In 2024, employees are required to pay a 6.2% Social Security tax (with their employer matching that payment) on income up to $168,600, up from $160,200 in 2023, up from $147,000 in 2022, and up from $142,800 in 2021. The maximum income amount for Social Security tax tends to ...
In addition to working at least 35 years, to get the maximum benefit possible, you must have earned the maximum taxable income during that time. For 2024, the maximum amount of income that’s subject to Social Security tax is $168,600. That said, only 6% of workers earn more than the ...
Earning less would also reduce our tax bracket so our after tax income wouldn’t necessarily go down proportionally. Whether that happens now or later, we realize that the idea of retiring in the metro area was always insane, and we can have a great life out here at half the burn rate....