Social Security should only be one component of retirement income.

Learn how your retirement age impacts your monthly Social Security benefits and which option could cost you the most in retirement benefits over time.

Is claiming Social Security early and receiving more checks for longer better than waiting to claim for a higher benefit? Here's what the research says.

It can be difficult to predict how much you will receive from Social Security, especially if you are more than a few years away from retirement. However, knowing how benefits are calculated can ...

13 years ago, the SSA introduced a site where you could find all your Social Security information in one place. This site makes it easy to see how much more you'll need to save or invest to meet your ...

Social Security's so-called "full retirement age" — the age when people can start collecting all of their earned benefits — is about to hit a new threshold, a change that will affect Americans born in ...

The third round of February Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in six days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or after the 21st of a month will ...