Proposed Provision: Progressive price indexing (40th percentile) of PIA factors beginning with individuals newly eligible for OASDI benefits in 2021: 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 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
2014320320
2015306306
2016292292
2017277277
2018262262
2019248248
2020233233
2021219219
2022203203
2023187188
2024171171
2025154155
2026137138
2027119121
2028101103
20298385
20306466
20314447
20322327
203327
2034-20-13
2035-42-34
2036-65-56
2037-88-77
2038-112-99
2039-136-121
2040-160-144
2041-185-166
2042-210-188
2043-235-210
2044-260-232
2045-285-254
2046-310-276
2047-336-299
2048-362-321
2049-388-343
2050-415-365
2051-442-387
2052-468-409
2053-495-430
2054-523-452
2055-550-473
2056-578-495
2057-606-517
2058-635-539
2059-664-561
2060-694-583
2061-725-605
2062-756-628
2063-787-651
2064-819-674
2065-852-697
2066-885-720
2067-918-744
2068-952-767
2069-987-791
2070-1022-815
2071-1057-840
2072-1094-865
2073-1132-890
2074-1171-916
2075-1210-943
2076-1251-970
2077-1293-997
2078-1335-1025
2079-1378-1053
2080-1421-1081
2081-1464-1108
2082-1507-1136
2083-1550-1163
2084-1593-1190
2085-1636-1217
2086-1680-1243
2087-1724-1270
2088-1769-1297
2089-1814-1325
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