Age to Receive Full Social Security Benefits Increases

For those born after 1954, the age for retirement increases in two-month increments for each birth year thereafter. 

A Social Security card sits alongside checks from the U.S. Treasury in Washington on Oct. 14, 2021. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

The retirement age for many Americans to qualify for full Social Security benefits will increase by two months, effective Jan 2.

The change does not apply to individuals born between 1943 and 1954, for whom the full retirement age was set at 66 by the Social Security Administration (SSA). For those born after 1954, the age for retirement then increases in two-month increments for each birth year thereafter.