If a 6.2% Social Security tax is applied to a maximum wage of $106,800, the maximum amount of Social Security tax that could ever be charged in a single year is:

a.

$213.60

b.

$6,408.00

c.

$6,621.60

d.

$17,225.81

The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "c. $6,621.60." Knowing that a 6.2% Social Security tax is applied to a maximum wage of $106,800, the maximum amount of Social Security tax that could ever be charged in a single year is $6,621.60.

The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "c. unemployment insurance." Social Security offers all but unemployment insurance.