Financial, Actuarial & Statistical
Earnings Limits, Tax Rates & COLA's
Automatic Increases: COLAs & Wage Indexed Amounts
Railroad Retirement Act
January
2017 Cost-of-Living Increase
|
Tier I Benefit |
0.3% |
|
Tier II Benefit |
0.1% |
2017 Maximum Taxable Railroad Earnings
2017 Bend Points for Primary Insurance Amount Calculation
|
1st Bend Point |
$885 |
|
2nd Bend Point |
$5,336 |
2017 Bend Points for Family Maximum Calculation
|
1st Bend Point |
$1,131 |
|
2nd Bend Point |
$1,633 |
|
3rd Bend Point |
$2,130 |
2017 Retirement Earnings Test Exempt Amounts
Less than full retirement age in calendar year
|
Monthly |
$1,410 |
|
Annual |
$16,920 |
Full retirement age attained in calendar year, for months prior to such attainment
|
Monthly |
$3,740 |
|
Annual |
$44,880 |
2017 Monthly Amounts For
Substantial Gainful Activity
|
Blind Beneficiaries |
$1,950 |
|
Non-Blind Disabled
Beneficiaries |
$1,170 |
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Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act
|
2017 Monthly Compensation Base |
$1,545.00 |
|
2017 Base Year Minimum Qualifying Compensation, and Other Items Equal to 2.5 Times the Monthly Compensation Base |
$3,862.50 |
|
2017 Base Year Maximum Monthly Compensation Considered For Maximum Benefit Calculation |
$1,996.00 |
Maximum Daily Benefit Rate for Benefit Year Beginning
|
July 2017 |
$72 |
|
July 2018 |
$77 |
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Medicare
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