Many people would not be able to survive financially in retirement without Social Security. For those who enter their senior ...

The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan advocacy group, recently estimated that 21.8 million seniors today get by on Social ...

Getting a handle on the average Social Security check by age can help you fine-tune your retirement plans. As of May 2025, ...

The numbers behind Social Security say you should wait as long as possible makes sense, but there's more to the story than ...

Many current and future retirees have pretty serious concerns about the future of Social Security. Some studies suggest close ...

Waiting until 70 would boost a Social Security benefit from $1,917 at 62 to $3,396 per month at 70 for someone with an FRA of 67. That's almost twice as much. Note that benefit increases for both ...

Here are all the confirmed payment dates for retirees based on the Social Security payment schedule for 2025. Just find the day of the month you were born on the left side of the table.

Social Security shouldn't be your only source of income in retirement. Here's why you should think about saving now while you're still working.

Most Americans rely on Social Security to make ends meet, with a 2024 Gallup poll finding that 60% of retirees say their ...

The Social Security rules are designed to pay everyone roughly the same lifetime benefit, no matter when they decide to claim benefits, according to the life expectancy tables.

If you were receiving a Social Security benefit of $1,000 during 2022, in 2023 the paycheck would have risen an additional $87 every month ($1,000 x 1.087), for a total of $1,087 monthly.