Social Security Optimization

See how Social Security fits into your retirement plan and find the best time to claim.

Social Security Maximizer

Compare more than 700 claiming strategies to find the one that delivers the highest projected lifetime benefits.

  • Retirement, spousal, and survivor benefits
  • Early and delayed claiming adjustments
  • Earnings test and deeming rules
  • Apply the optimal strategy with one click
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Compare Claiming Strategies

See how your current claiming strategy compares with the maximized strategy throughout retirement.

  • Compare annual benefits side by side
  • See the difference year by year
Yearly benefits under the current plan and the maximized plan

Find Your Breakeven Year

See when the higher monthly benefits from delaying Social Security outweigh the benefits of claiming earlier.

  • Identify when delaying benefits catches up and pulls ahead
  • Compare cumulative lifetime benefits
Lifetime benefits under each strategy, showing the breakeven year

Empower yourself to achieve financial well-being.

Build a detailed, year-by-year retirement plan in about 30 minutes. Free, and no signup required.