Social Security Tax 2025 Increase Amount. In 2024 wage earners paid the tax on the first. The maximum amount of social security tax an employee will pay through withholding from their paychecks in 2025 will increase to $10,918.20, which is 6.2% of $176,100.
In 2025, it will climb to $176,100. The social security administration recently announced that the wage base for computing social security tax will increase to $176,100 for 2025 (up from $168,600 for 2024).