So what this table shows is that your wages earned in each year you were working have been indexed to compare with
the Average Wage Index for your age 62 year, then the top 35 indexed earnings years are totaled and divided by 420 to come up with the Average Indexed Monthly Earnings — your very own AIME.
At that time,
the Average Wage Index (AWI) was $ 9,779.44 for 1977 (remember, the AWI is always two years behind)-- and for 2016 the AWI is $ 48,642.15.
Each year the SSA applies an index to the year, based upon an index called
the Average Wage Index, and yours is based on the year you'll reach age 62.
We then take your income and we adjust it by
the Average Wage Index (AWI), to account for the rise in the standard of living during your working years
Indexed Earnings: We use the Social Security Administrations National
Average Wage Index to index wages for the social security benefit calculation
To determine the national
average wage index for 2016 at a level that is consistent with the national average wage indexing series for prior years, we multiply the 2015 national
average wage index of 48,098.63 by the percentage change in average wages from 2015 to 2016 (based on our tabulated wage data).
Determination of the National
Average Wage Index for 2016 To determine the national
average wage index for calendar year 2016, we multiplied the 2015 national
average wage index of 48,098.63 by the percentage change in average wages from 2015 to 2016, as measured by annual wage data we tabulated.
The average wage indexing values for calculating the AIME are available from the Social Security Administration's site, but future indexing values will also need to be projected based on an assumption about their inflation.
Not exact matches
The
Wage Cost Index (WCI) for total hours (excluding bonuses), an indicator of movements in average wage rates, increased by 2.8 per cent over the year to the March quarter 2000, which is close to the previous readings for this indicator (Graph
Wage Cost
Index (WCI) for total hours (excluding bonuses), an indicator of movements in
average wage rates, increased by 2.8 per cent over the year to the March quarter 2000, which is close to the previous readings for this indicator (Graph
wage rates, increased by 2.8 per cent over the year to the March quarter 2000, which is close to the previous readings for this indicator (Graph 41).
The
Wage Cost Index continues to record wages growth at an annual rate of around 3 1/4 per cent, and there has been little change in the wage increases being negotiated under enterprise bargaining, which continue to yield average annualised increases in the 3 1/2 to 4 per cent ra
Wage Cost
Index continues to record wages growth at an annual rate of around 3 1/4 per cent, and there has been little change in the
wage increases being negotiated under enterprise bargaining, which continue to yield average annualised increases in the 3 1/2 to 4 per cent ra
wage increases being negotiated under enterprise bargaining, which continue to yield
average annualised increases in the 3 1/2 to 4 per cent range.
More recently,
wage growth has shown signs of stabilisation, with growth in the private sector
wage price
index unchanged for the past six quarters, while a broader measure of
wage pressures, the growth in
average earnings per hour, has picked up of late.
Income tax bands to be triple - locked, increasing by the highest of the Consumer Prices
Index,
average wage earnings growth or 2.5 per cent - to end the scandal of fiscal drag
Salaries are adjusted for cost of living to the national
average using the comparable
wage index published by the Bush School of Government & Public Service here.
It is possible to
index it after that, though, either to the consumer price
index or to some percentage of the
average wage (industrial?
To
index the minimum wage, use a formula that gives equal weight to the annual change in the average hourly wage and the Consumer Price Index; all increases will be subject to cabinet app
index the minimum
wage, use a formula that gives equal weight to the annual change in the
average hourly
wage and the Consumer Price
Index; all increases will be subject to cabinet app
Index; all increases will be subject to cabinet approval
Relative to
wage -
indexed average earnings, the median total retirement income replacement rate is 106 percent.