Proposed Provision: Progressive price indexing (30th percentile) of PIA formula factors beginning with individuals newly eligible for OASDI benefits in 2020: Create a new bend point at the 30th percentile of the AIME distribution of newly retired workers. Maintain current-law benefits for earners at the 30th percentile and below. Reduce the 32 and 15 percent formula factors above the 30th 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
2026142144
2027125128
2028108111
20299094
20307177
20315259
20323140
20331121
2034-112
2035-32-18
2036-55-38
2037-78-58
2038-101-79
2039-124-99
2040-148-120
2041-172-140
2042-196-160
2043-220-181
2044-245-201
2045-269-220
2046-294-240
2047-319-260
2048-345-280
2049-371-299
2050-397-319
2051-423-338
2052-449-357
2053-476-375
2054-502-394
2055-530-412
2056-557-431
2057-585-449
2058-613-468
2059-642-486
2060-671-505
2061-701-523
2062-732-542
2063-763-561
2064-794-580
2065-826-598
2066-859-617
2067-892-636
2068-925-655
2069-959-674
2070-993-693
2071-1028-712
2072-1064-731
2073-1101-751
2074-1139-771
2075-1178-791
2076-1217-812
2077-1258-833
2078-1299-853
2079-1340-874
2080-1382-894
2081-1424-914
2082-1466-934
2083-1508-954
2084-1550-973
2085-1592-992
2086-1635-1011
2087-1678-1031
2088-1722-1050
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