<page_title> Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax </page_title> <section_title> Regularly employed people </section_title> <table> <cell> 2014 <col_header> Employee's share of the Social Security portion of the FICA tax </col_header> <col_header> Year </col_header> <col_header> 2005 </col_header> <col_header> 2006 </col_header> <col_header> 2007 </col_header> <col_header> 2008 </col_header> <col_header> 2009 </col_header> <col_header> 2010 </col_header> <col_header> 2011 </col_header> <col_header> 2012 </col_header> <col_header> 2013 </col_header> </cell> <cell> $117,000 <col_header> Employee's share of the Social Security portion of the FICA tax </col_header> <col_header> Compensation Limit </col_header> <row_header> 2014 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 2015 <col_header> Employee's share of the Social Security portion of the FICA tax </col_header> <col_header> Year </col_header> <col_header> 2005 </col_header> <col_header> 2006 </col_header> <col_header> 2007 </col_header> <col_header> 2008 </col_header> <col_header> 2009 </col_header> <col_header> 2010 </col_header> <col_header> 2011 </col_header> <col_header> 2012 </col_header> <col_header> 2013 </col_header> <col_header> 2014 </col_header> </cell> <cell> $118,500 <col_header> Employee's share of the Social Security portion of the FICA tax </col_header> <col_header> Compensation Limit </col_header> <row_header> 2015 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 2016 <col_header> Employee's share of the Social Security portion of the FICA tax </col_header> <col_header> Year </col_header> <col_header> 2005 </col_header> <col_header> 2006 </col_header> <col_header> 2007 </col_header> <col_header> 2008 </col_header> <col_header> 2009 </col_header> <col_header> 2010 </col_header> <col_header> 2011 </col_header> <col_header> 2012 </col_header> <col_header> 2013 </col_header> <col_header> 2014 </col_header> <col_header> 2015 </col_header> </cell> <cell> $118,500 <col_header> Employee's share of the Social Security portion of the FICA tax </col_header> <col_header> Compensation Limit </col_header> <row_header> 2016 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 2017 <col_header> Employee's share of the Social Security portion of the FICA tax </col_header> <col_header> Year </col_header> <col_header> 2005 </col_header> <col_header> 2006 </col_header> <col_header> 2007 </col_header> <col_header> 2008 </col_header> <col_header> 2009 </col_header> <col_header> 2010 </col_header> <col_header> 2011 </col_header> <col_header> 2012 </col_header> <col_header> 2013 </col_header> <col_header> 2014 </col_header> <col_header> 2015 </col_header> <col_header> 2016 </col_header> </cell> <cell> $127,200 <col_header> Employee's share of the Social Security portion of the FICA tax </col_header> <col_header> Compensation Limit </col_header> <row_header> 2017 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 2018 <col_header> Employee's share of the Social Security portion of the FICA tax </col_header> <col_header> Year </col_header> <col_header> 2005 </col_header> <col_header> 2006 </col_header> <col_header> 2007 </col_header> <col_header> 2008 </col_header> <col_header> 2009 </col_header> <col_header> 2010 </col_header> <col_header> 2011 </col_header> <col_header> 2012 </col_header> <col_header> 2013 </col_header> <col_header> 2014 </col_header> <col_header> 2015 </col_header> <col_header> 2016 </col_header> <col_header> 2017 </col_header> </cell> <cell> $128,400 <col_header> Employee's share of the Social Security portion of the FICA tax </col_header> <col_header> Compensation Limit </col_header> <row_header> 2018 </row_header> </cell> </table>
The Social Security portion of the tax is $117,000 in 2014, $118,500 in 2015 and 2016, $127,200 in 2017, and $128,400 in 2018.