Type of earnings (Earnings Info form)

This box allows you to choose to enter the amount of earnings, or to specify one of four earnings levels stored in the program: maximum, high, average, or low.

• Entered: Enter the amount of earnings.
• Maximum Earnings: are the maximum covered in that year.
• High Earnings: are 160 percent of average.
• Average Earnings: are equal to the Social Security average wage.
• Low Earnings: are 45 percent of average.