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Your Social Security Benefit - How to Beat the Average
Roughly $1550 per month…that’s the average Social Security Benefit payment these days. So, how can you set yourself up to exceed that figure when you reach retirement? There are some basic factors on which you can focus to achieve a higher benefit, and The Motley Fool’s Kailey Hagen takes a look at them in a post on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. They begin, naturally, with earning up to the maximum taxable FICA limit consistently during your career, and include delaying the start of your benefits beyond the earliest date of eligibility (age 62). Read Ms. Hagen’s post here…
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