Today, the SSA will send a new Social Security payment to millions of people who are eligible. This will help them pay their bills. More than 72 million payments are sent by the Social Security Administration every month to retired workers, survivors, disabled people, and people who get Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
People who want to be eligible for these financial and insurance programs must first meet strict requirements that are specific to that program. This is what the federal agency will use to decide if they can qualify and how much their monthly payment will be.
Beneficiaries who were born between the 21st and 31st will get a new Social Security payment in hours
Like it says on the Social Security payment schedule, millions of people who get money from the retirement, survivor, and disability insurance (RSDI) program will get a new payment today.
To get this money, they had to start getting benefits after May 1997 and have been born between July 21 and July 31. In general, they will get $1,914.
Still, they can get different amounts of money depending on their age when they applied for benefits, their work history, the number of credits they have, the amount of Social Security taxes they have paid, and the type of disability they have.
People who are eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) are the only ones who have to follow this rule. Following these rules, people who are retired, disabled, or have lost a loved one could get the following payments today:
| Social Security payment amounts | Retirement benefits | Survivor benefits | Disability benefits |
| On average | $1,900 | $1,505 | $1,537 |
| Other payments | Age 62: $2,710 Age 67: $3,822 Advertisement
Age 70: $4,873 |
Individual: $1,773 2 Children: $3,653 |
Blind recipients: $2,590 Advertisement
Maximum payment: $3,822 |
You should wait at least three mailing days before calling SSA’s customer service if your Social Security payment does not arrive on the due date. In addition to calling customer service, remember that you can always make an appointment at the office closest to you or log in to your My Social Security Account to do a variety of things, such as learn more about your monthly checks and download financial statements.
When can American beneficiaries start collecting their Social Security payment checks?
In order to start getting retirement benefits, you must be 62 years old. However, you can file for retirement at age 61 and nine months. Social Security will cut your benefits, though, if you start getting them before your full retirement age, or FRA.
People born in 1957 have a FRA of 66 and 6 months, and people born in 1960 or later have a FRA of 67. They are the only ones who can give you the full amount of your basic monthly benefit, which is based on your 35 highest-earning years.
If you do not claim until you are 70 years old, your payment will keep going up as you earn delayed retirement credits. Even if you file after age 70, your benefit will not change. The age at which you can start getting other types of Social Security benefits may be different.
- Spousal benefits: As long as the spouse whose employment record you are citing is already getting retirement benefits, they can start at age 62. If spousal benefits are taken before FRA, they are decreased.
- Survivor benefits: At age 60, or 50 if you have a disability, or at any age if you are taking care of the deceased’s disabled or under-16 child, you can apply for benefits on their record. Additionally, these benefits are diminished if they are used before full retirement age, which is determined differently for survivors: for survivors born in 1957, it is 66 and 2 months, and for those born after 1962, the age will rise to 67.
- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI): There is no minimum age requirement, but you must have worked for a while and paid Social Security taxes. Although the duration grows with age, you can be eligible for SSDI even if you haven’t worked for as long as you need to receive retirement payments. Additionally, you must provide proof that your medical condition keeps you from working and prove that it satisfies Social Security’s stringent definition of disability.
