The cost of having a problematic refrigerator compressor repaired depends on several factors, the chief ones being the size of the compressor and whether you choose to go with a new or reconditioned compressor.
If you are under full retirement age for the entire year, we deduct $1 from your benefit payments for every $2 you earn above the annual limit. For 2017, that limit is $16,920. In the year you reach full retirement age, we deduct $1 in benefits for every $3 you earn above a different limit. In 2017, the limit on your earnings is $44,880 but we only count earnings before the month you reach your full retirement age.
When a retiree reaches the month of his or her 66th birthday, the earnings limit no longer applies and any amount can be earned without penalty. Maximum possible benefit grows. The maximum possible benefit a retiree can claim at full retirement age in 2014 is $2,642, up from $2,533 in 2013 and $2,513 in 2012. The announcement of the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment was delayed by two weeks due to the 16-day federal government shutdown that ended on October 16.