Payments made by an employer to you as an employee in a calendar year that are more than the annual wage limitation are not wages. The annual wage limitation is:
| 1951-54 |
$3,600 |
| 1955-58 |
4,200 |
| 1959-65 |
4,800 |
| 1966-67 |
6,600 |
| 1968-71 |
7,800 |
| 1972 |
9,000 |
| 1973 |
10,800 |
| 1974 |
13,200 |
| 1975 |
14,100 |
| 1976 |
15,300 |
| 1977 |
16,500 |
| 1978 |
17,700 |
| 1979 |
22,900 |
| 1980 |
25,900 |
| 1981 |
29,700 |
| 1982 |
32,400 |
| 1983 |
35,700 |
| 1984 |
37,800 |
| 1985 |
39,600 |
| 1986 |
42,000 |
| 1987 |
43,800 |
| 1988 |
45,000 |
| 1989 |
48,000 |
| 1990 |
51,300 |
| 1991 |
53,400 |
| 1992 |
55,500 |
Code of Federal Regulations
[52 FR 8249, Mar. 17, 1987, as amended at 57 FR 44098, Sept 24, 1992]