At 4,039 feet above sea level, Mount Sunflower is the highest point in Kansas. Located in Wallace County, just east of the Kansas/Colorado border, Mount Sunflower is more than 3,300 feet above the state's topographic low point in Montgomery County in southeastern Kansas.
Employee Social Security /OASDI and Medicare. The year 2017 Social Security/OASDI tax rate for employees is 6.2 percent. The Medicare tax rate remains at 1.45 percent. The Social Security/OASDI maximum wage base increases to $127,200 for 2017. There continues to be no cap on the Medicare wage base.
When you have wages or self-employment income that is covered by Social Security, you pay Social Security taxes each year up to a maximum amount that is set by law. That amount has changed frequently over the years. For 2016, the maximum amount of taxable earnings is $118,500. The maximum earnings for each year since Social Security taxes were first collected in 1937 are shown below. earned more than the maximum in any year but had only one job, the amount we use will be just the maximum amount.