Social Security beneficiaries who were born between the 1st and the 10th of a month will receive their regular monthly checks for January on Jan. 8.

With another year in the books, Social Security retirees will look ahead to 2025. Retirees will receive a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), the smallest in four years because inflation declined this year.

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.