As a basic example, if you were born in 1943 or later and get $ 1,000
a month at full retirement age, you would receive only $ 750 per month by collecting at age 62, or $ 1,320 per month if you wait until age 70.
62 year old parent of a 14 year old could wait four years to collect $ 2000
a month at full retirement age.
Not exact matches
Born in 1955:
Full retirement age rises by two
months until stopping
at age 67 for all those born in 1960 and later.
The maximum Social Security payment for an individual who signs up
at full retirement age will be $ 2,663 per
month, an increase of $ 21 from 2014.
Say that each spouse was due $ 2,200 a
month from Social Security
at their
full retirement age of 66.
Say your
full retirement age is 66, and you'd receive $ 1,000 from Social Security every
month starting
at that
age.
For 2017, the maximum Social Security benefit for workers retiring
at the
full retirement age of 66 is $ 2,687 per
month.
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.
In contrast, those who wait until
age 70 to enroll are rewarded with a 32 % increase in the total monthly payment they qualify for
at their
full retirement age.1, 2 Today, the average monthly social security check is $ 1,404.3 If an individual was eligible to receive the average monthly payment amount
at their
full retirement age but they enrolled
at age 62, they would only receive $ 1,053 per
month.
Say a 66 - year - old wife's benefit based on her work record is $ 800 a
month, and half of her husband's benefit
at his
full retirement age is $ 1,200.
Based on these estimates, your statement allows you to compare what you would receive each
month if you were to take benefits
at the earliest possible
age — currently 62 — as well as if you took them
at full retirement age, or delayed them until
age 70.
If you are
at full retirement age, or will reach it in the next six
months, then you will still have the opportunity to file - and - suspend before the change takes effect on May 1, 2016.
Each person's Social Security benefit will depend on a number of factors, including earnings history and the
age at which they claim benefits, but the maximum Social Security benefit for a person retiring
at full retirement age in 2018 (between
age 65 and
age 67, depending on birth date) is $ 2,788 a
month — or about $ 33,400 a year.2 To create a personalized estimate for Social Security benefits, use the Social Security Administration's
Retirement Estimator.
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;
If the benefits start
at an earlier
age, they are reduced a fraction of a percent for each
month before
full retirement age.
For instance, if your
full retirement age is 66,
at which point you would be eligible for $ 1,000 a
month, you could receive $ 750 if you claim
at 62 or $ 1,320 if you claim
at 70 — a difference of 76 %.
For instance, I'll receive an estimated $ 1580 per
month ($ 18,960 per year)
at full retirement age of 67.
The break - even point is the number of
months after the start of your benefit when the total of all your delayed payments will be equal to the total you would have received if you started your payments
at full retirement age.
Under this rule, an individual 62 years or older can start collecting benefits but stop the benefits within 12
months of the start, repay the benefits collected, and then still be eligible for their higher benefit amount when they collect
at full retirement age or older.
The maximum Social Security benefit for a worker retiring
at full retirement age, which is
age 66 for those born between 1943 and 1954, will be $ 2,663 a
month.
For purposes of this chart (both determining the year of birth and the
month in which
full retirement age is reached), people born on the first day of a
month are treated as if they were born
at the end of the preceding
month.
If Frank retires
at his
full retirement age of 66, his monthly Social Security benefit would be $ 2,000 a
month.
For instance, if a couple need $ 6,000 a
month to meet day - to - day expenses and they receive $ 4,000 a
month from Social Security
at 66 — the
age that Uncle Sam considers
full retirement age for people born between 1943 and 1954 — their gap is $ 2,000 a
month.