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Want the Max $5,108 Social Security Benefit? Here's the Salary You Need.

The maximum taxable wage base for Social Security is $176,100 for 2025. To maximize Social Security, you’ll need to have earned more than the max in 35 different years. Even maximizing your earnings ...
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The Social Security Salary Cap Is Increasing In 2025. Here's How Much.

In 2025, you'll pay a Social Security tax of 6.2% on the first $176,100 you earn -- up from the previous cap of $168,600 in 2024. Each year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) looks at the ...

There’s a plan to increase pay for NC school social workers. Will state fund it?

An advisory committee wants to require school social workers to have master’s degrees if the state provides $10.9 million to raise pay.
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Want the Max $5,108 Social Security Benefit? Here's the Salary You Need.

Two key prerequisites to receiving the maximum benefit are to work for at least 35 years and delay claiming until age 70. The salary needed to get the maximum benefit in 2025 is $176,100, but it ...