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In determining your retirement benefits from Social Security, as well as those of any dependents who may claim benefits based upon your record, the Primary Insurance Amount, or PIA, is an important factor. The PIA is the amount of benefit that you would receive if you began receiving benefits at exactly your Full Retirement Age, or FRA. (see this article for information about determining your FRA<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The PIA is only one of the factors used in determining the actual amount of your retirement benefit \u2013 the other factor being the date (or rather your age) when you elect to begin receiving retirement benefits.<\/p>\n

So, how is PIA calculated?<\/h3>\n

There are several factors that go into the calculation of the PIA. You start off with your Average Indexed Monthly Earnings (AIME \u2013 which we defined in this article about the AIME<\/a>). Then, we take into account the bend points<\/a> for the current year.\u00a0 For 2025 the bend points are $1,226 and $7,391. Here\u2019s the calculation:<\/p>\n