You can start receiving your Social Security retirement benefits as early as age 62. However, you are entitled to full benefits only when you reach your full retirement age. If you delay taking your benefits from your full retirement age up to age 70, your benefit amount will increase.

The normal retirement age (NRA) is the age at which retirement benefits (before rounding) are equal to the "primary insurance amount." The table below shows how NRA varies by year of birth for retirees.

Use the Social Security full retirement age calculator to find out when you are eligible for unreduced retirement benefits based on your birth year.

2018年10月10日 · Full retirement age, or FRA, is the age when you are entitled to 100 percent of your Social Security benefits, which are determined by your lifetime earnings.

Social Security's full-benefit retirement age is increasing gradually because of legislation passed by Congress in 1983. Traditionally, the full benefit age was 65, and early retirement benefits were first available at age 62, with a permanent reduction to 80 percent of the full benefit amount.

Due to the 1983 Amendments to the Social Security Act, the full retirement age began to gradually increase from age 65 to 67. However, it took 22-years to adjust! It slowly increased from 65 to 66, stayed at 66 for 11 years, and then began to move slowly to 67.

2024年3月7日 · The Social Security full retirement age varies based on your birth year. Here's how to determine your full retirement age and what this means for your Social Security benefits in retirement.

2024年1月26日 · The average retirement age for men has risen three years over the past three decades, while the average retirement age for women has risen slightly more than that over the same period.

2018年10月10日 · Yes. Since the early 2000s, full retirement age (FRA) — the age at which you are eligible to claim 100 percent of the benefit Social Security calculates from your lifetime earnings record — has been incrementally increasing from 65 to 67, based on year of birth.

2024年11月18日 · Your Social Security full retirement age determines when you become eligible for your full Social Security benefit. Use our calculator to find out when it is.