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title: Social Security Wage Base Increases to $132,900 for 2019
description: On October 11, the SSA announced that the 2019 social security wage base will be $132,900.
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# [Social Security Wage Base Increases to $132,900 for 2019](https://blogs.payroll.org/pay-news-now/social-security-wage-base-increases-to-132900-for-2019)

 Written by [PayrollOrg Staff](https://blogs.payroll.org/pay-news-now/author/apa-staff) | Oct 11, 2018 7:34:46 PM

On October 11, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that the 2019 social security wage base will be $132,900, an increase of $4,500 from $128,400 in 2018 \[[**SSA, Press Release, 10-11-18**](https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2018/#10-2018-1)\].

The FICA tax rate remains 7.65% for 2019 up to the social security wage base (see the [**Social Security Fact Sheet: 2019 Social Security Changes**](https://www.americanpayroll.org/docs/default-source/2018-forms-and-pubs/18k11-2019_ssa_fact_sheet.pdf?sfvrsn=ea729c78_4)). The maximum social security tax employees and employers will each pay in 2019 is $8,239.80, an increase of $279.00 from $7,960.80 in 2018.

For more information, see the APA Compliance Update, [**2019 Social Security Wage Base Announced**](https://www.americanpayroll.org/compliance/compliance-updates/2019-social-security-wage-base-announced). Compliance updates are emailed to APA members and are also available on the [**Compliance Updates web page**](https://www.americanpayroll.org/compliance/compliance-updates).

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