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	Benefit Formula Bend Points












  
     
     Automatic Determinations
  PIA benefit formula
    Maximum family benefit formula
   
     The formula for the Primary Insurance Amount (PIA) is the basic benefit formula. 
       The dollar amounts in the formula are sometimes called "bend points" because a
       formula, when graphed, appears as a series of line segments joined at these amounts.
     
    
     


  
   
    
    
    Dollar amounts in Primary Insurance Amount and 
      maximum family benefit formulas
    
    
     Year a
     Dollar amounts in PIA formula
     Dollar amounts in maximum family benefit formula
    
    
       First
       Second
       First
       Second
       Third
    
    
1979
 $180 $1,085 $230 $332 $433
1980
 194 1,171 248 358 467
1981
 211 1,274 270 390 508
1982
 230 1,388 294 425 554
1983
 254 1,528 324 468 610
1984
 267 1,612 342 493 643
1985
 280 1,691 358 517 675
1986
 297 1,790 379 548 714
1987
 310 1,866 396 571 745
1988
 319 1,922 407 588 767
1989
 339 2,044 433 626 816
1990
 356 2,145 455 656 856
1991
 370 2,230 473 682 890
1992
 387 2,333 495 714 931
1993
 401 2,420 513 740 966
1994
 422 2,545 539 779 1,016
1995
 426 2,567 544 785 1,024
1996
 437 2,635 559 806 1,052
1997
 455 2,741 581 839 1,094
1998
 477 2,875 609 880 1,147
1999
 505 3,043 645 931 1,214
2000
 531 3,202 679 980 1,278
2001
 561 3,381 717 1,034 1,349
2002
 592 3,567 756 1,092 1,424
2003
 606 3,653 774 1,118 1,458
2004
 612 3,689 782 1,129 1,472
2005
 627 3,779 801 1,156 1,508
2006
 656 3,955 838 1,210 1,578
2007
 680 4,100 869 1,255 1,636
2008
 711 4,288 909 1,312 1,711
2009
 744 4,483 950 1,372 1,789
2010
 761 4,586 972 1,403 1,830
2011
 749 4,517 957 1,382 1,803
2012
 767 4,624 980 1,415 1,845
2013
 791 4,768 1,011 1,459 1,903
2014
 816 4,917 1,042 1,505 1,962
2015
 826 4,980 1,056 1,524 1,987
2016
 856 5,157 1,093 1,578 2,058
2017
 885 5,336 1,131 1,633 2,130
2018
 895 5,397 1,144 1,651 2,154
2019
 926 5,583 1,184 1,708 2,228
2020
 960 5,785 1,226 1,770 2,309
2021
 996 6,002 1,272 1,837 2,395
2022
 1,024 6,172 1,308 1,889 2,463
2023
 1,115 6,721 1,425 2,056 2,682
2024
 1,174 7,078 1,500 2,166 2,825
2025
 1,226 7,391 1,567 2,262 2,950
2026
 1,286 7,749 1,643 2,371 3,093
 
      a Year of eligibility; that is, 
      the year in which a worker attains age 62, becomes disabled before age 62,
      or dies before attaining age 62.
   




  
  
    
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