Not exact matches
The survey of 903 adults
aged 50 or older, who are either already retired or plan to retire in the next ten years, revealed those who
began receiving Social Security income early report a lower average monthly payment ($ 1,190) than those who started
at their
full retirement age ($ 1,506) and those who delayed benefits until
age 70 ($ 1,924).
You can
begin collecting Social Security
at 62, but if you start taking your benefits before reaching your
full retirement age — 65 to 67, depending on when you were born — your benefits will be reduced.
If you are not already receiving benefits, be sure to contact us
at the
beginning of the year you reach
full retirement age.
In many cases, a widow or widower can
begin receiving one benefit
at a reduced rate and then,
at full retirement age, switch to the other benefit
at an unreduced rate.
If you receive a spouse's benefit
beginning at age 62, your benefit is reduced to about 32.5 percent of the amount your spouse would receive if he or she started getting benefits
at full retirement age.
How much you receive each month, however, depends on when you elect to
begin taking benefits and whether you've reached
full retirement age at that point.
You can
begin collecting Social Security
at 62, but if you start taking your benefits before reaching your
full retirement age — 65 to 67, depending on when you were born — your benefits will be reduced.
If you are not already receiving benefits, be sure to contact us
at the
beginning of the year you reach
full retirement age.
Widow's or widower's benefits
beginning at any time from
age 60 or
age 50 if you are disabled through the month before you reach
full retirement age;
You can
begin collecting Social Security benefits
at the
age of 62, but it will cost you more than 25 % of the benefit you would have received by waiting until your
full retirement age of 66 or 67.
Generally, you'll receive an amount equal to what you would receive were you to
begin receiving Social Security
retirement benefits
at full retirement age.
If you receive a spouse's benefit
beginning at age 62, your benefit is reduced to about 32.5 percent of the amount your spouse would receive if he or she started getting benefits
at full retirement age.
If the primary
begins to receive benefits
at his / her normal (or
full)
retirement age, the primary will receive 100 percent of the primary insurance amount.
For example, if your
full retirement age begins at 66, Social Security payments will increase 8 % annually on average for every year you choose to delay benefits until
age 70.4
Despite the fact that the benefit amounts would be significantly higher when delayed beyond the
full retirement age, 90 % of retirees
begin collecting Social Security benefits
at or before their
full retirement age.
Social Security benefits can
begin at 62, but waiting until
full retirement age of 65 or 66 (depending on your birthday) will increase the size of your monthly check.
But, just for the sake of this example, let's say that the value of those Social Security payments is $ 500,000, a reasonable assumption for someone whose
full retirement age for Social Security purposes is 66 and who
begins collecting payments
at that
age.
But in order to receive a
full half of your PIA, your spouse must wait to
begin receiving the
retirement benefits
at her
full retirement age.
Trainees must
begin the training program before their 31st birthday;
at age 56, controllers are subject to mandatory
retirement with
full federal benefits.
The amount of spousal benefits equals 1/2 of your ex-spouse's
full retirement amount if you
begin collecting benefits
at full retirement age.