Financial, Actuarial & Statistical
Earnings Limits, Tax Rates & COLA's
Automatic Increases: COLAs & Wage Indexed Amounts
Railroad Retirement Act
January 2013 Cost-of-Living Increase
Tier I Benefit |
1.7% |
Tier II Benefit |
0.6% |
2013 Maximum Taxable Railroad Earnings
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 Monthly Amounts For
Substantial Gainful Activity
Blind Beneficiaries |
$1,740 |
Non-Blind Disabled
Beneficiaries |
$1,040 |
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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
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