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Full retirement age, or FRA, is the age when you are entitled to 100 percent of your Social Security benefits, which are determined by your lifetime earnings. It is gradually increasing, from 66 and 6 months for those born in 1957 to 66 and 8 months for those born in 1958 and, ultimately, 67 for people born in 1960 or later.
In this case, Social Security considers you to have attained full retirement age on the last day of the month preceding the milestone date. For example, if you were born February 1, 1957, you attain your full retirement age of 66 and 6 months on July 31, 2023, and you would receive your first payment in August 2023.
In 2024, if you collect benefits before full retirement age and continue to work, the Social Security Administration will temporarily withhold $1 in benefits for every $2 you earn over $22,320. If you will reach FRA in 2024, the earnings limit goes up to $59,520 and $1 is deducted from your benefits for every $3 you earn over that.
For example, if you were born in 1958, you reach full retirement age between September 2024 and August 2025. If you put off filing for Social Security until you turn 70, you’ll get 40 months of delayed requirement credits, good for a bump of nearly 27 percent over your full retirement benefit.
Yes. Full retirement age (FRA) — the age at which you are eligible to claim 100 percent of the benefit Social Security calculates from your lifetime earnings record — has already increased from 65 years old to 66 and 6 months for those born in 1957, 66 and 8 months for those born in 1958 and will rise incrementally over the next several years to 67.
In 2024, the earnings limit for most Social Security recipients under full retirement age is $22,320 (up from $21,240 in 2023). Work income up to that level is exempt, but you lose $1 in benefits for every $2 in earnings over the cap. Suppose you have a part-time job that pays $40,000 a year.
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If you put off claiming benefits until after full retirement age, Social Security bumps up your prospective payment for each month of delay. That 1961 baby would get 124 percent of their full retirement benefit, for life, by waiting until their 70th birthday to start Social Security.
Widows and widowers are entitled to 100 percent of their late spouse’s Social Security benefit if they claim survivor benefits at their own full retirement age. FRA for survivor benefits differs from that for retirement benefits; it’s 66 and 4 months if the survivor was born in 1958 and rising in steps to 67 for those born in 1962 and after.
If you develop filer’s remorse, Social Security gives you 12 months from the date you applied for retirement benefits to change your mind and cancel that initial claim. You’ll have to repay what Social Security has already paid you, but this way you can refile at full retirement age (or later) and get your full benefit .