Social Security is making payments of $2,000 on average on Wednesday, June 18: find out who gets a check
The U.S.’s Social Security Administration is preparing to send out the latest batch of monthly benefits payments.
Many Americans who receive Social Security retirement checks are due to get their next monthly payment in the coming days.
On Wednesday, June 18, the U.S.’s Social Security Administration (SSA) is to distribute the latest round of payments on this month’s schedule.
The SSA is also scheduled to issue Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and survivor benefits next Wednesday.
Who’s getting a Social Security check on Wednesday, June 18?
Of the approximately 70 million recipients of retirement, SSDI or survivor benefits in the U.S., most are paid on one of three Wednesdays each month.
Each beneficiary’s designated Wednesday is decided by their date of birth.
On June 18, the SSA is to send out benefits checks to recipients whose birthday falls between the 11th and the 20th of each month.
This payment run comes after June’s three-Wednesdays schedule kicked off on the 11th, when checks were issued to beneficiaries born during the first 10 days of each month.
Wednesday payment schedule - June 2025:
- Weds, June 11: Recipients born on 1st to 10th
- Weds, June 18: Recipients born on 11th to 20th
- Weds, June 25: Recipients born on 21st to 31st
Who receives their check outside the three-Wednesdays schedule?
If you began claiming retirement, SSDI or survivor benefits before May 1997, you are typically paid on the third of each month, regardless of their date of birth.
What’s more, beneficiaries of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - a separate SSA scheme for low-income individuals who are over 65 or have a disability - normally get their check on the first of each month.
If you claim both SSI and any of the SSA’s retirement, SSDI or survivor benefits, you generally get the former on the first and the latter on the third.
However, as June began on a Sunday, this month’s SSI checks were sent out early: payment was brought forward to the nearest working day, which was Friday, May 30.
Non-Wednesday recipients: June 2025 payments
- Fri, May 30: SSI recipients
- Tues, June 3: Social Sec. beneficiaries since pre-May 1997
If a dual recipient: SSI paid on May 30, Social Security paid on June 3
You can take a look at the SSA’s complete payment calendar for 2025 in this online pdf shared by the agency.
How much are Social Security retirees paid per month?
Retired workers - who account for the overwhelming majority of the U.S.’s Social Security beneficiaries - are paid a little over $2,000 a month on average.
To be precise, the average monthly retirement check currently stands at $2,002.39 a month, per the most recent figures published by the SSA.
The largest possible monthly retirement check is $5,108 per month.
How much money do other SSA beneficiaries get?
Disabled workers receive $1,581.97 a month on average, while recipients of survivor benefits get a monthly average of $1,566.66. Beneficiaries of the SSI scheme are paid $718.30 per month on average.
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