What is the best age to retire? Around a third of Americans say there is no best age to retire. But among those who did give a number, the average age was 61.8. The age seen as ideal is younger than the age Americans can generally start receiving full government retirement benefits – between 65 and 67, depending on birth year. Over the years, more Americans have been working past age 65, and 19% of Americans ages 65 and older were employed in 2023. To learn more, we went to the National Mall to