Table 1.--Indexing Factors and Average Wages 1951-2021
Year |
National
Wage
Series |
Indexing Factors for worker where first year of eligibility is in |
1951 |
2,799.16 |
13.2014390 |
13.8082175 |
14.4348590 |
14.7669194 |
14.5442240 |
14.8879771 |
15.3544671 |
15.8339180 |
1952 |
2,973.32 |
12.4281746 |
12.9994114 |
13.5893479 |
13.9019581 |
13.6923069 |
14.0159250 |
14.4550906 |
14.9064581 |
1953 |
3,139.44 |
11.7705514 |
12.3115619 |
12.8702826 |
13.1663513 |
12.9677936 |
13.2742878 |
13.6902155 |
14.1176993 |
1954 |
3,155.64 |
11.7101254 |
12.2483585 |
12.8042109 |
13.0987597 |
12.9012213 |
13.2061420 |
13.6199345 |
14.0452238 |
1955 |
3,301.44 |
11.1929764 |
11.7074398 |
12.2387443 |
12.5202851 |
12.3314705 |
12.6229251 |
13.0184435 |
13.4249509 |
1956 |
3,532.36 |
10.4612610 |
10.9412755 |
11.4386642 |
11.7017999 |
11.5253287 |
11.7977301 |
12.1673923 |
12.5473253 |
1957 |
3,641.72 |
10.1471118 |
10.6135041 |
11.0951638 |
11.3503976 |
11.1792258 |
11.4434471 |
11.8020084 |
12.1705321 |
1958 |
3,673.80 |
10.0585062 |
10.5208259 |
10.9982797 |
11.2512848 |
11.0816076 |
11.3435217 |
11.6989520 |
12.0642577 |
1959 |
3,855.80 |
9.5837284 |
10.0242258 |
10.4791431 |
10.7202059 |
10.5585378 |
10.8080891 |
11.1467426 |
11.4948052 |
1960 |
4,007.12 |
9.2218202 |
9.6456832 |
10.0834215 |
10.3153811 |
10.1598180 |
10.3999456 |
10.7258106 |
11.0607294 |
1961 |
4,086.76 |
9.0421116 |
9.4577147 |
9.8869226 |
10.1143620 |
9.9618304 |
10.1972785 |
10.5167933 |
10.8451854 |
1962 |
4,291.40 |
8.6109288 |
9.0067134 |
9.4154542 |
9.6320478 |
9.4867899 |
9.7110104 |
10.0152887 |
10.3280212 |
1963 |
4,396.64 |
8.4048137 |
8.7911246 |
9.1900815 |
9.4014907 |
9.2597097 |
9.4785632 |
9.7755582 |
10.0808049 |
1964 |
4,576.32 |
8.0748156 |
8.4459588 |
8.8292515 |
9.0323601 |
8.8961458 |
9.1064065 |
9.3917405 |
9.6850024 |
1965 |
4,658.72 |
7.9319942 |
8.2965729 |
8.6730862 |
8.8726023 |
8.7387974 |
8.9453391 |
9.2256264 |
9.5137012 |
1966 |
4,938.36 |
7.4828364 |
7.8267704 |
8.1819632 |
8.3701816 |
8.2439535 |
8.4387995 |
8.7032152 |
8.9749775 |
1967 |
5,213.44 |
7.0880148 |
7.4138016 |
7.7502532 |
7.9285405 |
7.8089726 |
7.9935379 |
8.2440020 |
8.5014252 |
1968 |
5,571.76 |
6.6321844 |
6.9370199 |
7.2518343 |
7.4186559 |
7.3067774 |
7.4794733 |
7.7138301 |
7.9546983 |
1969 |
5,893.76 |
6.2698413 |
6.5580224 |
6.8556371 |
7.0133446 |
6.9075785 |
7.0708393 |
7.2923923 |
7.5201009 |
1970 |
6,186.24 |
5.9734087 |
6.2479648 |
6.5315086 |
6.6817598 |
6.5809943 |
6.7365362 |
6.9476144 |
7.1645571 |
1971 |
6,497.08 |
5.6876227 |
5.9490433 |
6.2190215 |
6.3620842 |
6.2661396 |
6.4142399 |
6.6152195 |
6.8217830 |
1972 |
7,133.80 |
5.1799798 |
5.4180675 |
5.6639491 |
5.7942429 |
5.7068617 |
5.8417435 |
6.0247848 |
6.2129118 |
1973 |
7,580.16 |
4.8749551 |
5.0990230 |
5.3304257 |
5.4530472 |
5.3708114 |
5.4977507 |
5.6700136 |
5.8470626 |
1974 |
8,030.76 |
