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  4. ›Social Security payroll taxes

CBO revenue line

Social Security payroll taxes

OASDI taxes that fund retirement, survivors, and disability benefits.

What this means

FICA/SECA taxes for Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance. Most of this is legally off-budget and credited to the Social Security trust funds.

CBO variable: rev_payroll_ss

In the data

CBO amount · FFY 2025

$1.3T

Billions of dollars unless noted

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Breakdown

This line beside other revenue sources

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Related

  • Payroll taxes

    Social Security, Medicare, and related employment taxes.

  • On-budget vs off-budget

    Off-budget usually means Social Security (and sometimes Postal Service) accounts.

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