Not exact matches
And to put this into real
numbers, if your benefit is $ 2000
at full retirement age, it's around $ 1500
at 62, and it's around $ 2600 plus
at 70.
For more information about your estimated benefit amount if you retire before reaching
full retirement age, please call our toll free
number at 1-800-772-1213 (If you are deaf or hard of hearing, call our TTY
number at 1-800-325-0778) or contact your local Social Security office.
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.
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.
If you're not going to reach your
full retirement age at any point during 2018, then the
number you need to remember is $ 17,040.
If your estimated benefit
at full retirement age is
at or above that
number, you can expect additional earnings to fall into the third tier and produce the smaller 15 % increment.