Retirement
Social Security and Federal Employees: What to Map
Look at Social Security as a timeline: when you claim, what income you need before claiming, and how a spouse or survivor might be affected.
Avoid treating one estimate as a promise. Review your official record and coordinate the timing question with your broader retirement income plan.
FEBA provides educational information, not individualized legal, tax, or financial advice. Review your own situation with the appropriate qualified professional.
Written by
K. Shawn McCoy
Founder & President, FEBA
Shawn brings 37 years in financial services and more than 15 years dedicated exclusively to federal employee benefits. He has educated more than 38,000 federal employees through workshops nationwide and founded FEBA to make the federal benefits system easier to understand.