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PIA formula first bend point, workers first eligible in 2026

1286 USD/month of AIME

2026, from 2026-01-01 · verified 2026-10-31 against the official source · next expected change 2027-01-01

Dollar amounts in PIA formula, year of eligibility 2026: First 1,286, Second 7,749.

key

us/social-security-benefits/bend-point-first

value

1286 USD/month of AIME

period

2026

effective

2026-01-01 to date

source

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/bendpoints.html

verified

2026-10-31 — fresh (6 days ago; next check by 2026-11-01)

next expected change

2027-01-01 (annual: a fixed day each year)

previous

1226 USD/month of AIME (2025) from 2025-01-01

scope

Benefit rules read from ssa.gov in a browser (ssa.gov answers 403 to automated fetches); the taxation amounts are from IRS Publication 915 (2025), the latest edition. Keys ending -2027 hold SSA figures already published for 2027; unsuffixed keys hold the 2026 value.

hash

sha256:71b3257a142e51891e6dfb30a74267e6c545812fe7a824cc7248738de1081d7c

signature

EdDSA, key db-2026-10 — keys

As JSON

curl -s https://databutler.dev/f/us/social-security-benefits/bend-point-first?max_age=30d — schema; verify with npx verified-facts verify https://databutler.dev/f/us/social-security-benefits/bend-point-first

{
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  "key": "us/social-security-benefits/bend-point-first",
  "label": "PIA formula first bend point, workers first eligible in 2026",
  "value": 1286,
  "unit": "USD/month of AIME",
  "period": "2026",
  "effectiveFrom": "2026-01-01",
  "effectiveTo": null,
  "source": "https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/bendpoints.html",
  "quote": "Dollar amounts in PIA formula, year of eligibility 2026: First 1,286, Second 7,749.",
  "verifiedDate": "2026-10-31",
  "nextScheduledRefresh": "2026-11-01",
  "changeCadence": "annual",
  "nextExpectedChange": "2027-01-01",
  "status": "fresh",
  "ageDays": 6,
  "maxAgeDays": null,
  "previous": {
    "value": 1226,
    "period": "2025",
    "effectiveFrom": "2025-01-01",
    "source": "https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/bendpoints.html"
  },
  "scope": "Benefit rules read from ssa.gov in a browser (ssa.gov answers 403 to automated fetches); the taxation amounts are from IRS Publication 915 (2025), the latest edition. Keys ending -2027 hold SSA figures already published for 2027; unsuffixed keys hold the 2026 value.",
  "hash": "sha256:71b3257a142e51891e6dfb30a74267e6c545812fe7a824cc7248738de1081d7c",
  "signature": {
    "alg": "EdDSA",
    "kid": "db-2026-10",
    "jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImtpZCI6ImRiLTIwMjYtMTAifQ..xIQsdXAxvYWirWzgPENK9eamMWdFxtKW9fK1e6KF1460WC-WKCOJWnHUyCdnIOPZn_TGLJdEwDbTG1Oz5DbsAg",
    "keys": "https://databutler.dev/.well-known/jwks.json"
  },
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Data Butler",
    "url": "https://databutler.dev/"
  },
  "cite": {
    "url": "https://databutler.dev/facts/us/social-security-benefits/bend-point-first",
    "text": "databutler.dev, verified 2026-10-31 against https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/bendpoints.html"
  }
}