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How to calculate social security benefits
List your yearly earnings.
Your social security benefit is based on your average indexed monthly earnings (aime). You can calculate this by looking at your annual income each year.

OPTIONS: (A). Number your annual income by 5 months to figure out how many times each year you earned your monthly income. Also multiply your cost of living by 0.055. (B). Any expense in your annual income for the months after the tax year rolls up, accepts aime, or yields as high as 16 percent. When you calculate yourself the analysis factors up to a monthly dollar amount. (C). So a year you're average annual income is your weekly income. For example, a person who earned $30 , 000 a year for three years (for 4 or 6 months) earned an aime (315. (D). Make sure you only include the portion of your income that was subject to social security tax. Your covered income includes income from employment for which you were paid an hourly wage or salary, plus self-employment income.
(D).