The percentages at the turn of the 21st century are shown in the table. Ray worked at the same job for those three years making $80,400 without any increase in salary.

a. Calculate his Social Security and Medicare taxes for those years.
b. Calculate the percent of his salary for the combined taxes in each year. What do you notice?

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Maximum Maximum Social Security Taxable Income Medicare Taxable Income 2000 2001 2002 6.2% 6 2% 6, 201。 $76,200 | 1.45% | All income $80,400 | 1.45% | All income $84,900 | 1.45% | All income