Proposed Provision: E2.16. Apply OASDI 12.4 percent payroll tax rate on earnings above $250,000 starting in 2025, and tax all earnings once the current-law taxable maximum exceeds $250,000. Increase the computed level of the SSA average wage index for years after 2024 by amounts ranging from 0.7 percent for 2025 to 0.9 percent for 2033 and later. Provide benefit credit for earnings above the current-law taxable maximum that are subject to the payroll tax, using a secondary PIA formula. This secondary PIA formula involves: (1) an "AIME+" derived from annual earnings from each year after 2024 that were in excess of that year's current-law taxable maximum; and (2) a formula factor of 2 percent on this newly computed "AIME+".

OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
(assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)

Year Current Law Provision
2024188188
2025171171
2026152164
2027134158
2028117152
2029101148
203084144
203168141
203253138
203337136
203422135
20357135
2036-9134
2037-26133
2038-43131
2039-60129
2040-78127
2041-96124
2042-115122
2043-135119
2044-154115
2045-174112
2046-194108
2047-215104
2048-235100
2049-25696
2050-27791
2051-29986
2052-32081
2053-34275
2054-36469
2055-38663
2056-40956
2057-43149
2058-45541
2059-47833
2060-50224
2061-52715
2062-5536
2063-579-4
2064-605-15
2065-632-25
2066-660-36
2067-688-48
2068-716-59
2069-745-71
2070-774-84
2071-803-96
2072-834-110
2073-864-123
2074-895-137
2075-927-151
2076-960-166
2077-993-181
2078-1027-196
2079-1062-212
2080-1098-228
2081-1134-244
2082-1172-260
2083-1209-277
2084-1248-293
2085-1287-310
2086-1327-327
2087-1368-344
2088-1409-361
2089-1450-378
2090-1491-394
2091-1532-411
2092-1573-427
2093-1612-443
2094-1651-459
2095-1689-474
2096-1727-490
2097-1764-505
2098-1801-520
2099-1838-536
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