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Tracy Thompson

Washington, D.C.
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Collecting Social Security Benefits as a Spouse

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Yes, you can collect Social Security on a spouse’s earnings record. You may be able to do this in the form of spousal benefits, or as survivor benefits if you are a widow or widower. Depending on your age upon claiming, spousal benefits can range from 32.5 percent to 50 percent of your spouse's primary insurance amount — the retirement benefit to which they are entitled at full retirement age, or FRA (which is 66 and 10 months for people born in 1959 and 67 for people born in 1960 or after).
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