Social Security 2025 Limit Tax. Higher income cap for social security taxes. 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 current tax rate for social security is 6.2% for the employer and 6.2% for the employee, or 12.4% total.