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If you're making a hundred and eighty thousand you pay ten thousand dollars in Social Security. If you're making five million dollars, you pay ten thousand dollars in Social Security.

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Troy Jackson, at Maine U.S. Senate General Election Debate 2 (WMTW)

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Why we checked itSpecific dollar figures cited to illustrate the Social Security payroll tax cap — verifiable against actual SSA contribution limits and rates
What we foundThe claim is accurate: under current law, both a $180,000 earner and a $5,000,000 earner pay the same amount in Social Security taxes (approximately $10,453 for the employee share in 2024), because the payroll tax applies only up to a wage cap of $168,600.
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