The average monthly Social Security benefit for retired workers was about $2,008 before deductions in August 2025. But there are plenty of things that can move you above or below that average. Your ...

Social Security October payments are set to be distributed this week despite a brutal battle on Capitol Hill amid the government shutdown 2025, where the Senate will next vote today, Monday, Oct. 20, ...

Hopes to reopen the government today Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, have dwindled, and with some Social Security Administration offices closed and in-person services limited, beneficiaries may be worried ...

Some Social Security recipients recently had to find a new way to receive their payments. The Social Security Administration phased out paper checks starting September 30, opting to send payments only ...

Social Security October payments are set to be distributed this week despite a brutal battle on Capitol Hill amid the government shutdown 2025, where the Senate will next vote today, Tuesday, Oct. 21, ...

Hopes to reopen the government today Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, have dwindled, and with some Social Security Administration offices closed and in-person services limited, beneficiaries may be worried ...

Hopes to reopen the government today Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, have dwindled, and with some Social Security Administration offices closed and in-person services limited, beneficiaries may be worried ...

Should You Invest Your Social Security Checks? According to the table above, if you invested all of your monthly Social Security checks in the S&P 500 over the past decade, your nest egg would have ...

This will raise the average retirement benefit by $56 per month. Some of this increase will get eaten up by rising costs and, possibly, Social Security benefit taxes. Benefits are increasing, but so ...