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Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)

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If you work for a federal, state or local government agency, a nonprofit organization or in another country, you may be eligible for a pension based on earnings not covered by Social Security.

A pension based on earnings not covered by Social Security can affect the amount of your Social Security benefit. We do not know whether you are eligible for such a pension, so the benefit estimates you have received may not have been adjusted for such a possibility.

Our Windfall Elimination Provision fact sheet explains whether you might be affected.
 

 

How WEP can affect your benefit

If you think your pension will affect your Social Security benefit, you can

 
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Last reviewed or modified Monday Apr 30, 2012
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