With the New Year coming up it is important for those who receive some kind of Social Security benefits, the Social Security Administration (SSA) administers five programs, to know when exactly they will receive said benefits.
The SSA administers retirement, family, survivor, disability and supplemental security income (SSI) payments throughout the year, and, because they are so important for recipients, it releases the calendar with all scheduled benefits in advance so that beneficiaries know when to expect a payment and never miss a thing.
Social Security payments in 2025
SSI payments are paid on the first of every month, except when they fall on a weekend or National Holiday, which is when they are moved to the prior day when banks are open, and payment is able to be delivered. This is why, sometimes, there are two payments in one month and none in another. It does not mean that there are any extra payments. SSI will follow this schedule:
- December 31, 2024: January 2025 payment.
- January 31, 2025: February 2025 payment.
- February 28, 2025: March 2025 payment.
- April 1, 2025: April 2025 payment.
- May 1, 2025: May 2025 payment.
- May 30, 2025: June 2025 payment.
- July 1, 2025: July 2025 payment.
- August 1, 2025: August 2025 payment.
- August 30, 2025: September 2025 payment.
- October 1, 2025: October 2025 payment.
- October 31, 2025: November 2025 payment.
- December 1, 2025: December 2025 payment.
- December 31, 2025: January 2026 payment.
Retirement, family, survivor and disability payments all go out on the same days, and the distribution schedule is dependent on two things. One is whether they started claiming benefits before or after May 1997 and the other is their birth date. For those who started before, their payment date is on the 3rd of every month, with only a couple of exceptions due to weekend scheduling conflicts: Friday May 2nd and Friday August 1st.
The rest of the payments are birth date dependent and follow this rule: recipients whose birthdays fall on 1st-10th of the month will receive their benefits on the second Wednesday of any given month, those born on 11th-20th will receive payouts on the third Wednesday, and those with birthdays on 21st-31st will see their payments on the fourth Wednesday. If payments fall on a National Holiday they will be moved to the prior day banks are open.
- January
- Birthdate 1st-10th — payment on 8 January
- Birthdate 11th-20th — payment on 15 January
- Birthdate on 21st-31st — payment on 22 January
- February
- Birthdate 1st-10th — payment on 12 February
- Birthdate 11th-20th — payment on 19 February
- Birthdate on 21st-31st — payment on 26 February
- March
- Birthdate 1st-10th — payment on 12 March
- Birthdate 11th-20th — payment on 19 March
- Birthdate on 21st-31st — payment on 26 March
- April
- Birthdate 1st-10th — payment on 9 April
- Birthdate 11th-20th — payment on 16 April
- Birthdate on 21st-31st — payment on 23 April
- May
- Birthdate 1st-10th — payment on 14 May
- Birthdate 11th-20th — payment on 21 May
- Birthdate on 21st-31st — payment on 28 May
- June
- Birthdate 1st-10th — payment on 11 June
- Birthdate 11th-20th — payment on 18 June
- Birthdate on 21st-31st — payment on 25 June
- July
- Birthdate 1st-10th — payment on 9 July
- Birthdate 11th-20th — payment on 16 July
- Birthdate on 21st-31st — payment on 23 July
- August
- Birthdate 1st-10th — payment on 13 August
- Birthdate 11th-20th — payment on 20 August
- Birthdate on 21st-31st — payment on 27 August
- September
- Birthdate 1st-10th — payment on 10 September
- Birthdate 11th-20th — payment on 17 September
- Birthdate on 21st-31st — payment on 24 September
- October
- Birthdate 1st-10th — payment on 8 October
- Birthdate 11th-20th — payment on 15 October
- Birthdate on 21st-31st — payment on 22 October
- November
- Birthdate 1st-10th — payment on 12 November
- Birthdate 11th-20th — payment on 19 November
- Birthdate on 21st-31st — payment on 26 November
- December
- Birthdate 1st-10th — payment on 10 December
- Birthdate 11th-20th — payment on 17 December
- Birthdate on 21st-31st — payment on 24 December
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