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  1. Wage Base Increase Maximum Social Security Employee Share Maximum Social Security Employer Share Maximum Total Contribution to Social Security 2024: $168,600: 5.2%: $10,453.20: $10,453.20: $20,906.40 2023: $160,200: 9.0%: $9,932.40: $9,932.40: $19,864.80 2022: $147,000: 2.9%: $9,114.00: $9,114.00: $18,228.00 2021: $142,800: 3.7%: $8,853.60 ...

  2. Listed below are the maximum taxable earnings for Social Security by year from 1937 to the present. Year. Maximum Taxable Earnings. 1937-1950. $3,000. 1951-1954. $3,600.

    Year
    Maximum Taxable Earnings
    2024
    $168,600
    2023
    $160,200
    2022
    $147,000
    2021
    $142,800
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  4. This limit changes each year with changes in the national average wage index. We call this annual limit the contribution and benefit base. This amount is also commonly referred to as the taxable maximum. For earnings in 2024, this base is $168,600.

  5. Feb 11, 2013 · The following table lists the maximum amount of wages that can be credited to your Social Security record. 1301.2 How is the maximum wage amount increased each year? For the years after 1981, the maximum wage amount is usually increased by Congress.

    Year
    Maximum Earnings
    Year
    Maximum Earnings
    2013
    $113,700
    1988
    $45,000
    2012
    $110,100
    1987
    $43,800
    2011
    $106,800
    1986
    $42,000
    2010
    $106,800
    1985
    $39,600
  6. For example, the case-A indexing factor for 1984 is the average wage for 2022 ($63,795.13) divided by the average wage for 1984 ($16,135.07). We use the highest 35 years of indexed earnings in a benefit computation. The dropped indexed amounts are shown in red.

    Year
    Case A, Born In 1962(nominal Earnings)
    Case A, Born In 1962(indexing Factor)
    Case A, Born In 1962(indexed Earnings)
    1984
    $15,086
    3.9538
    $59,647
    1985
    15,779
    3.7922
    59,838
    1986
    16,298
    3.6829
    60,024
    1987
    17,392
    3.4621
    60,214
  7. 2015 $118,500 12.4% 2.9% 2016 $118,500 12.4% 2.9% 2017 $127,200 12.4% 2.9% 2018 $128,400 12.4% 2.9% 2019 $132,900 12.4% 2.9%. 2020 $137,700 12.4% 2.9% 2021 $142,800 12.4% 2.9% 2022 $147,000 12.4% 2.9%. Source: Social Security Administration.

  8. Nov 27, 2023 · Stay up-to-date with the annual Social Security wage base because it generally changes each year. The 2024 Social Security wage base is $168,600, up from the 2023 limit of $160,200. After an employee earns above the annual wage base, do not withhold money for Social Security taxes.

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