More Georgians will become eligible for Social Security benefits in 2025. But the Social Security full retirement age is increasing. Here's more.

Social security will change at the start of the new year. Come January 2025, the retirement age will increase. In 2023, France saw a similar change to its residents’ retirement eligibility, with the age switching from 62 to 64. So, what’s the new age to retire in the U.S.? Find out all the changes that are coming to social security benefits, below.

If you were planning to retire next year, double check your math because a law passed in the ’80s is annually raising the age when Americans can collect their full Social Security benefits. And next year is no exception.

If you've got Social Security on your mind, you need to know your "full retirement age" as your age in relation to that affects your benefit level.

“FRA is 66 years and 8 months for people born in 1958 and 66 and 10 months for those born in 1959; people born May 2, 1958, through Feb. 28, 1959, will reach it in 2025. Under current law, it will settle at 67 for people born in 1960 and afterward.”

In 2025, those born on May 2, 1958 through Feb. 28, 1959 will reach the full retirement age, according to AARP. However, for those born after that, the retirement age jumps from 66 years and 10 months to 67 years.

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Social Security recipients will see changes to their entitlements in the New Year, with the maximum benefit for 2025 at $4,018 per month.

Thankfully, Social Security benefits have grown since the first check was cut to one Ida May Fuller in 1940. The $24.54 she received from check number 00-000-001 wouldn't go very far today. Thanks to several Acts of Congress and dozens of cost of living adjustments (COLAs),