How are Social Security benefits calculated? - AARP That’s the foundation the Social Security Administration (SSA) uses to calculate your benefits, using a three-step process First, the SSA adjusts your earnings for historical changes in U S wages, takes your 35 best-paid years and produces what it calls your average indexed monthly earnings (AIME)
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