Important Numbers 2026

The 2026 retirement numbers that change every year, on one page.

The tax brackets, Medicare income lines, Social Security figures, and RMD ages all moved for 2026. This free one-page sheet puts them in one place, so you can check the number before you make the move, not after.

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The Important Numbers 2026 one-page reference sheet
What's on the sheet

Four numbers people get wrong, in one place.

Know your bracket before you convert.

The full 2026 federal tax brackets, so you can see what a Roth conversion or a big withdrawal actually does to your rate before you pull the trigger.

See the Medicare cliffs coming two years out.

The 2026 IRMAA income lines, where one dollar over bumps your whole premium, mapped so a move you make today doesn't surprise you on a Medicare bill later.

Time Social Security with the real figures.

The 2026 COLA, the claiming math, and the income lines where your benefits start getting taxed, in plain English next to what the 2032 headlines actually mean.

Check your RMD age and your limits in seconds.

Your required-withdrawal age now depends on your birth year (73 or 75), plus the 2026 contribution and HSA limits, so you stop guessing and look it up.

One page. Built to be printed and kept by the desk, not buried in an inbox.

PS

Patrick Shope, CWS®, has spent more than two decades in financial planning and wealth management, helping pre-retirees and retirees plan a comfortable, fulfilling retirement.

CWS® · Patrick is a fee-only fiduciary advisor · Ann Arbor, MI

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