You might be shocked to learn that this week you will not be getting any Social Security payments. It might be tough to believe this, but it is true.Everyone will not be getting any money from Social Security this week.
If you have savings or have never heard of it, the best thing to do is learn how this federal agency makes payments so you are never caught off guard again. Find out more about this subject by reading on.
How are the Social Security payments planned?
It takes sound systems to keep track of over 70 million monthly payments and make sure they are made on time. Every Social Security payment goes to an American who is at risk of poverty, so getting resources to people when they need them is very important.
Any group that wants to give Americans the best service possible through a Social Security check needs to have a system that works and thinks about all the possible problems.
To do this, you should make an Official Payment Schedule that gives everyone, including you, enough time to work together and adjust their expectations based on what the Social Security Administration can do for each beneficiary.
It lets you keep track of how payments are sent out over time. But it is not always clear why the SSA sets up its payouts in this way.
To understand how Social Security benefits are paid, you need to know a few general rules. The people who get benefits from Social Security will be split into two groups based on when they started getting benefits.
May 1997 is the due date. The section that began before this date will get paid on the third of every month, and their program will not be looked at again.
There are two more groups for people who joined after May 1997. One is for people who get Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and they will be paid on the first of every month.
The other is for people who get Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI), and they will be paid based on they date of birth. For people who got OASDI after May 1997, this is their schedule:
| Beneficiaries Birth Date | Wednesday of the Month when the Payment is Processed |
| 1st to 10th | Second |
| 11th to 20th | Third |
| 21st to 31st | Fourth |
Why are there no Social Security payments scheduled for this week?
It is easy to see why there will be no Social Security payments this week after reading through the basic rules. To put it simply, all other payments have been made on time.
The only payments that still follow the old rules are SSDI and SSI benefits for people who started getting them before May 1997. But it is a Sunday. The payment will be made on the next business day by SSA.
Because it is safer to send it early than to wait until the last minute. By using this plan, SSA avoids any problems that might come up when they process a payment over the weekend.
How can you secure your Social Security payments in the future?
You can only get Social Security benefits if you apply for them, and to do that, you need to know what they need from you to be eligible. Just to sum up
- Retirement: More than 62 years old and 40 Social Security Credits.
- Survivor: Being the dependent of an insured worker who passed away.
- Disability: Being medically declared as disabled or blind and having contributed at least 5 of the previous 10 years to the SSA.
- SSI: Being 65, disabled or blind, and having restricted resources and assets.
How big can your Social Security payments be?
The program you are in will have the most impact on this, but the most recent average SSA payment data can help you get a good idea. This is what it looks like for September 2024:
| Program | Average Payment as of September 2024 |
| Retirement | 1,873.08 |
| Survivor | 1,509.06 |
| Disability | 1,402.44 |
| SSI | 697.27 |
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