Proposed Provision: Progressive price indexing (60th percentile) of PIA formula factors beginning with individuals newly eligible for OASDI benefits in 2020: Create a new bend point at the 60th percentile of the AIME distribution of newly retired workers. Maintain current-law benefits for earners at the 60th percentile and below. Reduce the 32 and 15 percent formula factors above the 60th 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
2013330330
2014315315
2015301301
2016286286
2017271271
2018257257
2019244244
2020231231
2021218218
2022204204
2023189189
2024173174
2025158158
2026142143
2027125126
2028108110
20299092
20307174
20315255
20323136
20331116
2034-11-4
2035-32-25
2036-55-46
2037-78-68
2038-101-90
2039-124-111
2040-148-134
2041-172-156
2042-196-178
2043-220-200
2044-245-222
2045-269-245
2046-294-267
2047-319-290
2048-345-312
2049-371-335
2050-397-358
2051-423-380
2052-449-403
2053-476-426
2054-502-449
2055-530-472
2056-557-495
2057-585-518
2058-613-542
2059-642-566
2060-671-590
2061-701-615
2062-732-639
2063-763-664
2064-794-690
2065-826-715
2066-859-741
2067-892-767
2068-925-794
2069-959-820
2070-993-847
2071-1028-874
2072-1064-902
2073-1101-931
2074-1139-960
2075-1178-990
2076-1217-1021
2077-1258-1052
2078-1299-1083
2079-1340-1115
2080-1382-1146
2081-1424-1178
2082-1466-1210
2083-1508-1241
2084-1550-1273
2085-1592-1305
2086-1635-1337
2087-1678-1369
2088-1722-1402
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