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Check Your Social Security Statement

Your earnings record is what your benefit is calculated from, and errors in it are common and fixable.

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The steps

  1. Step 1

    Create an account at ssa.gov/myaccount

  2. Step 2

    Check the earnings record year by year against what you actually made

  3. Step 3

    Report any gap or wrong figure — there is a time limit on corrections

  4. Step 4

    Note your estimated benefit at 62, at full retirement age, and at 70