About Mabank. Mabank, Texas. (Mabank, Texas is located on U.S. Highway 175, near the intersection of Farm Road 90, FM 198, and U.S. Highway 175, sixteen miles southeast of Kaufman, Texas, far in the southeast corner of Kaufman County, Texas. The Mabank, Texas area was first settled by Lorenzo D. Stover in 1846.
A: Your Social Security payment is based on your best 35 years of work. And, whether we like it or not, if you donât have 35 years of work, the Social Security Administration (SSA) still uses 35 years and posts zeros for the missing years, says Andy Landis, author of Social Security: The Inside Story, 2016 Edition.
The earnings ceiling this year is $118,500. And that number has nearly doubled in the past 20 years from $60,000 in 1995. Social Security bases your benefits on your highest 35 years of earnings after adjusting each yearâs earnings to reflect wage inflation. In other words, your top 35 years, as documented via your payroll stubs, may not be your top 35 once theyâre adjusted for wage inflation.