Use our WEP Online Calculator or download our Detailed Calculator to get an estimate of your benefits.Look at our WEP chart below to see how WEP affects Social Security benefits.If you think your pension will affect your Social Security benefit, you can: Our WEP factsheet explains if WEP may affect you. If you paid Social Security taxes on 30 years of substantial earnings, WEP does not apply to you. We refer to this reduction as the Windfall Elimination Provision, or WEP.
If you are eligible for a pension based on work you did for a federal, state, or local government, a nonprofit organization, or in another country and you did not pay Social Security taxes, this pension can affect the amount of your Social Security benefits.
