GENERAL

• § 404.201 - What is included in this subpart?

• § 404.202 - Other regulations related to this subpart.

• § 404.203 - Definitions.

• § 404.204 - Methods of computing primary insurance amounts—general.

AVERAGE-INDEXED-MONTHLY-EARNINGS METHOD OF COMPUTING PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNTS

• § 404.210 - Average-indexed-monthly-earnings method.

• § 404.211 - Computing your average indexed monthly earnings.

• § 404.212 - Computing your primary insurance amount from your average indexed monthly earnings.

• § 404.213 - Computation where you are eligible for a pension based on your noncovered employment.

AVERAGE-MONTHLY-WAGE METHOD OF COMPUTING PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNTS

• § 404.220 - Average-monthly-wage method.

• § 404.221 - Computing your average monthly wage.

• § 404.222 - Use of benefit table in finding your primary insurance amount from your average monthly wage.

GUARANTEED ALTERNATIVE FOR PEOPLE REACHING AGE 62 AFTER 1978 BUT BEFORE 1984

• § 404.230 - Guaranteed alternative.

• § 404.231 - Steps in computing your primary insurance amount under the guaranteed alternative—general.

• § 404.232 - Computing your average monthly wage under the guaranteed alternative.

• § 404.233 - Adjustment of your guaranteed alternative when you become entitled after age 62.

OLD-START METHOD OF COMPUTING PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNTS

• § 404.240 - Old-start method—general.

• § 404.241 - 1977 simplified old-start method.

• § 404.242 - Use of old-start primary insurance amount as guaranteed alternative.

• § 404.243 - Computation where you are eligible for a pension based on noncovered employment.

SPECIAL COMPUTATION RULES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD A PERIOD OF DISABILITY

• § 404.250 - Special computation rules for people who had a period of disability.

• § 404.251 - Subsequent entitlement to benefits less than 12 months after entitlement to disability benefits ended.

• § 404.252 - Subsequent entitlement to benefits 12 months or more after entitlement to disability benefits ended.

SPECIAL MINIMUM PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNTS

• § 404.260 - Special minimum primary insurance amounts.

• § 404.261 - Computing your special minimum primary insurance amount.

COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES

• § 404.270 - Cost-of-living increases.

• § 404.271 - When automatic cost-of-living increases apply.

• § 404.272 - Indexes we use to measure the rise in the cost-of-living.

• § 404.273 - When are automatic cost-of-living increases effective?

• § 404.274 - What are the measuring periods we use to calculate cost-of-living increases?

• § 404.275 - How is an automatic cost-of-living increase calculated?

• § 404.276 - Publication of notice of increase.

• § 404.277 - When does the frozen minimum primary insurance amount increase because of cost-of-living adjustments?

• § 404.278 - Additional cost-of-living increase.

RECOMPUTING YOUR PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNT

• § 404.280 - Recomputations.

• § 404.281 - Why your primary insurance amount may be recomputed.

• § 404.282 - Effective date of recomputations.

• § 404.283 - Recomputation under method other than that used to find your primary insurance amount.

• § 404.284 - Recomputations for people who reach age 62, or become disabled, or die before age 62 after 1978.

• § 404.285 - Recomputations performed automatically.

• § 404.286 - How to request an immediate recomputation.

• § 404.287 - Waiver of recomputation.

• § 404.288 - Recomputing when you are entitled to a monthly pension based on noncovered employment.

RECALCULATIONS OF PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNTS

• § 404.290 - Recalculations.

• Appendix - Appendixes to Subpart C of Part 404—Note

• Appendix Appendix I - Appendix I to Subpart C of Part 404—Average of the Total Wages for Years After 1950

• Appendix Appendix II - Appendix II to Subpart C of Part 404—Benefit Formulas Used With Average Indexed Monthly Earnings

• Appendix Appendix III - Appendix III to Subpart C of Part 404—Benefit Table

• Appendix Appendix IV - Appendix IV to Subpart C of Part 404—Earnings Needed for a Year of Coverage After 1950

• Appendix Appendix V - Appendix V to Subpart C of Part 404—Computing the Special Minimum Primary Insurance Amount and Related Maximum Family Benefits

• Appendix Appendix VI - Appendix VI to Subpart C of Part 404—Percentage of Automatic Increases in Primary Insurance Amounts Since 1978

• Appendix Appendix VII - Appendix VII to Subpart C of Part 404—“Old-Law” Contribution and Benefit Base