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You can find your employment history through your Social Security records, IRS filings, and credit reports. The first two options usually come with fees, but you can check your credit report for free by joining WalletHub. WalletHub even alerts you when a new employer has been added to your report. This can happen if you’ve provided employment information as part of a credit application. You’ll be able to see records of your employers under the personal information section of your credit report.
To obtain your work history from the Social Security Administration (SSA), you will need to fill out Form SSA-7050-F4, send it back to SSA and pay a fee. It costs $91 for a non-certified statement of earnings and $125 for a certified statement of earnings.
You can also check your own tax return records to find your work history. In case you no longer hold those, you can request your tax returns from the IRS by filling out Form 4506. After filling out the form, you will have to mail it back to the IRS along with a $50 fee per tax return requested.
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