PaycheckBeaconHow to use this calculator
Estimate employee Social Security and Medicare taxes for 2026. Use it to understand the employee Social Security wage cap, Medicare tax and Additional Medicare withholding in 2026. The calculator runs in the browser and is designed for planning rather than tax filing. Results can differ from a real payroll system because withholding forms, local taxes, benefits, year-to-date wages and employer settings are not always available to a public calculator. PaycheckBeacon keeps this tool on its own indexable page so the explanation, metadata and internal links match the specific task instead of hiding every tool inside one JavaScript-only interface.