2006 OASDI Trustees Report

II. OVERVIEW

II.B1 Summary of 2005 Trust Fund Financial Operations

II.B2 Tax Rates for 2005 and Later

II.C1 Ultimate Values of Key Demographic and Economic Assumptions for the Long-Range (75-year) Projection Period

II.D1 Projected Maximum Trust Fund Ratios Attained and Trust Fund Exhaustion Dates Under the Intermediate Assumptions

II.D2 Reasons for Change in the 75-Year Actuarial Balance Under Intermediate Assumptions

III. FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF THE TRUST FUNDS AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGES IN THE LAST YEAR

III.A1 Operations of the OASI Trust Fund, Calendar Year 2005

III.A2 Operations of the DI Trust Fund, Calendar Year 2005

III.A3 Operations of the Combined OASI and DI Trust Funds, Calendar Year 2005

III.A4 Comparison of Actual Calendar Year 2005 Trust Fund Operations With Estimates Made in Prior Reports 

III.A5 Distribution of Benefit Payments by Type of Beneficiary or Payment, Calendar Years 2004 and 2005

III.A6 Administrative Expenses as a Percentage of Contribution Income and of Total Expenditures, Calendar Years 2001-05

III.A7 Trust Fund Investment Transactions, Calendar Year 2005

IV. ACTUARIAL ESTIMATES

IV.A1 Operations of the OASI Trust Fund, Calendar Years 2001-15

IV.A2 Operations of the DI Trust Fund, Calendar Years 2001-15 

IV.A3 Operations of the Combined OASI and DI Trust Funds, Calendar Years 2001-15 

IV.A4 Reasons for Change in Trust Fund Ratios at the Beginning of the Tenth Year of Projection

IV.B1 Estimated Annual Income Rates, Cost Rates, and Balances Calendar Years 1990-2080

IV.B2 Covered Workers and Beneficiaries, Calendar Years 1945-2080

IV.B3 Estimated Trust Fund Ratios, Calendar Years 2006-80

IV.B4 Components of Summarized Income Rates and Cost Rates, Calendar Years 2006-80

IV.B5 Components of 75-Year Actuarial Balance Under Intermediate Assumptions (2006-80)

IV.B6 Unfunded OASDI Obligations for 1935 (Program Inception) Through the Infinite Horizon

IV.B7 Present Values of OASDI Cost Less Tax Revenue and Unfunded Obligations for Program Participants

IV.B8 Comparison of Estimated Long-Range Actuarial Balances With the Minimum Allowable in the Test for Close Actuarial Balance, Based on Intermediate Assumptions

IV.B9 Reasons for Change in the 75-Year Actuarial Balance Under Intermediate Assumptions

V. ASSUMPTIONS AND METHODS UNDERLYING ACTUARIAL ESTIMATES

V.A1 Principal Demographic Assumptions, Calendar Years 1940-2080 

V.A2 Social Security Area Population as of July 1 and Dependency Ratios, Calendar Years 1950-2080

V.A3 Period Life Expectancy 

V.A4 Cohort Life Expectancy 

V.B1 Principal Economic Assumptions 

V.B2 Additional Economic Factors 

V.C1 Cost-of-Living Benefit Increases, Average Wage Index, Contribution and Benefit Bases, and Retirement Earnings Test Exempt Amounts, 1975-2015

V.C2 Selected Wage-Indexed Program Amounts, Calendar Years 1978-2015

V.C3 Legislated Changes in Normal Retirement Age and Delayed Retirement Credits, for Persons Reaching Age 62 in Each Year 1986 and Later

V.C4 OASI Beneficiaries With Benefits in Current-Payment Status at the End of Calendar Years 1945-2080

V.C5 Long-Range Ultimate Disabled Worker Age-Sex-Adjusted Incidence Rates

V.C6 DI Beneficiaries With Benefits in Current-Payment Status at the End of Calendar Years 1960-2080

VI. APPENDICES

A. HISTORY OF OASI AND DI TRUST FUND OPERATIONS

VI.A1 Contribution and Benefit Base and Contribution Rates 

VI.A2 Historical Operations of the OASI Trust Fund, Calendar Years 1937-2005

VI.A3 Historical Operations of the DI Trust Fund, Calendar Years 1957-2005

VI.A4 Historical Operations of the Combined OASI and DI Trust Funds, Calendar Years 1957-2005

VI.A5 Assets of the OASI Trust Fund, End of Calendar Years 2004 and 2005

VI.A6 Assets of the DI Trust Fund, End of Calendar Years 2004 and 2005

B. HISTORY OF ACTUARIAL BALANCE ESTIMATES

VI.B1 Long-Range OASDI Actuarial Balances   as Shown in the Trustees Reports for 1982-2006

C. FISCAL YEAR HISTORICAL DATA AND PROJECTIONS THROUGH 2015

VI.C1 Operations of the OASI Trust Fund, Fiscal Year 2005

VI.C2 Operations of the DI Trust Fund, Fiscal Year 2005

VI.C3 Operations of the Combined OASI and DI Trust Funds, Fiscal Year 2005

VI.C4 Operations of the OASI Trust Fund in Fiscal Years 2001-15

VI.C5 Operations of the DI Trust Fund in Fiscal Years 2001-15

VI.C6 Operations of the Combined OASI and DI Trust Funds in Fiscal Years 2001-15

D. LONG-RANGE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

VI.D1 Sensitivity to Varying Fertility Assumptions

VI.D2 Sensitivity to Varying Death-Rate Assumptions

VI.D3 Sensitivity to Varying Net-Immigration Assumptions

VI.D4 Sensitivity to Varying Real-Wage Assumptions

VI.D5 Sensitivity to Varying CPI-Increase Assumptions

VI.D6 Sensitivity to Varying Real-Interest Assumptions

VI.D7 Sensitivity to Varying Disability Incidence Assumptions

VI.D8 Sensitivity to Varying Disability Termination Assumptions

E. STOCHASTIC PROJECTIONS

VI.E1 Long-Range Estimates Relating to the Actuarial Status of the Combined OASDI Program

F. ESTIMATES FOR OASDI AND HI, SEPARATE AND COMBINED

VI.F1 Contribution Rates for the OASDI and HI Programs

VI.F2 Estimated OASDI and HI Annual Income Rates, Cost Rates,  and Balances, Calendar Years 2006-80

VI.F3 Summarized OASDI and HI Income Rates and Cost Rates for Valuation Periods, Calendar Years 2006-80

VI.F4 OASDI and HI Annual and Summarized Income, Cost, and Balance as a Percentage of GDP, Calendar Years 2006-80

VI.F5 Ratio of OASDI Taxable Payroll to GDP, Calendar Years 2006-80

VI.F6 Selected Economic Variables, Calendar Years 2005-80

VI.F7 Operations of the Combined OASI and DI Trust Funds, in Constant 2006 Dollars, Calendar Years 2006-80

VI.F8 Operations of the Combined OASI and DI Trust Funds, in Current Dollars, Calendar Years 2006-80

VI.F9 OASDI and HI Annual Income Excluding Interest, Cost, and Balance in Current Dollars, Calendar Years 2006-80

VI.F10 Estimated Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts for Retired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions, Calendar Years 2006-80

G. ANALYSIS OF BENEFIT DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE OASI TRUST FUND WITH RESPECT TO DISABLED BENEFICIARIES

VI.G1 Benefit Disbursements From the OASI Trust Fund With Respect to Disabled Beneficiaries

VI.G2 Benefit Disbursements Under the OASDI Program With Respect to Disabled Beneficiaries