{
  "id": 8681446,
  "title": "Here's The Average American's Social Security Benefit -- How Do You Compare?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/heres-the-average-americans-social-security-benefit-how-do-you-compare-8681446",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-20T11:52:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nasdaq Markets",
    "slug": "nasdaq-markets",
    "url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/heres-average-americans-social-security-benefit-how-do-you-compare"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "One of the most common questions I get is \"What does the average person actually collect from Social Security?\" But this single number hides almost everything that matters. It's also important to know how much it changes based on the age you claim, why the 'average' is misleading",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Motley Fool",
        "title": "Here's The Average American's Social Security Benefit -- How Do You Compare?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/heres-the-average-americans-social-security-benefit-how-do-you-compare",
        "published": "2026-09-20T11:32:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}