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.
* Social Security FICA/SECA taxes are restricted to a taxable maximum or wage threshold.. Earnings above the threshold are not subject to these taxes. For 2014, the threshold is $117,000.[21] * Previously, Medicare FICA/SECA taxes were restricted to the same wage threshold as Social Security.