Social security and Medicare taxes apply to election workers who are paid $2,200 or more in cash or an equivalent form of compensation in 2023.

There is no wage base limit for Medicare tax.Social security and Medicare taxes apply to the wages of household workers you pay $2,600 or more in cash wages in 2023. The social security wage base limit is $160,200.The Medicare tax rate is 1.45% each for the employee and employer, unchanged from 2022. Qualified sick leave wages and qualified family leave wages paid in 2023 for leave taken after March 31, 2020, and before April 1, 2021, aren't subject to the employer share of social security tax therefore, the tax rate on these wages is 6.2%. The rate of social security tax on taxable wages, including qualified sick leave wages and qualified family leave wages paid in 2023 for leave taken after March 31, 2021, and before October 1, 2021, is 6.2% each for the employer and employee or 12.4% for both. Social security and Medicare tax for 2023.