1 Social Security Administration, http://www.ssa.gov/planners/lifeexpectancy.html, accessed February 3, 2022.
2 U.S. Department of Labor, http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat39.htm, accessed February 3, 2022.
3 Assumes she was born in 1960 or later. Source: Social Security Administration. Available at socialsecurity.gov/OACT/quickcalc/, accessed February 2022. Source: Chief Investment Office.
4 If you were born before January 2, 1954, and have already reached full retirement, you can choose to receive only the spousal benefit and delay receiving your retirement benefit until a later date. If you were born January 2, 1954, or later, you are required to file for both benefits at once, and you'll generally receive the higher amount. Source: Social Security Administration, "What Every Woman Should Know," January 2021.
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