Find An Answer to Your Question

To use the Retirement Estimator, go to our website at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator and enter the requested information. You must enter certain identifying information about yourself, including your first name, last name, date of birth, Social Security number, place of birth and mother's maiden name. If the information that you provide does not match Social Security's records, then you cannot use the Retirement Estimator.

If the personal information that you provide does match our records, then you can use the Retirement Estimator to enter other information, such as your expected retirement age and future wages. This information then will be combined with the information that Social Security has on record about your past earnings to provide a quick and reliable online benefit estimate. Only the final retirement estimates are given to the online user. The Retirement Estimator does not show your earnings record information on which the final benefit estimate was calculated.