A measure of the availability of a benefit. The National Compensation Survey (NCS) presents data on the percent of workers with access to, and who participate in, employee benefits.
How to Collect Social Security. The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) allows eligible individuals to collect Social Security retirement benefits at any point between 62 and 70 years of age. There are pros and cons to early or late collection, but the process remains the same.
Your full retirement age under Social Security is somewhere between 66 and 67, depending on when you were born, but you can claim retirement benefits as early as age 62. However, as you'll see below, when you claim your Social Security benefits can make a huge difference in how much you get.