Social Security

This site provides information to Human Resource Professionals regarding the various Social Security programs and Medicare and is a valuable resource in helping your employees plan for retirement or other life events.

• Retirement
• Disability
• Survivors
• Medicare

Online Application For Retirement Benefits And Medicare

Social Security offers an online retirement and Medicare application that makes it easier than ever to apply for benefits.

• How To Apply Online for Retirement Benefits
• Applying for Medicare – Before You Decide
• Apply for benefits

Benefit Estimates

Choose the Retirement Estimator to estimate potential retirement benefit amounts using different retirement dates and levels of future earnings.

If you need information about disability and survivor benefit amounts, in case of disability or death as well as retirement benefits, choose one of our Other Benefit Calculators.

Related publications

• Online Retirement Estimator
• Retirement Benefits
• Understanding The Benefits
• What Every Woman Should Know
• Medicare
• Spanish publications
• Publications in other languages

If You Already Have A Benefit Estimate

Benefit amounts can be affected by a number of different factors. If you already have a benefit estimate, use the information on:

• "More charts and calculators" to find out how different situations affect the Social Security benefit amount, and
• "Other things to consider" to help decide when it's the best time to start benefits.

Related Retirement Information

• Full retirement age
• Delayed retirement credits
• When To Start Receiving Retirement Benefits
• Frequently asked retirement questions
• How work affects your benefits
• The taxation of Social Security benefits
• Government Pension Offset
• The Windfall Elimination Provision
• Information You'll Need When You Apply for Retirement Benefits or Medicare
• Your Retirement Benefit: How It Is Figured

Social Security Number Information

• Get Or Replace A Social Security Card
• Marriage, divorce and name changes
• New Social Security Numbers For Domestic Violence Victims
• Identity Theft And Your Social Security Number
• -Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify website
• Social Security Number (SSN) Verification
• Social Security Number Randomization
• Report of death

If you'd like to have a Social Security representative speak at a conference, pre-retirement seminar or study group meeting, please visit our Request a Speaker page.