Does anyone happen to know the answer to this question?

If a husband is collecting $2,000 a month as his social security allotment and his wife is collecting $1,000 a month as her social security allotment, what happens if the husband dies? Does the wife's amount increase?

Someone told me that the wife would now collect $2,000 a month since the husband's allotment was higher. That doesn't sound logical to me. In other words, does the surviving spouse automatically get the higher amount?

Yes, that is correct. It might be off by a few dollars, but the answer is yes. Additionally, if the wife was collecting the higher amount and dies first, the husband could (should) apply for it. There is no automatic, people have to apply, but again, yes to your query.

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Yes, the surviving spouse gets the higher of the two amounts.