Projected Effects of a Proposal to Increase the Early Eligibility Age (EEA) and
Full Retirement Age (FRA)

Details: One month every 2 years

Projected Effects of Proposal on Social Security Benefits in 2030 POPULATION: Current-law beneficiaries aged 60 or older (characteristics)
Characteristic Percent of
population with a—
Percent change in
Social Security benefits at the—
Benefit decrease Benefit
increase
10th %ile Median 90th %ile
Total 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Sex
Female 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Male 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Race and ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino, any race 7% 0% 0% 0% 0%
White, non-Hispanic 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Black or African American, non-Hispanic 5% 0% 0% 0% 0%
All other races, non-Hispanic 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Country of birth
United States 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Other countries 6% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Age
60–69 13% 0% -1% 0% 0%
70–79 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
80–89 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
90 or older 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Marital status
Married 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Divorced 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Widowed 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Never married 5% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Highest education level
Graduate 3% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Bachelor 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Associate 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
High school 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Less than high school 5% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Current-law poverty status
Above poverty 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
In poverty 6% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Current-law household income quintile
Highest 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Second highest 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Middle 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Second lowest 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Lowest 5% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Current-law benefit type
Retired worker only 5% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Widow(er) (includes dually entitled) 3% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Spousal (includes dually entitled) 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Disabled worker only 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
SOURCE: SSA Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, MINT 8.23. Run ID: NRA OACT1001v1 02/20/2024
NOTES: Start date = 2024.
%ile = percentile.
Providing these estimates does not imply SSA support for the proposal, nor is SSA responsible for any interpretations of these estimates.