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Employers are required to withhold the additional Medicare Tax at a 0.9 percent rate on wages and other compensation it pays to an employee in excess of $200,000 in a calendar year. There is no employer match for the additional Medicare Tax.
This is not so with the Social Security tax. It cannot be adjusted in any way. The government has set a fixed amount that needs to be paid and if it isnât paid, heavy penalties will be imposed. Current Social Security Rate. The current rate of Social Security withholding is set at 12.4 percent. The full amount of the tax is divided equally between the employer and employee with each contributing 6.2 percent. The Medicare Tax rate is set at 2.9 percent and again is equally divided between employer and employee.