and the average pay for the top three years in terms of payment. For example, a member elected before 1984 and thus qualifying under the CSRS plan, who worked for 22 years and who had a top three-year average salary of $154,267 would be eligible for a pension payment of $84,847 per year. [ 4 ]

  9. Civil Service Retirement System - Wikipedia

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    Employees hired after 1983 are required to be covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), which is a three tiered retirement system with a smaller defined benefit (pension), Social Security, and a 401(k)-style system called the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The defined benefits of both the CSRS and the FERS systems are paid out of ...