Detail of fees
| Year |
CPI; |
Maximum allowable
hourly rate
|
|---|
| 1981 |
90.9 |
$75 |
|---|
| 1982 |
96.5 |
$80 |
|---|
| 1983 |
99.6 |
$82 |
|---|
| 1984 |
103.9 |
$86 |
|---|
| 1985 |
107.6 |
$89 |
|---|
| 1986 |
109.6 |
$90 |
|---|
| 1987 |
113.6 |
$94 |
|---|
| 1988 |
118.3 |
$98 |
|---|
| 1989 |
124.0 |
$102 |
|---|
| 1990 |
130.7 |
$108 |
|---|
| 1991 |
136.2 |
$112 |
|---|
| 1992 |
140.3 |
$116 |
|---|
| 1993 |
144.5 |
$119 |
|---|
| 1994 |
148.2 |
$122 |
|---|
| 1995 |
152.4 |
$126 |
|---|
| 1996 |
156.9 |
$130 |
|---|
| 1997 |
160.5 |
$133 |
|---|
| 1998 |
163.0 |
$134 |
|---|
| 1999 |
166.6 |
$137 |
|---|
| 2000 |
172.2 |
$142 |
|---|
| 2001 |
177.1 |
$146 |
|---|
| 2002 |
179.9 |
$149 |
|---|
| 2003 |
184.0 |
$152 |
|---|
| 2004 |
188.9 |
$156 |
|---|
| 2005 |
195.3 |
$161 |
|---|
| 2006 |
201.6 |
$167 |
|---|
| 2007 |
207.342 |
$171 |
|---|
| 2008 |
215.303 |
$178 |
|---|
| 2009 |
214.537 |
$177 |
|---|
| 2010 |
218.056 |
$180 |
|---|
CPI - Under 49 C.F.R. § 826.6, "The CPI to be used is the annual average CPI, All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average, except where a local, All Item Index is available." CPI figures listed below are the All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average figures.
Rates - The maximum hourly rates calculated here are based on the All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average CPI figures provided in the preceding column, and rounded off to the nearest dollar. The maximum hourly rate is calculated using the formula found in 49 C.F.R. § 826.6 as follows:
- Take the CPI rate for the year in which the services in question were performed;
- Divide that rate by 90.9 (the rate for the base year);
- Then multiply the result by $75.
Example: For services performed in 1995 --
CPI for 1995 is 152.4;
Divide 152.4 by 90.9 = 1.68;
Multiply 1.68 by $75 = $126.
CPI figures for 2011 will not be available until some time in 2012. Until then, awards for services performed in 2011 will be based on the 2010 CPI. Please also note that the Department of Labor began in 2007 to calculate the CPI to thousandths of a percentage point, rather than tenths, as was its practice in previous years.
