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Social Security Administration taxable earnings and retirement earnings test amounts
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2026
Shared scale · 0 USD to 192,300 USD
2027
Shared scale · 0 USD to 192,300 USD
Switch between 2026 and 2027 to compare the annual payroll and retirement earnings limits.
Social Security Administration taxable earnings and retirement earnings test amounts
The chart compares annual dollar limits. The earnings test concerns benefit withholding before full retirement age. The taxable wage maximum concerns the earnings subject to Social Security tax.
| Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Security taxable earnings maximum | 184,500 | 192,300 | Calendar year | Source 1 |
| Retirement earnings test, under full retirement age all year | 24,480 | 25,560 | Annual exempt amount | Source 1 |
| Retirement earnings test, year reaching full retirement age | 65,160 | 67,920 | Annual exempt amount, counting only earnings before the full retirement age month | Source 1 |
| Medicare taxable earnings maximum | No limit | No limit | Calendar year | Source 1 |
| Retirement earnings test from full retirement age month | No limit | No limit | From that month onwards | Source 1 |