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The OASDI tax rate on employers remains at 6.2%. [6] Amounts for 1937-74 and for 1979-81 were set by statute; all other amounts were determined under automatic adjustment provisions of the Social Security Act.
Tax rates for each Social Security trust fund. Maximum taxable earnings. Social Security's Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program and Medicare's Hospital Insurance (HI) program are financed primarily by employment taxes.
Tax rates for Social Security's two trust funds, the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund and the Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Fund, are shown in the table below. The rates shown reflect the amounts received by the trust funds.
Historical FICA Tax Information. Social Security and Medicare taxes are based on gross earnings of each employee each year. Self-employment taxes are based on net income of the self-employed person each year.
The average percentage of covered earnings subject to the tax max throughout Social Security's history is 83 percent, lower than the most recent annual estimate (86 percent in 2009). Chart 4 shows the ratios for 1937–2009 , with the historical average highlighted.
The OASDI tax rate on employers remains at 6.2%. Amounts for 1937-74 and for 1979-81 were set by statute; all other amounts were determined under automatic adjustment provisions of the Social Security Act.
Federal Funds Rate - 62 Year Historical Chart. Shows the daily level of the federal funds rate back to 1954. The fed funds rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions (banks and credit unions) lend reserve balances to other depository institutions overnight, on an uncollateralized basis. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC ...
