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A person with $130,000 of gross income in 2017 incurred Social Security tax of $7,886.40 (resulting in an effective rate of approximately 6.07% – the rate was lower because the income was more than the 2017 "wage base", see below), with $7,886.40 paid by the employer.
[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).
The new wage base limit, which will be in effect in 2025, is $176,100, up from the $168,600 limit in 2024. This means more income of some workers will be subject to Social Security payroll taxes.
The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) (codified in the Internal Revenue Code) imposes a Social Security withholding tax equal to 6.20% of the gross wage amount, up to but not exceeding the Social Security Wage Base ($97,500 for 2007; $102,000 for 2008; and $106,800 for 2009, 2010, and 2011). The same 6.20% tax is imposed on employers.
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% ...
Retirees will receive a paltry increase in their Social Security checks in 2017 - the second consecutive year of flat or near-flat benefits.
Each calendar year, the wages of each covered worker [a] up to the Social Security Wage Base (SSWB) are recorded along with the calendar by the Social Security Administration. If a worker has 35 or fewer years of earnings, then the Average Indexed Monthly Earnings is the numerical average of those 35 years of covered wages; with zeros used to ...
The Social Security tax is divided into 6.2% that is visible to employees (the "employee contribution") and 6.2% that is visible only to employers (the "employer's contribution"). For the years 2011 and 2012, the employee's contribution had been temporarily reduced to 4.2%, while the employer's portion remained at 6.2%, [ 38 ] but Congress ...