2025 Max Social Security Withholding

2025 Max Social Security Withholding. We call this annual limit the contribution and benefit base. For 2025, the fica tax rate for employers will be 7.65% — 6.2% for social security and 1.45% for medicare (the same as in 2025).

The social security administration (ssa) has announced that the maximum earnings subject to the social security payroll tax will increase by $7,500 in 2025. The maximum social security tax employees and employers will each pay in 2025 is $10,918.20, an increase of $465 from $10,453.20 in 2025, due to the wage limit increase.