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How the government calculates your Social Security benefits
Your Social Security benefit is calculated based on your highest 35 years of earnings, adjusted for wage growth, and then applied to a formula that determines your Primary Insurance Amount (PIA). However, this amount can be adjusted based on specific…
Understanding Social Security’s COLA: It’s not as straightforward as many think
What’s so hard about figuring out what your January Social Security payment will be? Don’t you just multiply your December amount by 8.7%? Well, as AOL contributor Vance Cariaga points out in a post on aol.com, it’s not that simple.…