Social Security Threshold 2024. Up to 85% of your social security benefits are taxable if: When you calculate how much of your social security benefit is taxable, use the $2,000/month number and multiply that by the number of months to get the annual social.

We raise this amount yearly to keep pace with increases in average wages. In 2024, the maximum amount of earnings on which you must pay social security tax is $168,600.