Social Security Tax Limit 2025 Withholding. This amount is known as the “maximum taxable earnings” and changes each. That means that the maximum amount of social security tax an employee will pay (through withholding from their paychecks).

The social security administration (ssa) has announced that the maximum earnings subject to the social security payroll tax will increase by $7,500 in 2025. The individual tax brackets for ordinary.