Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively ...

Social Security payments usually begin on the second Wednesday of every month, and the following waves go out on a weekly basis.

The latest projections suggest President Donald Trump's tariff and trade policies will alter Social Security checks in the ...

Reckless spending has been driving Social Security toward a fiscal cliff. Scheduled benefits will have to be cut by 23 percent in 2033 to keep the program solvent. This is the grim conclusion ...

Note: Information is current as of December 2024, and payment amounts have been rounded to the nearest dollar. As shown in the chart, the average Social Security payout generally increases with age.

Retirees are eligible for Social Security at age 62, but the age at which benefits start has a profound impact on the amount of benefit income they receive. The average Social Security benefit for ...

The resounding advice about filing early for Social Security retirement benefits is pretty unambiguous: Don’t do it. However, if you can’t delay — due to immediate cash flow needs — or don’t want to ...

A Social Security Administration office in Washington, D.C., is pictured on March 26. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images What To Know In May, there was a 0.4 percent dip in personal income, following ...

Social Security We're 8 Years Away From an Automatic 23 Percent Cut in Social Security Payouts Social Security’s board of trustees expects the program to be insolvent in eight years.

The chart below details the relationship between birth year and FRA. It shows the retirement benefit (as a percentage of PIA) workers will receive if they start Social Security at 62 and 70.