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This brings the total federal payroll tax withholding to 7.65%.) Employers are required to pay an additional equal amount of Medicare taxes, and a 6.2% rate of Social Security taxes. Many states also impose additional taxes that are withheld from wages. Wages are defined somewhat differently for different withholding tax purposes.
The tax is paid by employers based on the total remuneration (salary and benefits) paid to all employees, at a standard rate of 14% (though, under certain circumstances, can be as low as 4.75%). Employers are allowed to deduct a small percentage of an employee's pay (around 4%). [7] Another tax, social insurance, is withheld by the employer.
The Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 or FEPCA ( H.R. 5241, Pub. L. 101–509) is a United States federal law relating to the salaries for employees of the United States Government. In the 1980s, salaries for civil servants in the executive branch had fallen behind private sector pay.
If the employee contributes less than 6% of their gross income, the employee foregoes additional compensation from the employer available to them had they contributed up to the 6% limit. For example, an employee whose annual gross pay is $50,000 contributes $3,000 (6% of gross pay) would receive a $3,000 employer contribution.