Social Security
Will you receive a $967 advance payment from Social Security this month? Find out if you’re one of the beneficiaries
Some Social Security beneficiaries will receive an advance payment this month. Find out if you are eligible for the January check and when it will be sent.
The Social Security Administration continues to send benefits for January 2025. The agency gives out money every month to millions of beneficiaries, including retirees, survivors, and those receiving Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income.
The government agency has already sent the January payment to Supplemental Security Income recipients, as well as retirees who began receiving their payments before May 1997 and those with birth dates between the 1st and the 10th of the month.
The Social Security Administration has three more payments left to distribute this month, and one of them is an advance benefit. Find out who will receive it and when.
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Find out if you will receive an advance payment from Social Security this month
On Jan. 15, the Social Security Administration will send the payment to beneficiaries with a birth date between the 11th and the 20th, while on Jan. 22, it will send the retirement benefit to people with a birth date between the 21st and the 31st.
An advance payment for February will be sent on Friday, Jan. 31 for beneficiaries of the Supplemental Security Income program.
Because Feb. 1 is a Saturday, the payment for that month is sent in advance, on the business day before.
Here is the complete Social Security payment schedule for January:
- Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024: Supplemental Security Income recipients received their January payment early, as Jan. 1 was a holiday
- Friday, Jan. 3: Recipients who began receiving their payments before May 1997
- Wednesday, Jan. 8: Recipients with birth dates between the 1st and the 10th
- Wednesday, Jan. 15: Recipients with birth dates between the 11th and the 20th
- Wednesday, Jan. 22: Recipients with birth dates between the 21st and the 31st
- Friday, Jan. 31: Supplemental Security Income recipients (Payment for Feb. 2025)
These are the new amounts for Social Security payments in 2025
Thanks to the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), Social Security benefit amounts have increased by 2.5%.
Here are the average payments in 2025, according to the Social Security Administration:
- All retired workers: $1,927 to $1,976
- Elderly couple where both receive benefits: $3,014 to $3,089
- Widowed parent and two children: $3,669 to $3,761
- Elderly widow(er): $1,788 to $1,832
- Disabled worker, spouse and one or more children: $2,757 to $2,826
- All disabled workers: $1,542 to $1,580
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The maximum federal monthly Supplemental Security Income amounts have risen to $967 for an eligible individual, $1,450 for an eligible couple, and $484 for an essential person.
Meanwhile, although they are not related to the increase in the COLA, the maximum amounts that a retiree can receive in 2025 are the following:
- 62 years will be from $2,831
- 65 years old, from $3,374
- 66 years, from $3,795
- 67 years, $4,043
- 70 years or older, from $5,108
The exact amount being sent in 2025 is different for each beneficiary, as Social Security payments are calculated individually.
If you want to know when you will receive your money, you can check the complete Social Security payment schedule for this year here.
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