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Administering retirement/survivor and unemployment/sickness benefit programs for railroad workers and their families.

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Earnings Limits, Tax Rates & COLA's
Automatic Increases: COLAs & Wage Indexed Amounts

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Railroad Retirement Act

January 2013 Cost-of-Living Increase

Tier I Benefit 1.7%
Tier II Benefit 0.6%
2011 National Average Wage Index $42,979.61

2013 Maximum Taxable Railroad Earnings

Tier I Earnings Limit $113,700
Tier II Earnings Limit $84,300
HI Earnings Limit No Limit

2013 Bend Points for Primary Insurance Amount Calculation

1st Bend Point $791
2nd Bend Point $4,768

2013 Bend Points for Family Maximum Calculation

1st Bend Point $1,011
2nd Bend Point $1,459
3rd Bend Point $1,903

2013 Retirement Earnings Test Exempt Amounts

Less than full retirement age in calendar year

Monthly $1,260
Annual $15,120

Full retirement age attained in calendar year, for months prior to such attainment

Monthly $3,340
Annual $40,080
2013 Earnings Required for a Quarter of Coverage $1,160

2013 Monthly Amounts For Substantial Gainful Activity

Blind Beneficiaries $1,740
Non-Blind Disabled Beneficiaries $1,040
2013 Monthly Earnings Threshold for Trial Work Period $750
2013 Monthly Disability Earnings Limit $810

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Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act

2013 Monthly Compensation Base $1,405.00
2013 Base Year Minimum Qualifying Compensation, and Other Items Equal to 2.5 Times the Monthly Compensation Base $3,512.50
2013 Base Year Maximum Monthly Compensation Considered For Maximum Benefit Calculation $1,815.00

Maximum Daily Benefit Rate for Benefit Year Beginning

July 2013 $68
July 2014 $70

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Medicare

2012 Part A Deductible $1,156.00
2012 Part B Monthly Standard Premium $99.90
2012 Part B Annual Deductible $140.00

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U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
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Chicago IL, 60611-2092
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Last Updated
10/16/2012