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.
Example: In 2018, you worked at company A and earned $70,000 before you switched employers. At company B, you earned $65,900. Social Security taxes would be withheld from the $135,900 you earned in 2018, but the maximum taxable earnings for the year are only $128,400. You claimed a refund of the Social Security taxes withheld from the last $7,500 in earnings when you filed your 2018 personal income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).