Retiree Earnings Limits to Rise in 2017
US Railroad Retirement Board | October 08, 2016
Railroad retirement annuitants subject to earnings restrictions can earn more in 2017 without having their benefits reduced as a result of increases in earnings limits indexed to average national wage increases. or those under full retirement age throughout 2017, the exempt earnings amount rises to $16,920 from $15,720 in 2016. For beneficiaries attaining full retirement age in 2017, the exempt earnings amount, for the months before the month full retirement age is attained, rises to $44,880 in 2017 from $41,880 in 2016.