Social Security Full Retirement Age Chart by Birth Year

Your full retirement age by year of birth, and how much of your full benefit you get if you claim at 62 or wait to 70, computed from the Social Security Act.

Full retirement age is 67 for anyone born in 1960 or later, and 66 for people born from 1943 to 1954; for births in 1955 to 1959 it rises by two months a year. Claiming at 62 with a full retirement age of 67 pays 70% of your full benefit; waiting to 70 pays 124%.

Set by law  These rules are fixed in statute and regulation; nothing here is an estimate.

Full retirement age and benefit by claiming age (% of your full benefit) — 42 U.S.C. §416(l) (retirement age); 42 U.S.C. §402(q) and (w) (reduction and delayed credits)
Year of birthFull retirement ageAt 62At 70
1943–1954 66 75%48 months early 132%48 months of credits
1955 66 and 2 months 74.17%50 months early 130.67%46 months of credits
1956 66 and 4 months 73.33%52 months early 129.33%44 months of credits
1957 66 and 6 months 72.5%54 months early 128%42 months of credits
1958 66 and 8 months 71.67%56 months early 126.67%40 months of credits
1959 66 and 10 months 70.83%58 months early 125.33%38 months of credits
1960 and later 67 70%60 months early 124%36 months of credits

Born on January 1? Use the previous year: Social Security treats you as reaching an age the day before your birthday. The percentages are computed from the statute: benefits drop by 5/9 of 1% for each of the first 36 months before full retirement age and 5/12 of 1% for each month beyond that, and delayed retirement credits add 2/3 of 1% per month (8% a year) up to age 70 (42 U.S.C. §402(q) and (w) (reduction and delayed credits); SSA, Retirement age and benefit reduction).

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Common questions

What is full retirement age for Social Security?

Full retirement age is 67 for anyone born in 1960 or later, and 66 for people born from 1943 to 1954; for births in 1955 to 1959 it rises by two months a year. Claiming at 62 with a full retirement age of 67 pays 70% of your full benefit; waiting to 70 pays 124%. It is set by 42 U.S.C. §416(l) (retirement age).

What is full retirement age if I was born in 1960?

67. Claiming at 62 pays 70% of your full benefit, and waiting to 70 pays 124% (42 U.S.C. §402(q) and (w) (reduction and delayed credits)).

How much do I lose by claiming at 62?

Between 25% (full retirement age 66) and 30% (full retirement age 67) of your full benefit, permanently. The reduction is 5/9 of 1% a month for the first 36 months and 5/12 of 1% for each month beyond (42 U.S.C. §402(q) and (w) (reduction and delayed credits)).

How much more do I get by waiting to 70?

8% a year after full retirement age: 124% of your full benefit if your full retirement age is 67, 132% if it is 66 (42 U.S.C. §402(q) and (w) (reduction and delayed credits)). There is no credit for waiting past 70.

Sources

Every figure on this page is read at build time from one dataset and was checked against the text of the documents above on September 24, 2026. Every figure with its source: JSON. QuantCalc is calculation software, not tax, legal or benefits advice.

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