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Year of birth. Full retirement age. 1937 and before. 65. 1938-1942. 65 + 2 months for each year past 1937. 1943-1954. 66. 1955-1959. 66 + 2 months for each year past 1954
As a general rule of thumb, Social Security benefits are designed to replace about 40% of pre-retirement income. It will be more if you were a lower earner, or less if you are a higher earner.
The Social Security trust fund is expected to pay full benefits until 2033. While the program won't disappear entirely after that date, payments could decrease to 79% of scheduled benefits.
Retirement Insurance Benefits (abbreviated RIB [1]) or old-age insurance benefits [2] are a form of social insurance payments made by the U.S. Social Security Administration paid based upon the attainment of old age (62 or older). Benefit payments are made on the 3rd of the month, or the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th Wednesday of the month, based upon the ...
The first Social Security office opened in Austin, Texas, on October 14, 1936. [10] Social Security taxes were first collected in January 1937, along with the first one-time, lump-sum payments. [8] The first person to receive monthly retirement benefits was Ida May Fuller of Brattleboro, Vermont. Her first check, dated January 31, 1940, was in ...
Birth year. Full retirement age. 1943–1954. 66. 1955. 66 and 2 months. 1956. 66 and 4 months. 1957. 66 and 6 months. 1958. 66 and 8 months. 1959. 66 and 10 months. 1960 or later
The test only applies to people who are below the normal retirement age, which ranges from 65 to 67 years old, depending on the person's year of birth.For beneficiaries working before the calendar year in which they reach the Normal Retirement Age, current benefits are reduced by $1 for every $2 in wages over the lower bracket amount.
Social Security could pay you hundreds of thousands in retirement The average monthly Social Security benefit for retired workers is $1,918.28 as of June 2024. That comes out to $23,019.36 annually.