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Your Full Retirement Age For Survivors Benefits Is 65 And 6 Months
Remember, the earliest a widow or widower can start receiving Social Security survivors benefits based on age will remain age 60.
If you start receiving survivors benefits at age
- 60, you will get 71.5% of the monthly benefit because you will be getting benefits for an additional 66 months.
- 62, you will get 81.9% of the monthly benefit because you will be getting benefits for an additional 42 months.
Note: If you're receiving widows, widowers, or divorced widows or widowers benefits, you can switch to your own retirement benefit as early as age 62.
Reminder: Your full retirement age for retirement benefits may not match your full retirement age for survivors benefits.
If you start getting benefits at age1. |
The survivors benefit you will receive is reduced to2. |
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60 | 71.5% |
60 + 1 month | 71.9 |
60 + 2 months | 72.4 |
60 + 3 months | 72.8 |
60 + 4 months | 73.2 |
60 + 5 months | 73.7 |
60 + 6 months | 74.1 |
60 + 7 months | 74.5 |
60 + 8 months | 75.0 |
60 + 9 months | 75.4 |
60 + 10 months | 75.8 |
60 + 11 months | 76.3 |
61 | 76.7 |
61 + 1 month | 77.1 |
61 + 2 months | 77.5 |
61 + 3 months | 78.0 |
61 + 4 months | 78.4 |
61 + 5 months | 78.8 |
61 + 6 months | 79.3 |
61 + 7 months | 79.7 |
61 + 8 months | 80.1 |
61 + 9 months | 80.6 |
61 + 10 months | 81.0 |
61 + 11 months | 81.4 |
62 | 81.9 |
62 + 1 month | 82.3 |
62 + 2 months | 82.7 |
62 + 3 months | 83.2 |
62 + 4 months | 83.6 |
62 + 5 months | 84.0 |
62 + 6 months | 84.5 |
62 + 7 months | 84.9 |
62 + 8 months | 85.3 |
62 + 9 months | 85.8 |
62 + 10 months | 86.2 |
62 + 11 months | 86.6 |
63 | 87.0 |
63 + 1 month | 87.5 |
63 + 2 months | 87.9 |
63 + 3 months | 88.3 |
63 + 4 months | 88.8 |
63 + 5 months | 89.2 |
63 + 6 months | 89.6 |
63 + 7 months | 90.1 |
63 + 8 months | 90.5 |
63 + 9 months | 90.9 |
63 + 10 months | 91.4 |
63 + 11 months | 91.8 |
64 | 92.2 |
64 + 1 month | 92.7 |
64 + 2 months | 93.1 |
64 + 3 months | 93.5 |
64 + 4 months | 94.0 |
64 + 5 months | 94.4 |
64 + 6 months | 94.8 |
64 + 7 months | 95.3 |
64 + 8 months | 95.7 |
64 + 9 months | 96.1 |
64 + 10 months | 96.5 |
64 + 11 months | 97.0 |
65 | 97.4 |
65 + 1 month | 97.8 |
65 + 2 months | 98.3 |
65 + 3 months | 98.7 |
65 + 4 months | 99.1 |
65 + 5 months | 99.6 |
65 + 6 months 2. | 100. |
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