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How to Calculate One's Social Security Monthly Benefit Amount
Posted on: 09/25/2018
Matthew Frankel, CFP, from The Motley Fool has written a step-by-step method to determine one's expected Social Security benefit.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/much-social-security-step-step-123300413.html
Step 1: Determine whether you qualify for a retirement benefit
Step 2: Adjust all of your annual earnings for inflation
Step 3: Find the 35 highest inflation-adjusted years
Step 4: Calculate your average indexed monthly earnings (AIME)
Step 5: Determine your primary insurance amount (PIA)
Step 6: Adjust for your claiming age
Open the link to get all of the details, including formulas.
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