Social Security Wage Limit 2025. When the 2025 social security cola of 2.5% will kick in for recipients. 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.

Starting january 1, 2025, the maximum earnings subject to social security payroll tax will increase to $176,100, up from $168,600 in 2024. The wage base or earnings limit for the 6.2% social security tax rises every year.