If you were planning to retire next year, double check your math because a law passed in the ’80s is annually raising the age when Americans can collect their full Social Security benefits. And next year is no exception.

More Georgians will become eligible for Social Security benefits in 2025. But the Social Security full retirement age is increasing. Here's more.

Social Security's full retirement age (FRA) is climbing to 66 years and 10 months in 2025. It's the final stop before 2026, when FRA reaches 67 for adults born in 1960 and later. The rising FRA is just one of several Social Security changes set to take place in a few short weeks.

In 2025, the annual cost-of-living adjustment will be 2.5% percent. To fill in all the blanks for you and see how old you’ll be when you can reach the full retirement age, just go to the Social Security Administration website by clicking HERE

If you've got Social Security on your mind, you need to know your "full retirement age" as your age in relation to that affects your benefit level.

In 2025, those born on May 2, 1958 through Feb. 28, 1959 will reach the full retirement age, according to AARP. However, for those born after that, the retirement age jumps from 66 years and 10 months to 67 years.

If you wait to claim spousal benefits until your full retirement age, you can receive up to half the amount of your spouse's benefit.

Social Security has a big birthday coming up next year -- it's turning 90! It's kept many millions of people out of poverty for decades and was recently supporting more than 71 million people with around $1.