Proposed Provision: Progressive price indexing (50th percentile) of PIA formula factors beginning with individuals newly eligible for OASDI benefits in 2020: Create a new bend point at the 50th percentile of the AIME distribution of newly retired workers. Maintain current-law benefits for earners at the 50th percentile and below. Reduce the 32 and 15 percent formula factors above the 50th 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
2013330330
2014315315
2015301301
2016286286
2017271271
2018257257
2019244244
2020231231
2021218218
2022204204
2023189189
2024173174
2025158159
2026142143
2027125127
2028108110
20299093
20307175
20315256
20323137
20331118
2034-11-2
2035-32-23
2036-55-44
2037-78-65
2038-101-86
2039-124-107
2040-148-129
2041-172-150
2042-196-172
2043-220-194
2044-245-215
2045-269-237
2046-294-258
2047-319-280
2048-345-301
2049-371-323
2050-397-345
2051-423-366
2052-449-387
2053-476-409
2054-502-430
2055-530-452
2056-557-473
2057-585-495
2058-613-517
2059-642-539
2060-671-562
2061-701-584
2062-732-607
2063-763-631
2064-794-654
2065-826-678
2066-859-701
2067-892-725
2068-925-749
2069-959-774
2070-993-799
2071-1028-824
2072-1064-849
2073-1101-875
2074-1139-902
2075-1178-929
2076-1217-956
2077-1258-984
2078-1299-1012
2079-1340-1040
2080-1382-1068
2081-1424-1096
2082-1466-1123
2083-1508-1150
2084-1550-1177
2085-1592-1205
2086-1635-1232
2087-1678-1259
2088-1722-1287
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