Each of North Carolinaâs nine large counties posted over-the-year wage increases in December 2015. Durham County had the highest average weekly wage among the stateâs largest counties ($1,278), followed by Mecklenburg County ($1,204), and Wake County ($1,071).
Applications for Social Security benefits can only be processed a maximum of four months before benefits are scheduled to begin. Thus, the earliest you can apply is age 61 and 9 months, and you can expect to receive your first payment four months later, the month after your birthday.
Back to Social Security Checks, alone: When you first apply for Social Security benefits, your benefit award notice from Social Security, tells you when you will receive your payments. The day in the month that your payment is paid, depends on your birth date. This means your benefit will be determined by your birth date. Your spouse will receive payment date will be determined by their own birth date. This payment system doesn't apply if you started to draw Social Security before 1997...