Workers who claim benefits at the earliest eligible age of 62 can receive up to $2,831 per month. Those who wait until full ...

SSI payments arrive on Dec. 1 and Dec. 31 because of a Social Security calendar rule. Also, another round of disability ...

If you haven't yet hit your full retirement age, you're one of those retirees with fewer options for benefit increases.

All Social Security recipients can get one do-over in their lifetime. If you withdraw your application for benefits and repay ...

The Social Security earnings test applies to individuals who are working and claiming benefits while under their full ...

Tens of millions of Social Security and Supplemental Security beneficiaries will soon receive their first, slightly larger ...

As January 1 is a federal holiday, SSI recipients are scheduled to receive their January 2026 payment a day early—on December ...

People with disabilities who receive Supplemental Security Income and other Social Security benefits are about to get a raise ...

Beginning in January, all Social Security and disability beneficiaries will receive a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) designed to help benefits keep pace with inflation.

Social Security beneficiaries can see a personalized estimate of how much they could expect each month through the SSA’s calculator.

The current taxable maximum in 2025 is $176,100. This means that workers who earned more than $176,000 in 2025 are paying Social Security taxes up to the taxable maximum; workers who earn less are ...

The Social Security Administration announced in October that beneficiaries will receive a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment ...