If you are retired and your birthday falls between the 1st and 10th of the month, you will receive a new Social Security payment today

Social Security recipients will shortly get their first December payment. The five programs run by the Social Security Administration (SSA) include retirement, disability, family, survivors, and supplemental security income (SSI). The distribution of payments is staggered. The initial payments are anticipated shortly.

Well, that’s not entirely accurate. There are two main categories into which SSA payments fall:

• SSI payments
• Survivors, disability, family, retirement: and these are divided into two different categories as well. Those who started claiming benefits before May 1997
• Those who started claiming benefits after May 1997

The Social Security payment schedule

Every month on the first, SSI funds are disbursed. Naturally, this is assuming the date does not fall on a weekend or national holiday, in which case the payment is made in advance to prevent any delays. In December, for example. There was a duplicate payment because the 1st fell on a Sunday and the money was received a month earlier. To address this pervasive problem, the SSA released a statement.

In a 2022 blog post, the Social Security Administration stated, “We do this to avoid putting you at a financial disadvantage and make sure that you don’t have to wait beyond the first of the month to get your payment.” You do not need to get in touch with us to report the second payment because it does not imply that you received two payments in the same month.

With the same weekend and national holiday exclusions as SSI claimants, those who started receiving benefits prior to May 1997 still receive payments on the third of every month. As expected, the payment for this month was made on Tuesday of last week.

The last group of payments is for those who started receiving benefits after May 1997. These payments, which make up the bulk of SSA’s disbursements, are broken down by the dates of birth of the beneficiaries. The distribution schedule is straightforward to comprehend, and it seems more complicated than it actually is.

Benefits will be paid on the second Wednesday of each month to recipients whose birthdays fall on the first through tenth of the month, on the third Wednesday to those born on the eleventh through twenty, and on the fourth Wednesday to those born on the twenty-first through thirty-one. These advantages are still subject to the National Holiday date change.

In reality, this means that on December 11, those whose birthdays fall between the first and tenth of the month will get their prize. The remaining funds will be disbursed in:

• December 18: Payment for those with a birthday between the 11th and 20th of any month and are beneficiaries after May 1997.
• December 24: Payment for those born between the 21st and 31st of any month, and are beneficiaries after May 1997. The payment should go out on the 25th, but that is Christmas Day, and thus a National Holiday. This means that the payment is delivered in advance to ensure that beneficiaries are not negatively affected by any potential delays.

Even though the most recent SSI payment was made in December, another one will be given out in 2024. Because January 1st is a national holiday, the January payment will be made on December 31st. The forthcoming 2.5% cost of living increase for all benefits in the new year is included in this payment.

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