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 ...

The future of Social Security in the United States is at a critical juncture. With trust fund reserves projected to deplete ...

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.

The cost-of-living adjustment, commonly referred to as COLA, has been a long-standing element of Social Security benefits, ...

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.

U.S. Embassies in several countries have sent out notices about suspended Social Security payments. These notices were sent to around 59,000 retirees who live in Mexico and about 2,000 in Costa ...

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

If you intend to file for Social Security's retirement benefits in 2025, do you know how big your checks are going to be? The ...

Data source: Social Security Administration. The table shows that if your full retirement age is 67 (as it is for anyone born in 1960 or later) and you collect as soon as possible, at age 62, your ...