Maximum benefits increase too, and in 2025, the maximum benefit will exceed $5,000 for the first time. It came close in 2024 ...

Most Americans have jobs that withhold payroll taxes (aka FICA taxes) that contribute to the Social Security system, and when ...

Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are calculated based on how inflation changes in the third ...

The final round of November’s Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest-income earners who retire at age ...

The relationship between the stock market and your monthly Social Security check should be on your mind, as sizable ...

When to begin drawing Social Security benefits is a critical decision, particularly for married couples. Starting benefits ...

President-elect Donald Trump said those words during his victory speech on Nov. 6, 2024. Federal taxes on Social Security ...

A 20-second clip of Vivek Ramaswamy discussing a possible method of cutting the U.S. federal workforce based on employees’ ...

How much money you receive in Social Security benefits depends on several factors, including your age when you start ...

Those who receive only Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which provides financial support to the elderly, blind, and ...

With a little more than a month before the 2025 COLA kicks in, here's what you should know about the upcoming adjustment.

USA TODAY reached out to retirees across the country who are living mostly on Social Security, to ask how they were doing.