As the New Year gets closer, people who get Social Security benefits need to know when they will get their money. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is in charge of five main programs: SSI, retirement, family, survivor, and survivor benefits. Because these payments are so important to recipients, the SSA puts out an annual calendar to help them plan.
Triple Social Security Payments
Recipients should note that there will be months when they receive three Social Security payments due to schedule adjustments around weekends and holidays. However, this does not mean extra payments are issued; only the timing of certain payments is shifted.
SSI Payment Schedule for 2025
Most SSI payments happen on the first of every month. If the first is a weekend or a national holiday, the payment is moved to the last business day of the month before. This could mean that you get two payments one month and none the next. Here is the SSI schedule for 2025:
- December 31, 2024: January 2025 payment
- January 31, 2025: February 2025 payment
- February 28, 2025: March 2025 payment
- April 1, 2025: April 2025 payment
- May 1, 2025: May 2025 payment
- May 30, 2025: June 2025 payment
- July 1, 2025: July 2025 payment
- August 1, 2025: August 2025 payment
- August 30, 2025: September 2025 payment
- October 1, 2025: October 2025 payment
- October 31, 2025: November 2025 payment
- December 1, 2025: December 2025 payment
- December 31, 2025: January 2026 payment
Retirement, Family, Survivor, and Disability Payments
Payment schedules for people who get retirement, family, survivor, or disability benefits are based on when their benefits started and when they were born.
- Before May 1997: Payments are made on the 3rd of each month, except:
- Friday, May 2
- Friday, August 1
- After May 1997: Payment dates are birthdate-dependent:
- 1st-10th of the month: Second Wednesday of the month
- 11th-20th of the month: Third Wednesday of the month
- 21st-31st of the month: Fourth Wednesday of the month
If a National Holiday falls on a payment date, the payment is moved to the business day before.
Payment Calendar by Month
January
- 1st-10th: January 8
- 11th-20th: January 15
- 21st-31st: January 22
February
- 1st-10th: February 12
- 11th-20th: February 19
- 21st-31st: February 26
March
- 1st-10th: March 12
- 11th-20th: March 19
- 21st-31st: March 26
April
- 1st-10th: April 9
- 11th-20th: April 16
- 21st-31st: April 23
May
- 1st-10th: May 14
- 11th-20th: May 21
- 21st-31st: May 28
June
- 1st-10th: June 11
- 11th-20th: June 18
- 21st-31st: June 25
July
- 1st-10th: July 9
- 11th-20th: July 16
- 21st-31st: July 23
August
- 1st-10th: August 13
- 11th-20th: August 20
- 21st-31st: August 27
September
- 1st-10th: September 10
- 11th-20th: September 17
- 21st-31st: September 24
October
- 1st-10th: October 8
- 11th-20th: October 15
- 21st-31st: October 22
November
- 1st-10th: November 12
- 11th-20th: November 19
- 21st-31st: November 26
December
- 1st-10th: December 10
- 11th-20th: December 17
- 21st-31st: December 24
