age for going on social security
(You can start the sign-up process here up to three months before the month of your 65th birthday.) By contrast, you can start collecting Social Security anytime from age 62 to 70 and the later you start, the bigger your benefit. Just how much bigger depends on when you were born. Americans born from 1943 to 1954 have a ânormalâ or âfullâ retirement age of 66.