Summary Measures and Graphs

Description of Proposed Provision:
E1.8: Increase the payroll tax rate (currently 12.4 percent) by 0.1 percentage points each year from 2029-2034, until the rate reaches 13.0 percent for 2034 and later.

Estimates based on the intermediate assumptions of the 2026 Trustees Report
Summary Measures
Current law
[percent of payroll]		 Change from current law
[percent of payroll]		 Shortfall eliminated
Long-range
actuarial
balance		 Annual
balance in
75th year		 Long-range
actuarial
balance		 Annual
balance in
75th year		 Long-range
actuarial
balance		 Annual
balance in
75th year
-4.42 -6.57 0.55 0.61 12% 9%

graph of OASDI cost rates and income rates by year, under current law and provision. click on graph to view underlying data. graph of OASDI trust fund ratio by year, under current law and provision. click on graph to view underlying data.