Max Taxable Social Security Wages 2025. The 2025 limit is $176,100, up from $168,600 in 2024. The social security tax rate is 12.4%, with workers paying 6.2% and employers paying the other.
We call this annual limit the contribution and benefit base. 58 rows listed below are the maximum taxable earnings for social security by year from 1937 to the present.