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Social Security sets your Full Retirement Age (FRA) based on your birth year. We use your date of birth to calculate YOUR specific FRA — nothing else. Your DOB is never stored or shared.

Born on the 1st of the month? The SSA considers you to have been born the previous month, which may affect your FRA and your earliest eligible claiming month.

Your Full Retirement Age is 67.

You reach this milestone in June 2027.

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Scenario A Check
$1,680
62 Years, 0 Months
Start: June 2022
⚠️ 2026 Earnings Test: If you work before FRA, benefits are reduced by $1 for every $2 earned over $24,480/yr.
⚠️ 2026 FRA-Year Earnings Test: In the year you reach FRA, benefits are reduced by $1 for every $3 earned over $65,160 (only counting earnings before the month you reach FRA).
Scenario B Check
$2,976
70 Years, 0 Months
Start: June 2030
⚠️ 2026 Earnings Test: If you work before FRA, benefits are reduced by $1 for every $2 earned over $24,480/yr.
⚠️ 2026 FRA-Year Earnings Test: In the year you reach FRA, benefits are reduced by $1 for every $3 earned over $65,160 (only counting earnings before the month you reach FRA).
πŸ“Œ The Breakeven Point
If you live past 80 Years, 4 Months, the Waiting Strategy Wins.

Total cash received over your lifetime.

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