Proposed Provision: A3. Starting December 2025, 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 |
| 2024 | 188 | 188 |
| 2025 | 171 | 171 |
| 2026 | 152 | 153 |
| 2027 | 134 | 136 |
| 2028 | 117 | 119 |
| 2029 | 101 | 103 |
| 2030 | 84 | 88 |
| 2031 | 68 | 73 |
| 2032 | 53 | 59 |
| 2033 | 37 | 45 |
| 2034 | 22 | 32 |
| 2035 | 7 | 18 |
| 2036 | -9 | 4 |
| 2037 | -26 | -10 |
| 2038 | -43 | -25 |
| 2039 | -60 | -40 |
| 2040 | -78 | -55 |
| 2041 | -96 | -71 |
| 2042 | -115 | -87 |
| 2043 | -135 | -104 |
| 2044 | -154 | -121 |
| 2045 | -174 | -137 |
| 2046 | -194 | -155 |
| 2047 | -215 | -172 |
| 2048 | -235 | -189 |
| 2049 | -256 | -207 |
| 2050 | -277 | -224 |
| 2051 | -299 | -242 |
| 2052 | -320 | -260 |
| 2053 | -342 | -279 |
| 2054 | -364 | -297 |
| 2055 | -386 | -316 |
| 2056 | -409 | -335 |
| 2057 | -431 | -354 |
| 2058 | -455 | -374 |
| 2059 | -478 | -394 |
| 2060 | -502 | -415 |
| 2061 | -527 | -436 |
| 2062 | -553 | -458 |
| 2063 | -579 | -481 |
| 2064 | -605 | -504 |
| 2065 | -632 | -527 |
| 2066 | -660 | -551 |
| 2067 | -688 | -575 |
| 2068 | -716 | -600 |
| 2069 | -745 | -625 |
| 2070 | -774 | -650 |
| 2071 | -803 | -676 |
| 2072 | -834 | -702 |
| 2073 | -864 | -729 |
| 2074 | -895 | -756 |
| 2075 | -927 | -784 |
| 2076 | -960 | -813 |
| 2077 | -993 | -842 |
| 2078 | -1027 | -872 |
| 2079 | -1062 | -903 |
| 2080 | -1098 | -934 |
| 2081 | -1134 | -966 |
| 2082 | -1172 | -999 |
| 2083 | -1209 | -1032 |
| 2084 | -1248 | -1065 |
| 2085 | -1287 | -1100 |
| 2086 | -1327 | -1135 |
| 2087 | -1368 | -1170 |
| 2088 | -1409 | -1206 |
| 2089 | -1450 | -1241 |
| 2090 | -1491 | -1277 |
| 2091 | -1532 | -1312 |
| 2092 | -1573 | -1347 |
| 2093 | -1612 | -1381 |
| 2094 | -1651 | -1415 |
| 2095 | -1689 | -1448 |
| 2096 | -1727 | -1480 |
| 2097 | -1764 | -1512 |
| 2098 | -1801 | -1544 |
| 2099 | -1838 | -1575 |
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