Make This Simple Move to Boost Your Social Security Benefits
The average Social Security benefit for retired workers is about $1,519 per month, but you don't have to settle for the average. There are several strategies to increase your Social Security checks, and the simplicity of some of them may surprise you.
Working at least 35 years (and longer if you can) boosts your Social Security benefits if you're earning more in your later years than you did when you were younger. Below, I explain why this matters to your benefit calculation and other ways to increase the size of your checks.
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