4.6014250 |
4.8129206 |
5.0313395 |
5.1470807 |
5.0694592 |
5.1892760 |
5.3518733 |
5.5189882 |
1975 |
8,630.92 |
4.2814601 |
4.4782491 |
4.6814801 |
4.7891731 |
4.7169491 |
4.8284343 |
4.9797252 |
5.1352197 |
1976 |
9,226.48 |
4.0050962 |
4.1891827 |
4.3792952 |
4.4800368 |
4.4124747 |
4.5167637 |
4.6582890 |
4.8037464 |
1977 |
9,779.44 |
3.7786356 |
3.9523132 |
4.1316763 |
4.2267216 |
4.1629797 |
4.2613718 |
4.3948948 |
4.5321276 |
1978 |
10,556.03 |
3.5006475 |
3.6615479 |
3.8277155 |
3.9157685 |
3.8567160 |
3.9478696 |
4.0715695 |
4.1987063 |
1979 |
11,479.46 |
3.2190486 |
3.3670059 |
3.5198067 |
3.6007765 |
3.5464743 |
3.6302953 |
3.7440446 |
3.8609543 |
1980 |
12,513.46 |
2.9530554 |
3.0887868 |
3.2289615 |
3.3032407 |
3.2534255 |
3.3303203 |
3.4346703 |
3.5419197 |
1981 |
13,773.10 |
2.6829791 |
2.8062971 |
2.9336518 |
3.0011377 |
2.9558785 |
3.0257408 |
3.1205473 |
3.2179880 |
1982 |
14,531.34 |
2.5429823 |
2.6598655 |
2.7805750 |
2.8445395 |
2.8016418 |
2.8678587 |
2.9577183 |
3.0500745 |
1983 |
15,239.24 |
2.4248545 |
2.5363082 |
2.6514104 |
2.7124036 |
2.6714987 |
2.7346397 |
2.8203250 |
2.9083911 |
1984 |
16,135.07 |
2.2902250 |
2.3954907 |
2.5042023 |
2.5618092 |
2.5231753 |
2.5828106 |
2.6637387 |
2.7469153 |
1985 |
16,822.51 |
2.1966365 |
2.2976007 |
2.4018699 |
2.4571226 |
2.4200675 |
2.4772659 |
2.5548869 |
2.6346645 |
1986 |
17,321.82 |
2.1333174 |
2.2313712 |
2.3326348 |
2.3862949 |
2.3503079 |
2.4058575 |
2.4812410 |
2.5587190 |
1987 |
18,426.51 |
2.0054226 |
2.0975980 |
2.1927907 |
2.2432338 |
2.2094043 |
2.2616236 |
2.3324878 |
2.4053209 |
1988 |
19,334.04 |
1.9112891 |
1.9991378 |
2.0898622 |
2.1379375 |
2.1056960 |
2.1554641 |
2.2230020 |
2.2924164 |
1989 |
20,099.55 |
1.8384959 |
1.9229988 |
2.0102679 |
2.0565122 |
2.0254986 |
2.0733713 |
2.1383369 |
2.2051076 |
1990 |
21,027.98 |
1.7573224 |
1.8380943 |
1.9215103 |
1.9657128 |
1.9360685 |
1.9818275 |
2.0439248 |
2.1077474 |
1991 |
21,811.60 |
1.6941875 |
1.7720575 |
1.8524767 |
1.8950911 |
1.8665119 |
1.9106269 |
1.9704932 |
2.0320229 |
1992 |
22,935.42 |
1.6111735 |
1.6852279 |
1.7617066 |
1.8022330 |
1.7750540 |
1.8170075 |
1.8739404 |
1.9324551 |
1993 |
23,132.67 |
1.5974351 |
1.6708581 |
1.7466847 |
1.7868655 |
1.7599183 |
1.8015140 |
1.8579615 |
1.9159773 |
1994 |
23,753.53 |
1.5556820 |
1.6271859 |
1.7010405 |
1.7401611 |
1.7139183 |
1.7544268 |
1.8093989 |
1.8658982 |
1995 |
24,705.66 |
1.4957277 |
1.5644759 |
1.6354746 |
1.6730972 |
1.6478657 |
1.6868131 |
1.7396665 |
1.7939885 |
1996 |
25,913.90 |
1.4259891 |
1.4915320 |
1.5592203 |
1.5950887 |
1.5710337 |
1.6081651 |
1.6585543 |
1.7103435 |
1997 |
27,426.00 |
1.3473689 |
1.4092981 |
1.4732546 |
1.5071454 |
1.4844166 |
1.5195008 |
1.5671119 |
1.6160457 |
1998 |
28,861.44 |
1.2803568 |
1.3392059 |
1.3999814 |
1.4321867 |
1.4105883 |
1.4439276 |
1.4891707 |
1.5356708 |
1999 |
30,469.84 |
