On January 8, the end of the first weekly pay period of the year, Regis Companys payroll register showed that its employees earned $22,760 of office salaries and $65,840 of sales salaries. Withholdings from the employees salaries include FICA Social Security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, FICA Medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $12,860 of federal income taxes, $1,340 of medical insurance deductions, and $840 of union dues. No employee earned more than $7,000 in this first period.