Erin is a fourth-year mechanical engineering major who has served in a wide variety of leadership roles, including president of the Society of Women Engineers at UF. She also initiated the first-ever 3D printing outreach day and co-authored a paper published by the American Society for Engineering Education.
The Social Security Administration has announced the 2017 Social Security benefit amounts, and the maximum withholding change for 2017. The maximum taxable earnings for Social Security withholding for 2017 are $127,200. This maximum is up from $118,500 for 2016 and 2015. Medicare withholding has no maximum. The maximum withholding amount is adjusted each year by a formula based on cost of living increases.
In 2017, the annual earnings limit is $16,920. That means in 2017 you can earn up to $16,920 and continue to receive all your Social Security benefits. This is an increase from the limit of $15,720 which applied in 2015 and 2016. If you earn over $16,920, there are a set of rules that determine how much your Social Security benefits will be reduced.