Apr 16, 2025 · Learn the rules of Social Security Spousal benefits and how to maximize your monthly payments based on your spouse's or ex-spouse’s earnings.

Dec 4, 2025 · You may be able to collect up to 50 percent of your spouse’s Social Security benefit amount. Learn more about qualifying for spousal benefits.

Dec 2, 2025 · This calculator estimates your monthly Social Security retirement benefits based on your earnings history and the age when you start to claim benefits.

Dec 5, 2025 · If your mate isn’t yet on Social Security, you can claim your retirement benefit at 62 (or later) and switch to spousal benefits when they do file.

Oct 10, 2018 · The husband or wife of someone receiving SSDI may be eligible for spousal benefits, just as if their partner was drawing retirement benefits.

Apr 25, 2025 · Know your benefit — and theirs Auxiliary benefits for people married to Social Security recipients have been part of the program since 1939, four years after its inception. …

Oct 10, 2018 · For example, you can receive benefits on the record of a new spouse if, in the month before the month in which you married that person, you were already receiving or met …

Oct 10, 2018 · Spousal benefits are based on your mate’s full benefit — the amount they are entitled to receive from Social Security at full retirement age, or FRA (currently between 66 …

Oct 10, 2018 · It you claim retirement benefits early, Social Security considers your work income in calculating your payment — but not your spouse's earnings.

May 1, 2024 · The first spouse would ask Social Security for a voluntary suspension of benefits, allowing them to accrue delayed retirement credits and boost their future payments. In the …