A total of 7.65% of your pre-tax income (6.2% for Social Security and 1.45% for Medicare Hospital benefits) is withheld from each paycheck until you reach the current earnings cap of $106,800. There is no earnings cap for the 1.45% Medicare Hospitalization contribution.
Your employer pays a matching amount from company funds, bringing the total contribution on your behalf to 15.3% of the first $106,800 of salary.
If you earn less than the maximum, you can easily calculate your total annual contribution by multilplying your base salary x .0765.
For example:
A person who earns $35,000 in 2010 will contribute $2,677.50 toward future retirement benefits, and his or her company would match that contribution for a total of $5,355.
The percentage deducted from the employees paycheck is 6.2% for Social Security and 1.45% for Medicare. Another note is that the employer pays an equal amount as well. For the last couple of years the employee share was reduced to 4.2% but increased back to 6.2% effective January 1, 2013.
For 2012, the Social Security (FICA) deduction is 6.2%; the Medicare deduction is 1.45%, for a total of 7.65%. The employer pays the same percentages.
For 2012, the Social Security (FICA) deduction is 6.2%; the Medicare deduction is 1.45%, for a total of 7.65%. The employer pays the same percentages.
Yes. Social Security and Medicare are taken out of your income before you see your paycheck. Your employer also pays an additional Social Security and Medicare tax to your account.
The Medicare tax is the same for all employees, regardless of age.
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Social Security is funded by FICA; Medicare is funded by Medicare tax.
On a paycheck, FICA stands for Federal Insurance Contributions Act. FICA is the United States Federal employment tax that is imposed to fund Medicare and Social Security.
The FICA -MC on your paycheck is a reference to the deduction for Medicare. The Medicare deduction should be 2.9 percent of your total earnings.
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Yes. If you work after retirement, you will still have contributions to Social Security and Medicare (FICA) withheld from your paycheck at the same rate as before retirement.
Yes. If you work after retirement, you will still have contributions to Social Security and Medicare (FICA) withheld from your paycheck at the same rate as before retirement.
It's either Social Security, or a combination of Social Security and Medicare. Paycheck deduction statements may combine the individual FICA deduction for Medicare and Social Security into one deduction and call it "Retire". Rest assured that it's not YOUR retirement, and you'll never see that money again.