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Step 2. If you're out of work or in financial trouble, take the money as soon as you can. The earliest you can collect benefits is age 62. You'll pay a penalty of 25% or more in your monthly benefits by filing before full retirement age.
For many of us -- people born between 1943 and 1954 -- our regular retirement age is 66. You're eligible to start receiving Social Security as early as age 62. But you suffer a penalty. You can also delay taking Social Security until age 70. Then you get a bonus. The penalty for taking Social Security early is a little over 7 percent a year, and the bonus for delaying is also slightly over 7 percent a year. So for example, if your normal retirement benefit at age 66 is calculated at the average of $1,233 a month, you'll only receive about 1,150 per month if you sign up at age 65.