{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-226.60","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 226.60","heading":"General.","body":"The years of service and average monthly compensation used in computing an employee's tier II annuity rate are based on the employee's creditable railroad service and compensation as described in parts 210 and 211 of this chapter. In computing the average monthly compensation, the compensation for each year cannot be higher than twelve times the tier II monthly maximum creditable for that year, as described in part 211 of this chapter.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT","PART 226—COMPUTING EMPLOYEE, SPOUSE, AND DIVORCED SPOUSE ANNUITIES","Subpart E—Years of Service and Average Monthly Compensation"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"51df1ffe4e704ff89504763c59aceb5a3f1ec400f1973d63c556f39aa47049e9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-226.52","next":"us/20-cfr-226.61"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}