Social Security Max 2024 Benefits For Spouse. You may qualify if you’re the spouse, divorced spouse, child, or dependent parent of someone who worked and paid social security taxes before they died. If the spouse claiming spousal benefits earned their own social security benefits, they may receive the higher of the two amounts, not both.

Here’s what that means for benefit maximums. The maximum social security benefit in 2024 is $3,822 per month at full retirement age.