POMS Reference

RS 00605: Initial Computation of the PIA - Recomputations and Recalculations

TN 58 (01-18)

Use the chart in this section to manually index earnings of any wage earner who is initially eligible in the year 2018.

Year

Maximum Earnings

Average Earnings

Actual Earnings

X

Indexing Factor

=

Indexed Earnings

1957

$4,200

$3,641.72

 

 

13.3569165

 

 

1958

$4,200

$3,673.80

 

 

13.2402825

 

 

1959

$4,800

$3,855.80

 

 

12.6153198

 

 

1960

$4,800

$4,007.12

 

 

12.1389302

 

 

1961

$4,800

$4,086.76

 

 

11.9023750

 

 

1962

$4,800

$4,291.40

 

 

11.3347975

 

 

1963

$4,800

$4,396.64

 

 

11.0634826

 

 

1964

$4,800

$4,576.32

 

 

10.6290972

 

 

1965

$4,800

$4,658.72

 

 

10.4410976

 

 

1966

$6,600

$4,938.36

 

 

9.8498591

 

 

1967

$6,600

$5,213.44

 

 

9.3301448

 

 

1968

$7,800

$5,571.76

 

 

8.7301230

 

 

1969

$7,800

$5,893.76

 

 

8.2531610

 

 

1970

$7,800

$6,186.24

 

 

7.8629588

 

 

1971

$7,800

$6,497.08

 

 

7.4867710

 

 

1972

$9,000

$7,133.80

 

 

6.8185469

 

 

1973

$10,800

$7,580.16

 

 

6.4170347

 

 

1974

$13,200

$8,030.76

 

 

6.0569797

 

 

1975

$14,100

$8,630.92

 

 

5.6358013

 

 

1976

$15,300

$9,226.48

 

 

5.2720160

 

 

1977

$16,500

$9,779.44

 

 

4.9739198

 

 

1978

$17,700

$10,556.03

 

 

4.6079966

 

 

1979

$22,900

$11,479.46

 

 

4.2373204

 

 

1980

$25,900

$12,513.46

 

 

3.8871863

 

 

1981

$29,700

$13,773.10

 

 

3.5316777

 

 

1982

$32,400

$14,531.34

 

 

3.3473960

 

 

1983

$35,700

$15,239.24

 

 

3.1919013

 

 

1984

$37,800

$16,135.07

 

 

3.0146848

 

 

1985

$39,600

$16,822.51

 

 

2.8914918

 

 

1986

$42,000

$17,321.82

 

 

2.8081431

 

 

1987

$43,800

$18,426.51

 

 

2.6397918

 

 

1988

$45,000

$19,334.04

 

 

2.5158813

 

 

1989

$48,000

$20,099.55

 

 

2.4200616

 

 

1990

$51,300

$21,027.98

 

 

2.3132108

 

 

1991

$53,400

$21,811.60

 

 

2.2301046

 

 

1992

$55,500

$22,935.42

 

 

2.1208310

 

 

1993

$57,600

$23,132.67

 

 

2.1027469

 

 

1994

$60,600

$23,753.53

 

 

2.0477862

 

 

1995

$61,200

$24,705.66

 

 

1.9688666

 

 

1996

$62,700

$25,913.90

 

 

1.8770679

 

 

1997

$65,400

$27,426.00

 

 

1.7735780

 

 

1998

$68,400

$28,861.44

 

 

1.6853681

 

 

1999

$72,600

$30,469.84

 

 

1.5964032

 

 

2000

$76,200

$32,154.82

 

 

1.5127483

 

 

2001

$80,400

$32,921.92

 

 

1.4775004

 

 

2002

$84,900

$33,252.09

 

 

1.4628299

 

 

2003

$87,000

$34,064.95

 

 

1.4279237

 

 

2004

$87,900

$35,648.55

 

 

1.3644917

 

 

2005

$90,000

$36,952.94

 

 

1.3163269

 

 

2006

$94,200

$38,651.41

 

 

1.2584832

 

 

2007

$97,500

$40,405.48

 

 

1.2038503

 

 

2008

$102,000

$41,334.97

 

 

1.1767796

 

 

2009

$106,800

$40,711.61

 

 

1.1947980

 

 

2010

$106,800

$41,673.83

 

 

1.1672109

 

 

2011

$106,800

$42,979.61

 

 

1.1317495

 

 

2012

$110,100

$44,321,.67

 

 

1.0974801

 

 

2013

$113,700

$44,888.16

 

 

1.0836298

 

 

2014

$117,000

$46,481.52

 

 

1.0464836

 

 

2015

$118,500

$48,098.63

 

 

1.0113001

 

 

2016

$118,500

$48,642.15

 

 

1.0000000

 

 

2017

$127,200

N/A

 

 

1.0000000

 

 

2018

$128,400

N/A

   

1.0000000