What Is The Medicare Tax Rate? 
The Medicare tax rate is 1.45 % each for the employee and employer , regardless of income . For employees making over $ 200,000 per year , an additional 0.9 % must be withheld from their wages in 2013 . This additional Medicare tax -LRB- AMT -RRB- is only charged to the employee ; the employer does not have to match it . 