Estimate your monthly Social Security retirement benefit using your age, income and when you want to retire. Use this Social Security benefits calculator to estimate your retirement benefits based on ...

Pop quiz: How much money do you expect to collect when you start receiving Social Security retirement benefits? If you're like the vast majority of people, you don't know that number off the top of ...

One of the most important retirement decisions you will make is when to apply for Social Security. Several retirement calculators have been developed to help you determine the optimal retirement age ...

Spousal Social Security benefits are available to the current spouses of qualifying workers and some ex-spouses. Spousal benefits are based on the worker's Social Security benefit. There's an online ...

Today's Social Security column addresses questions about how accurate SSA's benefit rate estimates actually can be, the timing of benefit payments each month and taking spousal benefits after ...

Until recently, Social Security Administration online retirement planning tools did not connect to individuals' SSA work records. That has changed. In July 2008 Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of ...

You can estimate your Social Security benefits years before you need the funds as part of your overall retirement plan. Knowing what you can expect from social security and then adjusting other ...

-- Federal retirement: http://www.opm.gov/retire/tools/calculators/ballpark/menu.asp This calculator projects retirement benefits under federal retirement systems ...

Q. I am 57 years old and retired with a pension. How does one find out his or her Social Security amount at age 62 and or age 67 to determine which age works best? — Planning ahead A. Congrats on your ...

Today's Social Security column addresses questions about how and when COLAs are applied, switching to spousal benefits after early retirement benefits and divorced survivor's benefits before ...

More than 2 million seniors receive spousal Social Security benefits, with an average monthly benefit of about $901 as of the end of 2022. Adding in the cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for 2023 and ...