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Automatic Increases
Payment Calculation Bases
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Section 411.500 of the Code of Federal Regulations defines the Title II
payment calculation base for any year to mean—
In connection with a title II disability beneficiary (including
a concurrent title II/title XVI disability beneficiary), the average monthly
disability insurance benefit payable under section 223 of the Social Security Act
for months during the preceding calendar year to all beneficiaries who
are in current pay status for the month for which the benefit is payable.
The table below shows the number of beneficiaries and corresponding payment
amounts for 2008, together with the resulting average amounts. The average
amount per beneficiary for calendar year 2008 is the Title II payment
calculation base for 2009.
Title II benefits for months in 2008
| Month |
Number of
beneficiaries |
Benefit amount |
Average
amount |
| Jan | 7,114,753 | $7,143,653,542 | $1,004.06 |
| Feb | 7,136,511 | 7,166,127,363 | 1,004.15 |
| Mar | 7,161,867 | 7,191,865,697 | 1,004.19 |
| Apr | 7,186,478 | 7,217,661,657 | 1,004.34 |
| May | 7,208,944 | 7,241,077,656 | 1,004.46 |
| Jun | 7,229,499 | 7,259,960,964 | 1,004.21 |
| Jul | 7,247,428 | 7,277,534,289 | 1,004.15 |
| Aug | 7,272,382 | 7,302,083,432 | 1,004.08 |
| Sep | 7,299,821 | 7,329,108,389 | 1,004.01 |
| Oct | 7,327,786 | 7,357,338,284 | 1,004.03 |
| Nov | 7,375,881 | 7,407,552,021 | 1,004.29 |
| Dec | 7,427,203 | 7,896,140,331 | 1,063.14 |
| Average |
7,249,046 |
7,315,841,969 |
1,009.21 |
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