The Board of Trustees of the Social Security Trust Fund reports each year on the financial condition of the social security program. The 2025 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds, issued on June 18, includes both short- and long-term projections about the social security system.
Using the “intermediate” projections, the board projects the social security wage base will be $183,600 in 2026 (up from $176,100 this year) and will increase to $251,100 by 2034. The formal announcement of the 2026 wage base likely will not come until mid-October.
The projections, which are only an indication of the expected trend, are based on social security program provisions in current law and do not take into account any changes in these provisions that might be made in the future.
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Rayna Alexander, Esq., is Editor of Payroll Information Resources for PayrollOrg.
