In Connecticut, Social Security applicants will face a growing retirement age beginning in 2025.
The age for which workers become eligible for 100 percent of their retirement benefits was 65 for many decades, but in 1983 that threshold was adjusted to incrementally raise the age to match the growing expected lifespan.
While those aged 62 can already begin collecting some retirement benefits, taxpayers cannot receive 100 percent of their lifetime earnings until they reach full retirement age. The full retirement age has gradually increased by two months each year since in 1983. For individuals born in 1958, it is 66 years and 8 months. By 2025, it will reach 67 years for those born in 1960 or later.
