What Is the Maximum Possible Social Security Benefit in 2025?
Retirees can boost their Social Security benefits by delaying, strategizing spousal claims and optimizing income sources.
Social Security's retirement age increases today. Here's what to know
In 2024, the life expectancy for someone born in 1959 was 74 for men and 80.1 for women, according to a Social Security report. The report predicts continuing increases in life expectancy, which translates into even more years that beneficiaries will receive Social Security checks.
Retiring Soon? 4 Important Things to Know About Social Security in 2025
Social Security is a big deal, delivering retirement benefits to more than 50 million retirees annually along with disability and survivor benefits to millions more. The retiree benefits alone total nearly $100 billion annually.
Claiming Social Security in 2025? This is the Most Important Number to Know
If you are claiming Social Security this year, there’s one number that you absolutely need to know before you move forward. If you don’t know it, or what it means for your claim, you could make a choice that adversely impacts the income you get for the rest of your life.
Social Security & You: Turning Full Retirement Age in 2025? Consider Filing for Benefits This Month
I write a column like this one every January. But I don’t mind plagiarizing myself, because it contains a very important message for people planning to retire in 2025.
Here's Exactly Who Qualifies For the Max $5,108 Social Security Benefit in 2025
Not many people will qualify for the maximum possible benefit, but everyone can learn from what it takes to max out Social Security.
Social Security update for 2025: Increase in cost of living means higher benefits
Almost all Social Security beneficiaries are familiar with the most popular and publicized change: the increase in monthly benefit checks for 2025 due to the automated cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA. As you already know, that increase will be 2.5%.
Second round of January Social Security payments goes out in three days
In three days, millions of Social Security recipients will receive their first monthly retirement checks of 2025. Social Security beneficiaries who were born from the 11th through the 20th of their respective birth months will receive a regular monthly check for January from the Social Security Administration on Jan.
3 Ways to Boost Your Retirement Income Without Holding Off on Claiming Social Security
"Good things come to those who wait." You've undoubtedly heard that adage many times. It's often true. And the old saying definitely applies to anyone contemplating early retirement. Waiting to claim Social Security until your full retirement age (or,
Social Security changes in 2025: The most important points to consider
Social Security plays a crucial role in the financial well-being of millions of Americans, providing essential benefits to retirees, disabled individuals, and survivors. As we approach 2025, it's important to understand how Social Security impacts our retirement planning and what steps we can take to maximize its benefits.
Social Security's full retirement age is increasing in 2025: What to know
The full retirement age for Social Security is set to increase in 2025, with the age for new retirees to claim and receive ...
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As retirement age goes up, Lincoln financial expert says you can’t count on Social Security
Many people think of 65 as retirement age. But for people born in 1960 or later, you'll now have to wait until 67.
Do You Qualify for Spousal Social Security Benefits? 3 Things to Know Before Applying
Spousal benefits can be a lifeline for seniors who established a single-income household. Spouses who shortened their careers ...
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Social Security full retirement age is increasing in 2025. What to know in Oregon
As 2025 approaches, another round of people in Oregon and the rest of the nation will become eligible for Social Security benefits — and some will hit their full retirement age. The minimum ...