Despite higher wages and more accessible retirement plans, the average retirement age has hardly moved over the past 60 years. For men, the average age of retirement is 65, essentially unchanged over ...

Full retirement age (FRA) is 67 for those born in 1960 or later, lower for earlier births. Claiming Social Security at FRA avoids penalties, after FRA earns 8% more yearly. Working past FRA doesn't ...

In the United States, the age at which workers can claim 100% of their Social Security benefits has been steadily increasing, and it is no longer 65 years old. This shift reflects the evolving ...

Social Security’s full retirement age rises to 67 in 2026 for anyone turning 66 next year or later. The later full retirement age delays penalty-free work options while collecting Social Security.

The law says if you start your Social Security checks before full retirement age, your benefit will be reduced five-ninths of 1% for each of the first 36 months of reduction and five-twelfths of 1% ...