How many years does it take to pay social security at the age of twenty?

After paying social security 15 and reaching the legal retirement age, you can receive a pension. The legal retirement age in China is 55 for women and 60 for men, and social security pensions are collected according to these two age groups.

At the age of 20, social security must be paid 15 years or more. Details are as follows:

1. People who have reached the age of 18 can start buying social security. They continue to pay 15 years, and after reaching the legal retirement age, they can receive a certain pension according to law; The payment period can be higher than 15 years. The longer you pay old-age insurance before retirement, the more pension you can receive after retirement;

2. It is generally suggested that after paying 15 years, if you have not reached the retirement age, you can continue to pay if the economic conditions permit, so that you can get more money after retirement. Men who have reached the age of 60 and women who have reached the age of 55, and the payment period of old-age insurance has not reached 15, can choose to pay the owed old-age insurance premium in one lump sum.

The activation method of social security card is as follows:

1. Users can ask the on-site staff to help activate their social security cards for the first time.

2. On-the-job employees can call the social security service hotline to help activate the social security card through manual customer service;

3. If the user is busy, you can also entrust others to handle it. The trustee should hold the social security card, power of attorney and personal identity documents to the social security agency for activation;

4. Use it for the first time in a designated medical insurance hospital or pharmacy for activation.

I hope the above content can help you. Please consult a professional lawyer if you have any other questions.

Legal basis: Article 10 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Employees shall participate in the basic old-age insurance, and the employer and employees shall jointly pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employer and other flexible employees can participate in the basic old-age insurance, and individuals pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

The measures for the endowment insurance of civil servants and staff managed by reference to the Civil Service Law shall be formulated by the State Council.

Article 11

The basic old-age insurance combines social pooling with individual accounts.

The basic old-age insurance fund consists of employers, individual contributions and government subsidies.

Article 12

The employing unit shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium according to the proportion of the total wages of its employees stipulated by the state, and record it in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund.

Employees shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium in accordance with the proportion of wages stipulated by the state and record it in their personal accounts.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees who have participated in the basic old-age insurance shall pay the basic old-age insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations and record them in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund and individual accounts respectively.