Proposed Provision: A6. Starting December 2025, compute the COLA using the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E). We estimate this new computation will increase the annual COLA by about 0.2 percentage point, on average.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2023204204
2024187187
2025168168
2026149149
2027131131
2028114112
20299694
20307876
20316057
20324339
20332520
203471
2035-12-19
2036-31-39
2037-51-60
2038-70-81
2039-91-103
2040-112-126
2041-133-148
2042-154-172
2043-176-195
2044-198-219
2045-220-243
2046-243-267
2047-265-292
2048-288-316
2049-311-341
2050-333-366
2051-357-391
2052-380-417
2053-403-442
2054-427-468
2055-450-494
2056-474-520
2057-498-546
2058-522-572
2059-547-599
2060-572-626
2061-597-654
2062-623-682
2063-650-711
2064-677-741
2065-705-771
2066-733-801
2067-762-832
2068-791-863
2069-820-895
2070-850-927
2071-880-960
2072-911-993
2073-942-1026
2074-974-1060
2075-1006-1095
2076-1039-1131
2077-1074-1167
2078-1108-1205
2079-1144-1244
2080-1181-1283
2081-1218-1323
2082-1256-1364
2083-1294-1405
2084-1333-1447
2085-1373-1490
2086-1413-1533
2087-1453-1577
2088-1494-1620
2089-1534-1664
2090-1574-1707
2091-1613-1750
2092-1651-1792
2093-1689-1833
2094-1726-1873
2095-1762-1913
2096-1798-1952
2097-1833-1991
2098-1868-2029
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