Social Security and Government Employees - NCPSSM

Social Security and Government EmployeesNCPSSM2026-01-07T17:55:28-04:00

I am a 61-year-old widower. My wife was employed by a school district as a teacher. I receive her retirement benefits as a beneficiary.

I am about to receive monthly Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. Since March of this year, I have received a small ($518) retirement check from the California State Teachers’ Retirement System.

My husband draws a government check in which they did not take out Social Security. Now he is working trying to get his quarters to draw Social Security.

I had my 40 quarters of Social Security over 30 years ago. I have since worked for a municipality and am receiving a pension from work that was not covered by Social Security.

I worked and paid into Social Security for about 20 years. For the following nineteen years I served as a teacher and I did not pay into Social Security.