Max Social Security Benefit 2024 Age 62. Here's how much you must earn, and when you should start collecting In 2024, retirees will reach full retirement age between 66 and 67.

It’s $4,873 per month if retiring at 70 and $2,710 for retirement at 62. People whose earnings equaled or exceeded social security’s maximum taxable income — the amount of your earnings on which you pay social security taxes — for at least 35 years of their working lives.