Average Monthly Wage (amw)

Definition of "Average monthly wage (amw)"

Ann Raskauskas real estate agent

Written by

Ann Raskauskaselite badge icon

Bethany Area Realty

Figure used in calculating a worker's primary insurance amount (PIA) to determine Social Security benefits in the following manner:

  1. calculate the number of years between the worker's twenty-first birthday and the year prior to the worker reaching age 62 (a maximum of 40 years).
  2. exclude the five lowest years of earnings, thereby selecting the 35 highest years (420 months) of earnings.
  3. divide the total of the 35 highest years of earnings by 420 months to calculate the Average Monthly Wage.
A Social Security Administration table shows the PIA for the Average Monthly Wage calculated in Step 3. The PIA is then increased to reflect the COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT (COLA) to determine the actual benefit.

image of a real estate dictionary page

Have a question or comment?

We're here to help.

*** Your email address will remain confidential.
 

 

Popular Insurance Terms

Request for life insurance coverage by an individual, not through an agent or broker. It is given extra scrutiny by an insurance company because of the possibility of self-selection, which ...

Plan whereby adjustments are made in the premium, as the premium increases to reflect the non proportionate increases in expenses. Generally, the expenses of acquisition costs, ...

Endorsement to personal automobile policy (PAP) that covers an insured involved in a collision with a driver who does not have liability insurance. ...

Coverage on an all risks basis, subject to listed exclusions, for personal property of the insured dealer that is used in normal business activities. Goods that have been sold on an ...

Coverage through an endorsement to the personal automobile policy (pap) to extend its protection against accidents within a 25 mile radius of the U.S. border. This coverage is excess over ...

Billing by an administering agency for expenses associated with administering a group employee benefit plan. ...

Insurance for accountants covering liability lawsuits arising from their professional activities. For example, an investor bases a buying decision on the balance sheet of a company's annual ...

Sum it takes to replace an insured's damaged or destroyed property with one of like kind and quality, equivalent to the actual cash value, minus physical depreciation (fair wear and tear) ...

Provision in a life insurance policy that permits the policy owner to name anyone as primary and secondary beneficiaries. The policy owner may change the beneficiaries at any time by simply ...

Popular Insurance Questions