As Jay Stone earns $280 a week as gross weekly pay which is the amount he earns before taxes are deducted and you know that the rate is 6.2%, you can calculate the amount that is deducted from his pay this week for Social Security taxes by finding the 6.2 percent of his gross weekly pay:
$280*6.2%= $17.36
According to this, the amount that is deducted from his pay this week for Social Security taxes is $17.36.
