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Your Full Retirement Age For Survivors Benefits Is 65 And 4 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 64 months.
- 62, you will get 82.2% of the monthly benefit because you will be getting benefits for an additional 40 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 | 73.3 |
60 + 5 months | 73.7 |
60 + 6 months | 74.2 |
60 + 7 months | 74.6 |
60 + 8 months | 75.1 |
60 + 9 months | 75.5 |
60 + 10 months | 76.0 |
60 + 11 months | 76.4 |
61 | 76.8 |
61 + 1 month | 77.3 |
61 + 2 months | 77.7 |
61 + 3 months | 78.2 |
61 + 4 months | 78.6 |
61 + 5 months | 79.1 |
61 + 6 months | 79.5 |
61 + 7 months | 80.0 |
61 + 8 months | 80.4 |
61 + 9 months | 80.9 |
61 + 10 months | 81.3 |
61 + 11 months | 81.7 |
62 | 82.2 |
62 + 1 month | 82.6 |
62 + 2 months | 83.1 |
62 + 3 months | 83.5 |
62 + 4 months | 84.0 |
62 + 5 months | 84.4 |
62 + 6 months | 84.9 |
62 + 7 months | 85.3 |
62 + 8 months | 85.8 |
62 + 9 months | 86.2 |
62 + 10 months | 86.6 |
62 + 11 months | 87.1 |
63 | 87.5 |
63 + 1 month | 88.0 |
63 + 2 months | 88.4 |
63 + 3 months | 88.9 |
63 + 4 months | 89.3 |
63 + 5 months | 89.8 |
63 + 6 months | 90.2 |
63 + 7 months | 90.6 |
63 + 8 months | 91.1 |
63 + 9 months | 91.5 |
63 + 10 months | 92.0 |
63 + 11 months | 92.4 |
64 | 92.9 |
64 + 1 month | 93.3 |
64 + 2 months | 93.8 |
64 + 3 months | 94.2 |
64 + 4 months | 94.7 |
64 + 5 months | 95.1 |
64 + 6 months | 95.5 |
64 + 7 months | 96.0 |
64 + 8 months | 96.4 |
64 + 9 months | 96.9 |
64 + 10 months | 97.3 |
64 + 11 months | 97.8 |
65 | 98.2 |
65 + 1 month | 98.7 |
65 + 2 months | 99.1 |
65 + 3 months | 99.6 |
65 + 4 months 2. | 100. |
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