{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-404.242","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 404.242","heading":"Use of old-start primary insurance amount as guaranteed alternative.","body":"If your primary insurance amount as computed under the old-start method is higher than your primary insurance amount computed under the average-monthly-wage method, your old-start primary insurance amount will serve as the guaranteed alternative to your primary insurance amount computed under the average-indexed-monthly-earnings method, as described in § 404.230. However, earnings that you have in or after the year you reach age 62, or become disabled or die before age 62 are not used in an old-start computation in this situation.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION","PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )","Subpart C—Computing Primary Insurance Amounts"],"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":"8cda7a02486f326d5cf5740d2c98f9d013fde18cb769d16a8e00eae34816e924","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-404.241","next":"us/20-cfr-404.243"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}