To redetermine total family benefits of a disability beneficiary for January 2022, the beneficiary's "average current earnings" (as defined initially) are increased by the ratio of
- the national average wage index for 2020 to
- the average wage index for the calendar year before the year in which the reduction was first computed.
Year reduction first required |
Ratio to be applied to average current earnings |
---|---|
1968 | 10.67023 |
1971 | 8.99231 |
1974 | 7.33871 |
1977 | 6.02923 |
1980 | 4.84592 |
1983 | 3.82818 |
1986 | 3.30680 |
1989 | 2.87724 |
1992 | 2.55041 |
1995 | 2.34191 |
1998 | 2.02832 |
2001 | 1.73002 |
2004 | 1.63302 |
2007 | 1.43924 |
2010 | 1.36641 |
2013 | 1.25511 |
2016 | 1.15655 |
2019 | 1.06679 |