---
title: "Social Security Calculator"
method: GET
path: "/api/calc/social-security-calculator"
tags: ["Finance"]
---

# Social Security Calculator

`GET /api/calc/social-security-calculator`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://calcbright.com`
- URL: `https://calcbright.com/api/calc/social-security-calculator`
- Auth: none declared

Claim at 62 and get 70% of your benefit; wait until 70 and get 124%. Estimate your PIA with the 2026 bend points and compare every claiming age from 62 to 70.

## Query parameters

- `birthYear` number: Year of birth
- `claimAge` number: Age you start benefits (years)
- `mode` 'salary' | 'aime': Earnings input
- `salary` number: Average annual earnings Your typical career earnings in today's dollars, assuming 35+ years of work.
- `aime` number: Average indexed monthly earnings (AIME) Average of your highest 35 years of wage-indexed earnings ÷ 420.

## Response `200`

Calculation result

- CalcOutput
  - `ok` boolean
  - `tool` string
  - `name` string
  - `url` string: Open this link to see the full calculation
  - `inputs` object
  - `summary` string: Plain-text answer
  - `details` string
  - `result` object
  - `errors` object

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid input (see errors)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/calcbright/apis/calcbright-calculator-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/calcbright/apis/calcbright-calculator-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/calcbright/apis/calcbright-calculator-api/revisions/f58229e56e58?raw)