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Table showing Birth Year and Age to Receive Full Social Security Benefit
Birth Year Age to Receive Full Social Security Benefit
1937 or earlier 65
1938 65 + 2 months
1939 65 + 4 months
1940 65 + 6 months
1941 65 + 8 months
1942 65 + 10 months
1943-1954 66
1955 66 + 2 months
1956 66 + 4 months
1957 66 + 6 months
1958 66 + 8 months
1959 66 + 10 months
1960 and later 67

Notes:

  1. Persons born on January 1 of any year should refer to the normal retirement age for the previous year
  2. For the purpose of determining benefit reductions for early retirement, widows and widowers whose entitlement is based on having attained age 60 should add 2 years to the year of birth shown in the table

Source: www.ssa.gov 

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