For US pensioners, this is wonderful news. In order to distribute January payments, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is finishing up and getting ready.
The agency is responsible for disbursing benefits to survivors, retired workers, and those who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) each month.
All January 2025 payments, including those for SSI recipients, those who started receiving benefits before to May 1997, and those born between the 1st and 10th, 11th and 20th, and 21st and 31st, have already been sent by the SSA.
However, some beneficiaries will get additional payments from the SSA totaling about $970 on January 31st.
Who will receive the SSA advance payment?
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries will get their February advance payment from the Social Security Administration (SSA) on Friday, January 31. The payment for that month is moved forward and mailed out one day early because February 1st falls on a Saturday.
Although the precise amount varies by beneficiary, the maximum monthly federal amounts of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2025 have grown to $967 for an eligible individual, $1,450 for an eligible couple, and $484 for an essential individual.
In a similar vein, beneficiaries will experience a rise in their benefits because the Social Security Administration will make the matching payments with the economic news already incorporated.
The Administration will, however, also send these groups a letter detailing all of the adjustments to pension payments, together with the invoice for the relevant amount. Consequently, the following is the Social Security calendar for February of next year:
- Friday, January 31: Beneficiaries of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (Payment corresponding to February 2025)
- Monday, February 3: Beneficiaries who began receiving payments before May 1997
- Wednesday, February 12: Beneficiaries with birth dates between 1 and 10
- Wednesday, February 19: Beneficiaries with birth dates between 11 and 20
- Wednesday, February 26: Beneficiaries with birth dates between 21 and 31
- Friday, February 28: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries (March payment)
New SSA payment amounts in 2025
Social Security benefit amounts increased by 2.5 percent due to the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). The following are the typical 2025 payouts, per the Social Security Administration (SSA):
- All retired workers: from $1,927 to $1,976
- Elderly couple where both receive benefits: from $3,014 to $3,089
- Widowed mother with two children: from $3,669 to $3,761
- Elderly widow(er): from $1,788 to $1,832
- Disabled worker, spouse and one or more children: from $2,757 to $2,826
- All disabled workers: from $1,542 to $1,580
Furthermore, the federal maximum monthly payments for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) have been raised to $484 for an eligible individual, $1,450 for an eligible couple, and $967 for an eligible individual.
The COLA increase, however, has no bearing on the maximum amounts that a retiree can get in 2025. They are as follows:
- 62 years old, $2,831
- 65 years old, $3,374
- 66 years old, $3,795
- 67 years old, $4,043
- 70 years old or older, $5,108
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