Guide The Additional Medicare Tax on High Earners
Regular Medicare has no ceiling. Above a threshold, it has a floor that gets higher instead.
Sunday, Sep 6, 2026
What actually lands in your account, and why it differs from your salary. Take-home pay, overtime rules, minimum wage and the deductions that come out before you see the money.
Work out a number using the rates we publish.
How a rule works, and what it means for you.
Guide Regular Medicare has no ceiling. Above a threshold, it has a floor that gets higher instead.
Guide Social Security tax stops at a ceiling. Medicare does not, and above two thresholds it goes up.
Guide From $7.25 to $18.40, depending entirely on where you work.