1.2127711 |
1.2685137 |
1.3260811 |
1.3565864 |
1.3361281 |
1.3677075 |
1.4105624 |
1.4546079 |
2000 |
32,154.82 |
1.1492193 |
1.2020409 |
1.2565917 |
1.2854984 |
1.2661122 |
1.2960368 |
1.3366460 |
1.3783834 |
2001 |
32,921.92 |
1.1224418 |
1.1740327 |
1.2273124 |
1.2555455 |
1.2366110 |
1.2658384 |
1.3055013 |
1.3462663 |
2002 |
33,252.09 |
1.1112968 |
1.1623754 |
1.2151260 |
1.2430789 |
1.2243324 |
1.2532695 |
1.2925386 |
1.3328988 |
2003 |
34,064.95 |
1.0847789 |
1.1346387 |
1.1861306 |
1.2134164 |
1.1951173 |
1.2233639 |
1.2616960 |
1.3010931 |
2004 |
35,648.55 |
1.0365903 |
1.0842351 |
1.1334396 |
1.1595134 |
1.1420271 |
1.1690189 |
1.2056482 |
1.2432952 |
2005 |
36,952.94 |
1.0000000 |
1.0459631 |
1.0934307 |
1.1185841 |
1.1017150 |
1.1277541 |
1.1630904 |
1.1994085 |
2006 |
38,651.41 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0453818 |
1.0694298 |
1.0533021 |
1.0781969 |
1.1119804 |
1.1467025 |
2007 |
40,405.48 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0230041 |
1.0075764 |
1.0313905 |
1.0637074 |
1.0969222 |
2008 |
41,334.97 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
0.9849193 |
1.0081979 |
1.0397881 |
1.0722560 |
2009 |
40,711.61 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0236350 |
1.0557089 |
1.0886740 |
2010 |
41,673.83 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0313333 |
1.0635372 |
2011 |
42,979.61 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0312255 |
2012 |
44,321.67 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
2013 |
44,888.16 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
2014 |
46,481.52 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
2015 |
48,098.63 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
2016 |
48,642.15 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
2017 |
50,321.89 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
2018 |
52,145.80 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
2019 |
54,099.99 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
2020 |
55,628.60 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
2021 |
60,575.07 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
1.0000000 |
Table 2.--Employee Full Retirement Age with Less than 30 Years of Service
1937 or earlier |
65 |
20.00% |
1938 |
65 and 2 months |
20.833% |
1939 |
65 and 4 months |
21.667% |
1940 |
65 and 6 months |
22.50% |
1941 |
65 and 8 months |
23.333% |
1942 |
65 and 10 months |
24.167% |
1943 through 1954 |
66 |
25.00% |
1955 |
66 and 2 months |
25.833% |
1956 |
66 and 4 months |
26.667% |
1957 |
66 and 6 months |
27.50% |
1958 |
66 and 8 months |
28.333% |
1959 |
66 and 10 months |
29.167% |
1960 or later |
67 |
30.00% |
*A person attains a given age the day before his or her birthday. Consequently, someone born on January 1 is considered to have been born on December 31 of the previous year.
