- Social Security Calculator: Estimate Your Benefits - AARP
The Social Security Administration (SSA) includes your 35 highest-earning years, adjusted for historical wage growth, in its benefit calculation You can review your earnings history by creating an online My Social Security account
- A Guide To Applying For Social Security Benefits - AARP
Social Security can pay survivor benefits to spouses, former spouses, children if they are minors or have a disability, and in limited circumstances, parents of a deceased worker on that person’s earnings record To apply, make sure you have: The Social Security number and death certificate of the person on whose record you are applying
- When Are You Eligible For Social Security? - AARP
Retirement benefits are just one type of Social Security benefit There are also survivor benefits, spousal benefits and disability benefits, all of which have their own qualification criteria To find out more about eligibility for those programs, you can use Social Security’s Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool
- How 5 Big Social Security Changes in 2024 Affect You - AARP
Inflation cooled considerably in 2023, but consumer prices still went up, producing a 3 2 percent COLA for Social Security beneficiaries That will raise the estimated average retirement benefit by $59 a month, from $1,848 to $1,907, starting in January, according to the Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Social Security - News, Tools, and Resources - AARP
When a Social Security beneficiary dies, his or her surviving spouse is eligible for survivor benefits About 3 8 million widows and widowers, including some who were divorced from late beneficiaries, were receiving survivor benefits as of August 2024
- Biggest Social Security Changes for 2025 - AARP
The COLA is applied to all Social Security payments — survivor benefits, family benefits and disability benefits, as well as retirement benefits — and to Supplemental Security Income (SSI), a monthly benefit administered by the SSA for people with low incomes and limited assets who are 65 or older, blind or have a disability
- Social Security Retirement Benefits - FAQ - AARP
Qualifying for Social Security, calculating payments and when to apply Dive into the key factors that shape your Social Security benefits as you prepare for retirement, from early-filing penalties to cost-of-living adjustments
- How Much Will I Get From Social Security? - AARP
For reference, the Social Security Administration estimates that the average retirement benefit in 2025 will be $1,976 a month The maximum benefit — the most an individual retiree can get — is $4,018 a month for someone who files for Social Security in 2025 at full retirement age (FRA), the age at which you qualify for 100 percent of the
|