{"id":44359,"date":"2025-07-29T13:09:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/?p=44359"},"modified":"2025-07-29T13:09:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:09:44","slug":"time-earn-max-number-social-security-credit-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/time-earn-max-number-social-security-credit-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you in time to earn the maximum number of Social Security credits in 2025?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Social Security Administration (SSA)<\/strong> requires workers to earn work credits to be eligible for retirement benefits<\/strong> at the age of 62 or later. These work credits can be earned when you work in jobs covered by the SSA<\/strong>. Thus, you must have a minimum number of covered earnings to get 1 credit.<\/p>\n

As a matter of fact, you can earn up to 4 work credits per year<\/strong>. Therefore, you must have had $1,810<\/strong> in covered earnings to get a single Social Security credit.<\/strong> However, to get four, you will need four times that amount. So, you must have earned $7,240<\/strong> in covered earnings.<\/p>\n

So, are you in time to earn 4 Social Security credits in 2025?<\/h2>\n

There is plenty of time to earn 4 work credits<\/strong>, the maximum the Social Security Administration<\/strong> allows in one year. Nevertheless, it will depend on whether you can earn $7,240<\/strong> in covered earnings or not.<\/p>\n

Approximately, you would need to have $1,448 in covered earnings<\/strong> per month, from August through December, if you have just started working for the first time in your life.<\/p>\n

Remember that the amount of money in covered earnings varies from year to year. COLA<\/strong> increases affect this amount, which is known as the quarter of coverage.<\/p>\n

When will Social Security increase the covered earnings you need to get work credits?<\/h2>\n

First, you need to know that the COLA<\/strong> figure will be announced in mid-October. So, on October 15, it will be possible to know how much retirement benefits<\/strong> will increase.<\/p>\n

It will not be until January 2026<\/strong> when the Social Security Administration<\/strong> will increase the quarter of coverage that affects the amount of money you will need in covered earnings.<\/p>\n

For example, the quarter of coverage was $1,730 before the 2025 took effect on January 1, 2025. Thus, a worker needed less money in covered earnings to get a single Social Security credit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No doubt COLA<\/strong> helps American retirees, SSI, and SSDI recipients maintain their buying power. On the contrary, workers are required to have higher earnings to earn the same number of credits per year.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/benefits\/retirement\/planner\/credits.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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