Table 3.--Tier 1 Maximum Annual Taxable Earnings 1937-2023
1937 - 1950 |
$3,000 |
1951 - 1954 |
3,600 |
1955 - 1958 |
4,200 |
1959 - 1965 |
4,800 |
1966 - 1967 |
6,600 |
1968 - 1971 |
7,800 |
1972 |
9,000 |
1973 |
10,800 |
1974 |
13,200 |
1975 |
14,100 |
1976 |
15,300 |
1977 |
16,500 |
1978 |
17,700 |
1979 |
22,900 |
1980 |
25,900 |
1981 |
29,700 |
1982 |
32,400 |
1983 |
35,700 |
1984 |
37,800 |
1985 |
39,600 |
1986 |
42,000 |
1987 |
43,800 |
1988 |
45,000 |
1989 |
48,000 |
1990 |
51,300 |
1991 |
53,400 |
1992 |
55,500 |
1993 |
57,600 |
1994 |
60,600 |
1995 |
61,200 |
1996 |
62,700 |
1997 |
65,400 |
1998 |
68,400 |
1999 |
72,600 |
2000 |
76,200 |
2001 |
80,400 |
2002 |
84,900 |
2003 |
87,000 |
2004 |
87,900 |
2005 |
90,000 |
2006 |
94,200 |
2007 |
97,500 |
2008 |
102,000 |
2009 |
106,800 |
2010 |
106,800 |
2011 |
106,800 |
2012 |
110,100 |
2013 |
113,700 |
2014 |
117,000 |
2015 |
118,500 |
2016 |
118,500 |
2017 |
127,200 |
2018 |
128,400 |
2019 |
132,900 |
2020 |
137,700 |
2021 |
142,800 |
2022 |
147,000 |
2023 |
160,200 |
Table 4.--Tier 2 Maximum Annual Taxable Earnings Base * 1973 - 2023
1973 |
$900 |
1974 |
1,100 |
1975 |
1,175 |
1976 |
1,275 |
1977 |
1,375 |
1978 |
1,475 |
1979 |
1,575 |
1980 |
1,700 |
1981 |
1,850 |
1982 |
2,025 |
1983 |
2,225 |
1984 |
2,350 |
1985 |
29,700 |
1986 |
31,500 |
1987 |
32,700 |
1988 |
33,600 |
1989 |
35,700 |
1990 |
38,100 |
1991 |
39,600 |
1992 |
41,400 |
1993 |
42,900 |
1994 |
45,000 |
1995 |
45,300 |
1996 |
46,500 |
1997 |
48,600 |
1998 |
50,700 |
1999 |
53,700 |
2000 |
56,700 |
2001 |
59,700 |
2002 |
63,000 |
2003 |
64,500 |
2004 |
65,100 |
2005 |
66,900 |
2006 |
69,900 |
2007 |
72,600 |
2008 |
75,900 |
2009 |
79,200 |
2010 |
79,200 |
2011 |
79,200 |
2012 |
81,900 |
2013 |
84,300 |
2014 |
87,000 |
2015 |
88,200 |
2016 |
88,200 |
2017 |
94,500 |
2018 |
95,400 |
2019 |
98,700 |
2020 |
102,300 |
2021 |
106,200 |
2022 |
109,200 |
2023 |
118,800 |
*Earnings bases are monthly through 1984 and annual for 1985 and later.
Table 5.--Bend Point Table Dollar Amounts (Bend Points) in PIA Formula 1979-2023
1979 |
$180 |
$1,085 |
1980 |
194 |
1,171 |
1981 |
211 |
1,274 |
1982 |
230 |
1,388 |
1983 |
254 |
1,528 |
1984 |
267 |
1,612 |
1985 |
280 |
1,691 |
1986 |
297 |
1,790 |
1987 |
310 |
1,866 |
1988 |
319 |
1,922 |
1989 |
339 |
2,044 |
1990 |
356 |
2,145 |
1991 |
370 |
2,230 |
1992 |
387 |
2,333 |
1993 |
401 |
2,420 |
1994 |
422 |
2,545 |
1995 |
426 |
2,567 |
1996 |
437 |
2,635 |
1997 |
455 |
2,741 |
1998 |
477 |
2,875 |
1999 |
505 |
3,043 |
2000 |
531 |
3,202 |
2001 |
561 |
3,381 |
2002 |
592 |
3,567 |
2003 |
606 |
3,653 |
2004 |
612 |
3,689 |
2005 |
627 |
3,779 |
2006 |
656 |
3,955 |
2007 |
680 |
4,100 |
2008 |
711 |
4,288 |
2009 |
744 |
4,483 |
2010 |
761 |
4,586 |
2011 |
749 |
4,517 |
2012 |
767 |
4,624 |
2013 |
791 |
4,768 |
2014 |
816 |
4,917 |
2015 |
826 |
4,980 |
2016 |
856 |
5,157 |
2017 |
885 |
5,336 |
2018 |
895 |
5,397 |
2019 |
926 |
5,583 |
2020 |
960 |
5,785 |
2021 |
996 |
6,002 |
2022 |
1,024 |
6,172 |
2023 |
1,115 |
6,721 |