Social Security Analyzer

Plot out claiming strategies in seconds

Enter your FRA, projected benefit, chosen claiming ages, and optional work/tax assumptions to see how monthly checks, cumulative lifetime benefits, and tax exposure shift.

Input panel
Group core assumptions and layer in optional working/tax details.

Core Social Security Inputs

Used to calculate cumulative lifetime benefits (default 90).

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Your estimated monthly benefit when claiming at FRA.

Toggle on/off specific ages (62–70) to focus on the comparisons you care about.

Ages behind you are flagged as hypothetical—they're useful for benchmarking even though they're in the past.

Decision snapshot
Where monthly income and total lifetime benefits align with your longevity view.
Best at age 70
$3,472 / mo

Assuming you live to 90, claiming at age 70 produces approximately $833,280 in cumulative benefits. That's about $174,720 more than claiming at age 62.

Claim at 62

$1,960

Lifetime to 90: $658,560

Claim at 63

$2,100

Lifetime to 90: $680,400

Claim at 64

$2,240

Lifetime to 90: $698,880

You’re in a solid range—let’s make it resilient.
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  • Your inputs suggest meaningful planning tradeoffs.
  • Small assumption changes can materially change outcomes.
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Monthly benefit by claiming age
Official reduction (5/9 & 5/12 rules) and delayed-credit formulas applied automatically.

Age 62

Monthly benefit · $1,960

Past
Monthly check$1,960
Lifetime to 90$658,560

Age 63

Monthly benefit · $2,100

Past
Monthly check$2,100
Lifetime to 90$680,400

Age 64

Monthly benefit · $2,240

Monthly check$2,240
Lifetime to 90$698,880

Age 65

Monthly benefit · $2,427

Monthly check$2,427
Lifetime to 90$728,000

Age 66

Monthly benefit · $2,613

Monthly check$2,613
Lifetime to 90$752,640

Age 67

Monthly benefit · $2,800

Monthly check$2,800
Lifetime to 90$772,800

Age 68

Monthly benefit · $3,024

Monthly check$3,024
Lifetime to 90$798,336

Age 69

Monthly benefit · $3,248

Monthly check$3,248
Lifetime to 90$818,496

Age 70

Monthly benefit · $3,472

Recommended
Monthly check$3,472
Lifetime to 90$833,280
Break-even checkpoints
How long you need to live for a later claim to overtake an earlier one.

62 vs 67

Age 78.7

Around age 78.7 the total collected at 67 overtakes claiming at 62. Living past this point favors waiting.

67 vs 70

Age 82.5

Around age 82.5 the total collected at 70 overtakes claiming at 67. Living past this point favors waiting.

62 vs 70

Age 80.4

Around age 80.4 the total collected at 70 overtakes claiming at 62. Living past this point favors waiting.

Earnings test impact
Shows withheld benefits using today's SSA limits ($22,320 and $59,520) if you plan to work.

Turn on the “Working While Receiving Benefits” toggle to model earnings-test reductions.

Taxable portion checkpoint
Uses provisional income rules (0%, up to 50%, up to 85%) for your filing status.
0% taxable

$0 of benefits

We assume annual Social Security benefits of $41,664 based on the currently recommended claiming age. Adding other taxable income ($0) and tax-exempt interest ($0) helps identify whether you fall into the 0%, 50%, or 85% inclusion zone.

Provisional income$20,832
Base threshold$25,000
85% threshold$34,000

If your income picture changes, update the optional inputs above to instantly see whether more (or less) of your benefits become taxable.

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