Proposed Provision: A3. Starting December 2024, compute the COLA using a chained version of the consumer price index for wage and salary workers (CPI-W). We estimate this new computation will reduce the annual COLA by about 0.3 percentage point, on average.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2023204204
2024187187
2025168168
2026149150
2027131133
2028114116
202996100
20307883
20316067
20324351
20332534
2034718
2035-121
2036-31-16
2037-51-33
2038-70-51
2039-91-69
2040-112-87
2041-133-106
2042-154-124
2043-176-143
2044-198-162
2045-220-181
2046-243-200
2047-265-220
2048-288-239
2049-311-258
2050-333-278
2051-357-298
2052-380-318
2053-403-337
2054-427-357
2055-450-378
2056-474-398
2057-498-418
2058-522-439
2059-547-460
2060-572-482
2061-597-504
2062-623-527
2063-650-550
2064-677-574
2065-705-598
2066-733-623
2067-762-648
2068-791-673
2069-820-699
2070-850-725
2071-880-752
2072-911-779
2073-942-806
2074-974-834
2075-1006-862
2076-1039-892
2077-1074-921
2078-1108-952
2079-1144-984
2080-1181-1016
2081-1218-1049
2082-1256-1082
2083-1294-1116
2084-1333-1150
2085-1373-1184
2086-1413-1219
2087-1453-1254
2088-1494-1289
2089-1534-1324
2090-1574-1358
2091-1613-1392
2092-1651-1426
2093-1689-1458
2094-1726-1490
2095-1762-1521
2096-1798-1552
2097-1833-1582
2098-1868-1612
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