Proposed Provision: Progressive price indexing (40th percentile) of PIA formula factors beginning with individuals newly eligible for OASDI benefits in 2020: Create a new bend point at the 40th percentile of the AIME distribution of newly retired workers. Maintain current-law benefits for earners at the 40th percentile and below. Reduce the 32 and 15 percent formula factors above the 40th 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
2025158159
2026142143
2027125127
2028108111
20299094
20307176
20315258
20323139
20331119
2034-110
2035-32-20
2036-55-41
2037-78-61
2038-101-82
2039-124-103
2040-148-124
2041-172-145
2042-196-166
2043-220-187
2044-245-208
2045-269-229
2046-294-249
2047-319-270
2048-345-291
2049-371-311
2050-397-332
2051-423-352
2052-449-372
2053-476-392
2054-502-412
2055-530-432
2056-557-452
2057-585-472
2058-613-493
2059-642-513
2060-671-534
2061-701-554
2062-732-575
2063-763-596
2064-794-617
2065-826-639
2066-859-660
2067-892-681
2068-925-703
2069-959-725
2070-993-747
2071-1028-769
2072-1064-792
2073-1101-815
2074-1139-838
2075-1178-862
2076-1217-886
2077-1258-911
2078-1299-936
2079-1340-961
2080-1382-985
2081-1424-1010
2082-1466-1034
2083-1508-1058
2084-1550-1082
2085-1592-1106
2086-1635-1130
2087-1678-1154
2088-1722-1178
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