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Your Social Security benefit will be based on your wages over the 35 highest-earning years of your career. The agency tracks this information in your earnings record. Errors in your earnings record ...

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Congress is working on the Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act, which could add an additional $200 to your monthly checks for the first six months of 2026. This would be in addition to the ...