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Claiming before your FRA will result in permanent benefit reductions. So if you file at age 66 thinking it's your FRA, you might expect to receive your full benefit amount. But if your FRA is actually ...

Find out how much the average 72-year-old gets in Social Security income, see what affects the benefit amount, and how you ...

Economists are already forecasting the inflation rates that could be used to determine the 2027 Social Security COLA.

The last Social Security benefit of 2025 will be dispersed this week, and January's SSI check comes next week. Learn how the ...

Just don't read too much into the average. For better or worse, most people will be getting nothing near that number.

I called the Social Security office, as well as went with my husband when he went to collect his Social Security. Because I ...

By Russell Gloor, National Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American Citizens ...

The average retired worker collects around $2,013 per month in Social Security benefits, according to November 2025 data from ...