Welcome to the Academy’s toolkit on When to Take Social Security: It Pays to Wait! The materials in this toolkit are designed to educate workers approaching retirement about their options for taking Social Security benefits, and about why it can pay to wait.
Social Security benefits can be taken at any time between 62 and 70, but there are sound financial reasons to delay if you can. If you wait, your monthly benefits will be higher for the rest of your life.
- If you need Social Security to make ends meet, take it – you’ve earned it.
- But if you can wait, even a year or two, your monthly benefit will be higher – for the rest of your life.
- If you’re married, you have two lives to plan for. If you are the higher earner, waiting to take Social Security means providing a higher survivor benefit for your spouse if she or he outlives you.
Resources include:
A 12-page brief, |
An 8-page brief, |
A 3-minute video: |
Also available in Spanish: |
A 1-page fact sheet: |
A 16-page brief: |
A 2-page fact sheet: |
Infographic: |
Additional resources:
- Press Release: Thinking about Retirement and When to Take Social Security? It Pays to Wait!
- Brochure (available in hard copy only): Thinking about Retirement? Here’s an important question: When Should I Take Social Security?
Partner Resources:
Infographic: Can You Wait to Receive Your Social Security Benefits?
in partnership with The National Urban League
EN ESPAÑOL: ¡Vale la pena esperar para empezar los beneficios del Seguro Social!
Puede empezar a tomar los beneficios del Seguro Social en cualquier momento entre los 62 y los 70 años de edad, pero hay razones sólidas para esperar si puede. Si espera, los beneficios de su Seguro Social serán más altos por el resto de su vida. Los mensajes claves incluyen:
Vea el video breve, Seguro Social: Vale la pena esperar para más información. |