Titanic Facts: The Ship. White Star Line was the company that built the Titanic, and was owned by J.P. Morgan, an American tycoon. The cost to build the RMS Titanic was $7.5 million. RMS stands for Royal Mail Steamer. It took 3,000 men two years to build the Titanic.
Workers and employers pay for Social Security. Workers pay 6.2 percent of their earnings up to a cap, which is $118,500 a year in 2015. (The cap on taxable earnings usually rises each year with average wages.) Employers pay a matching amount for a combined contribution of 12.4 percent of earnings.
If you collect Social Security and you're younger than full retirement age, then you can earn up to $16,920 in income in 2017 and still collect 100% of your Social Security payment. The average American's retirement savings remains anemic, wages are only inching higher, and employers continue to abandon pension plans.