How is the average monthly salary credit calculated?

The average monthly salary credit is calculated by taking the total of monthly salary credits and dividing that by 60 months. This method ensures that the calculation reflects a consistent overview of an individual's earnings over a specified period, providing a fair assessment of their income for purposes such as benefits calculation or retirement contributions.

Using a division by 60 months standardizes the average across several years, allowing for variations in income over time to be adequately represented. It ensures that the statistics are not overly influenced by just one high or low-performing month but rather considers the entire contribution history.

Other methods of calculating average salary credits, such as focusing solely on the monthly salary credits from just the last month, or calculating average salary based on the last two years or only the last year's compensation payments, would not give a holistic view of a person's earnings and could lead to inaccuracies and inequities in how benefits are assigned or calculated.