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Retirement Estimator

The Social Security Administration has an online calculator that will provide immediate and personalized benefit estimates to help you plan for retirement.  The Retirement Estimator is an interactive tool that allows the user to compare different retirement options.

Please visit www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator to use the calculator.

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