Proposed Provision: Progressive price indexing (40th percentile) of PIA formula factors beginning with individuals newly eligible for OASDI benefits in 2019: Create a new bend point at the 40th percentile of the AIME distribution of newly retired workers. Maintain current-law benefits for earners at the 40th percentile and below. Reduce the 32 and 15 percent formula factors above the 40th percentile such that the initial benefit for a worker with AIME equal to the taxable maximum grows by inflation rather than the growth in the SSA average wage index.

OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
(assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)

Year Present Law Provision
2012340340
2013329329
2014315315
2015302302
2016290290
2017277277
2018265265
2019253253
2020240241
2021227227
2022212213
2023197198
2024181183
2025164167
2026147150
2027129133
2028110115
20299097
20307078
20314958
20322738
2033518
2034-18-3
2035-41-24
2036-65-46
2037-89-67
2038-114-89
2039-138-111
2040-163-132
2041-189-154
2042-215-176
2043-240-198
2044-266-220
2045-292-242
2046-319-263
2047-346-285
2048-373-307
2049-400-328
2050-428-350
2051-456-371
2052-484-392
2053-512-414
2054-540-435
2055-569-456
2056-598-477
2057-628-498
2058-657-519
2059-688-540
2060-719-562
2061-750-583
2062-782-605
2063-814-626
2064-847-648
2065-880-669
2066-913-691
2067-946-712
2068-980-733
2069-1014-755
2070-1049-776
2071-1084-798
2072-1120-820
2073-1156-842
2074-1193-864
2075-1230-886
2076-1268-909
2077-1307-932
2078-1346-955
2079-1385-978
2080-1425-1000
2081-1465-1023
2082-1505-1046
2083-1547-1070
2084-1588-1093
2085-1631-1116
2086-1673-1140
2087-1717-1163
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