Proposed Provision: Progressive price indexing (30th percentile) of PIA formula factors beginning with individuals newly eligible for OASDI benefits in 2019: Create a new bend point at the 30th percentile of the AIME distribution of newly retired workers. Maintain current-law benefits for earners at the 30th percentile and below. Reduce the 32 and 15 percent formula factors above the 30th 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
2026147151
2027129134
2028110116
20299098
20307079
20314960
20322740
2033520
2034-180
2035-41-21
2036-65-42
2037-89-63
2038-114-84
2039-138-105
2040-163-126
2041-189-147
2042-215-168
2043-240-189
2044-266-210
2045-292-231
2046-319-251
2047-346-272
2048-373-292
2049-400-313
2050-428-333
2051-456-353
2052-484-372
2053-512-392
2054-540-411
2055-569-430
2056-598-449
2057-628-468
2058-657-487
2059-688-506
2060-719-525
2061-750-544
2062-782-563
2063-814-582
2064-847-601
2065-880-619
2066-913-637
2067-946-656
2068-980-674
2069-1014-692
2070-1049-710
2071-1084-728
2072-1120-746
2073-1156-764
2074-1193-782
2075-1230-800
2076-1268-819
2077-1307-837
2078-1346-855
2079-1385-873
2080-1425-891
2081-1465-909
2082-1505-927
2083-1547-945
2084-1588-963
2085-1631-982
2086-1673-1000
2087-1717-1018
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