Use this chart to manually index the earnings of any wage earner who is initially
eligible in the year 2012:
Year
|
Maximum Earnings
|
Average Earnings
|
Actual Earnings
|
×
|
Indexing Factor
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=
|
Indexed Earnings
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1951
|
$3,600
|
$2,799.16
|
|
|
14.8879771
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|
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1952
|
$3,600
|
$2,973.32
|
|
|
14.0159250
|
|
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1953
|
$3,600
|
$3,139.44
|
|
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13.2742878
|
|
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1954
|
$3,600
|
$3,155.64
|
|
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13.2061420
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1955
|
$4,200
|
$3,301.44
|
|
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12.6229251
|
|
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1956
|
$4,200
|
$3,532.36
|
|
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11.7977301
|
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1957
|
$4,200
|
$3,641.72
|
|
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11.4434471
|
|
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1958
|
$4,200
|
$3,673.80
|
|
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11.3435217
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1959
|
$4,800
|
$3,855.80
|
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10.8080891
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1960
|
$4,800
|
$4,007.12
|
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10.3999456
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1961
|
$4,800
|
$4,086.76
|
|
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10.1972785
|
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1962
|
$4,800
|
$4,291.40
|
|
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9.7110104
|
|
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1963
|
$4,800
|
$4,396.64
|
|
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9.4785632
|
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1964
|
$4,800
|
$4,576.32
|
|
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9.1064065
|
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1965
|
$4,800
|
$4,658.72
|
|
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8.9453391
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1966
|
$6,600
|
$4,938.36
|
|
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8.4387995
|
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1967
|
$6,600
|
$5,213.44
|
|
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7.9935379
|
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1968
|
$7,800
|
$5,571.76
|
|
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7.4794733
|
|
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1969
|
$7,800
|
$5,893.76
|
|
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7.0708393
|
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1970
|
$7,800
|
$6,186.24
|
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6.7365362
|
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1971
|
$7,800
|
$6,497.08
|
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6.4142399
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1972
|
$9,000
|
$7,133.80
|
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5.8417435
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1973
|
$10,800
|
$7,580.16
|
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5.4977507
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1974
|
$13,200
|
$8,030.76
|
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5.1892760
|
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1975
|
$14,100
|
$8,630.92
|
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4.8284343
|
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1976
|
$15,300
|
$9,226.48
|
|
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4.5167637
|
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1977
|
$16,500
|
$9,779.44
|
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4.2613718
|
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1978
|
$17,700
|
$10,556.03
|
|
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3.9478696
|
|
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1979
|
$22,900
|
$11,479.46
|
|
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3.6302953
|
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1980
|
$25,900
|
$12,513.46
|
|
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3.3303203
|
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1981
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$29,700
|
$13,773.10
|
|
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3.0257408
|
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1982
|
$32,400
|
$14,531.34
|
|
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2.8678587
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1983
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$35,700
|
$15,239.24
|
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2.7346397
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1984
|
$37,800
|
$16,135.07
|
|
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2.5828106
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1985
|
$39,600
|
$16,822.51
|
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2.4772659
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1986
|
$42,000
|
$17,321.82
|
|
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2.4058575
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1987
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$43,800
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$18,426.51
|
|
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2.2616236
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1988
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$45,000
|
$19,334.04
|
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2.1554641
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1989
|
$48,000
|
$20,099.55
|
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2.0733713
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1990
|
$51,300
|
$21,027.98
|
|
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1.9818275
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1991
|
$53,400
|
$21,811.60
|
|
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1.9106269
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1992
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$55,500
|
$22,935.42
|
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1.8170075
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1993
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$57,600
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$23,132.67
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|
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1.8015140
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1994
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$60,600
|
$23,753.53
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1.7544268
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1995
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$61,200
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$24,705.66
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1.6868131
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1996
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$62,700
|
$25,913.90
|
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1.6081651
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1997
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$65,400
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$27,426.00
|
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1.5195008
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1998
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$68,400
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$28,861.44
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1.4439276
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1999
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$72,600
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$30,469.84
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1.3677075
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2000
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$76,200
|
$32,154.82
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1.2960368
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2001
|
$80,400
|
$32,921.92
|
|
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1.2658384
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2002
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$84,900
|
$33,252.09
|
|
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1.2532695
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2003
|
$87,000
|
$34,064.95
|
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1.2233639
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2004
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$87,900
|
$35,648.55
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1.1690189
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2005
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$90,000
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$36,952.94
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1.1277541
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2006
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$94,200
|
$38,651.41
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1.0781969
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2007
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$97,500
|
$40,405.48
|
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1.0313905
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2008
|
$102,000
|
$41,334.97
|
|
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1.0081979
|
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2009
|
$106,800
|
$40,711.61
|
|
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1.0236350
|
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2010
|
$106,800
|
$41,673.83
|
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1.0000000
|
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2011
|
$106,800
|
N/A
|
|
|
1.0000000
|
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2012
|
110,100
|
N/A
|
|
|
1.0000000
|
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