Default scenario

1 · Remove the Cap

Additional one-year contributions Fixed wage-worker pilot

2 · Allocate and Invest the Reserve

Blended assumed return
Cash16.67% at 2.5%— return— rebalance
Bonds33.33% at 4.0%— return— rebalance
Equities50% at 7.5%— return— rebalance
Investment return

3 · Principal Returned

In — pilot workers

Pilot reserve waterfall

What remains after the displayed payouts?

Opening reserve + contribution + return − payout

Opening reserve
Contributions
Investment return
Payouts in —
Closing pilot reserve

Remaining after the selected payout period; this is not a solvency estimate.

Fixed annual returns are compounded at constant rates for a simplified demonstration. The model includes no volatility, fees, inflation, taxes, mortality, or changing asset assumptions and is not an actuarial forecast.

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One-year pilot · 2024 wage workers

An invested reserve built from wages above the cap

A fixed pilot cohort contributes for one year, the reserve invests the money, and each worker’s modeled principal is returned at retirement.

Investment buckets

Cash
Bonds
Equities

The default 12.4% combines employee and employer OASDI shares and credits both to refundable pilot principal. Use 6.2% to model one side only.