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FICA Payroll Tax Calculator

Social Security + Medicare tax on wage income.

Compute the FICA payroll tax owed by a US employee on annual gross wages: 6.2% Social Security up to the 2024 wage base of $168,600, 1.45% Medicare on all wages, plus 0.9% Additional Medicare above $200,000.

Nadia Almasri By Nadia Almasri
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Formula

SS = min(wages, 168600) · 6.2%. Medicare = wages · 1.45%. Add'l Medicare = max(0, wages − 200000) · 0.9%.

In depth

Compute the FICA payroll tax owed by a US employee on annual gross wages: 6.2% Social Security up to the 2024 wage base of $168,600, 1.45% Medicare on all wages, plus 0.9% Additional Medicare above $200,000.