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

  1. the national average wage index for 2020 to
  2. the average wage index for the calendar year before the year in which the reduction was first computed.

Ratios Used to Redetermine Benefits for January 2022
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