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Social Security Tax Rates |
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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. |
| Calendar years | Tax rates as a percent of taxable earnings | ||||||
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| Tax rate for employees and employers, each | Tax rate for self-employed persons | ||||||
| OASI | DI | Total | OASI | DI | Total | ||
| 1937-49 | 1.000 | -- | 1.000 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1950 | 1.500 | -- | 1.500 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1951-53 | 1.500 | -- | 1.500 | 2.250 | -- | 2.250 | |
| 1954-56 | 2.000 | -- | 2.000 | 3.000 | -- | 3.000 | |
| 1957-58 | 2.000 | 0.250 | 2.250 | 3.0000 | 0.3750 | 3.375 | |
| 1959 | 2.250 | 0.250 | 2.500 | 3.3750 | 0.3750 | 3.750 | |
| 1960-61 | 2.750 | 0.250 | 3.000 | 4.1250 | 0.3750 | 4.500 | |
| 1962 | 2.875 | 0.250 | 3.125 | 4.3250 | 0.3750 | 4.700 | |
| 1963-65 | 3.375 | 0.250 | 3.625 | 5.0250 | 0.3750 | 5.400 | |
| 1966 | 3.500 | 0.350 | 3.850 | 5.2750 | 0.5250 | 5.800 | |
| 1967 | 3.550 | 0.350 | 3.900 | 5.3750 | 0.5250 | 5.900 | |
| 1968 | 3.325 | 0.475 | 3.800 | 5.0875 | 0.7125 | 5.800 | |
| 1969 | 3.725 | 0.475 | 4.200 | 5.5875 | 0.7125 | 6.300 | |
| 1970 | 3.650 | 0.550 | 4.200 | 5.4750 | 0.8250 | 6.300 | |
| 1971-72 | 4.050 | 0.550 | 4.600 | 6.0750 | 0.8250 | 6.900 | |
| 1973 | 4.300 | 0.550 | 4.850 | 6.2050 | 0.7950 | 7.000 | |
| 1974-77 | 4.375 | 0.575 | 4.950 | 6.1850 | 0.8150 | 7.000 | |
| 1978 | 4.275 | 0.775 | 5.050 | 6.0100 | 1.0900 | 7.100 | |
| 1979 | 4.330 | 0.750 | 5.080 | 6.0100 | 1.0400 | 7.050 | |
| 1980 | 4.520 | 0.560 | 5.080 | 6.2725 | 0.7775 | 7.050 | |
| 1981 | 4.700 | 0.650 | 5.350 | 7.0250 | 0.9750 | 8.000 | |
| 1982 | 4.575 | 0.825 | 5.400 | 6.8125 | 1.2375 | 8.050 | |
| 1983 | 4.775 | 0.625 | 5.400 | 7.1125 | 0.9375 | 8.050 | |
| 1984-87 | 5.200 | 0.500 | 5.700 | 10.4000 | 1.0000 | 11.400 | |
| 1988-89 | 5.530 | 0.530 | 6.060 | 11.0600 | 1.0600 | 12.120 | |
| 1990-93 | 5.600 | 0.600 | 6.200 | 11.2000 | 1.2000 | 12.400 | |
| 1994-96 | 5.260 | 0.940 | 6.200 | 10.5200 | 1.8800 | 12.400 | |
| 1997-99 | 5.350 | 0.850 | 6.200 | 10.7000 | 1.7000 | 12.400 | |
| 2000 and later | 5.300 | 0.900 | 6.200 | 10.6000 | 1.8000 | 12.400 | |
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