ISSUE GUIDES: Social Security

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  • Growing number of Social Security beneficiaries
  • Who receives Social Security
  • Social Security spending rises
  • Social Security spending: a larger part of the federal budget
  • Social Security taxes have leveled off
  • Fewer workers per beneficiary
  • People living longer
  • Social Security is main source of income for seniors
  • Social Security keeps many people out of poverty
  • Average Social Security monthly benefit
  • Average Social Security benefits for retired workers
  • Social Security COLA hikes
  • Increases in Social Security and average wages
  • Employer-provided retirement plans, by size of establishment
  • Half of workers participate in an employer-provided retirement plan
  • Americans are saving less
  • Productivity in the United States