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title: Social Security Wage Base Increases to $176,100 for 2025
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By [Jyme Mariani, Esq.](https://blogs.payroll.org/pay-news-now/author/jyme-mariani-esq) on Oct 10, 2024 9:53:11 AM

# Social Security Wage Base Increases to $176,100 for 2025

The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced on Thursday, October 10, that the [**2025 social security wage base**](https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/factsheets/colafacts2025.pdf) will be $176,100, an increase of $7,500 from $168,600 in 2024. As in prior years, there is no limit to the wages subject to the Medicare tax; therefore, all covered wages are subject to the 1.45% tax. As in 2024, wages paid in excess of $200,000 in 2025 will be subject to an extra 0.9% Medicare tax that will only be withheld from employees’ wages. Employers will not pay the extra tax.

***Maximum social security tax.*** 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 2024.

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*Jyme Mariani, Esq., is Managing Editor of* Payroll Currently *and Senior Manager of Payroll Information Resources for PayrollOrg.*

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