What are the cost-of-living increases for an attorney?

Cost-of-living increases are calculated by multiplying the statutory maximum hourly rate by the annual average consumer price index figure for all urban consumers (CPIU) for the years in which the attorney's work was performed and dividing by the CPIU figure for the effective date of the statutory maximum hourly rate (using the CPIU rate from October 1981 for pre-amendment cases). Nadarajah v. Holder, 569 F.3d 906, 918 (9th Cir.2009); RamonSepulveda v. I.N.S., 863 F.2d 1458, 1463 (9th Cir.1988).