In 2024, the life expectancy for someone born in 1959 was 74 for men and 80.1 for women, according to a Social Security report. The report predicts continuing increases in life expectancy, which translates into even more years that beneficiaries will receive Social Security checks.

More Georgians will become eligible for Social Security benefits in 2025. But the Social Security full retirement age is increasing. Here's more.

In 1983, Congress passed a law that gradually increased the age at which people may receive 100% of their Social Security benefits from 65 to 67, a change that was felt over the following decades as Americans approached their retirement age, according to Bipartisan Policy Cente r. The increase aimed to match increasing life expectancy.

If you continue to earn an income after taking Social Security and you're under your full retirement age (FRA), your wages will be subject to the retirement earnings-test income limit. When your income surpasses this limit, your benefits will be reduced in the years leading up to your FRA.

A half-dozen changes, concerning everything from Social Security checks to the payroll tax select workers will owe, are now in effect.

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Note that as of November, the average monthly Social Security benefit was $1,925 -- or about $23,000 annually. Of course, if you've earned more than average in your working life, you'll receive more,