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Social Security replaces a percentage of your pre-retirement income based on your lifetime earnings. Your income and the day you choose to begin collecting benefits will determine how much of your average pay will be replaced by Social Security retirement benefits.
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The Social Security earnings cap for someone who has not achieved full retirement age is $1,770 per month or $21,240 per year in 2023. For every additional $2 you make over this threshold, you can anticipate having $1 deducted from your Social Security payment.
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You can retire at the full age of 66 if you were born between 1943 and 1954. If you were born between 1955 and 1960, your full retirement age will steadily rise until it reaches 67. Full retirement benefits begin to accrue for people born in 1960 or later at age 67.
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