The date you receive your Social Security payment is determined by the day on which you were born.
People born on the 1st – 10th receive their payments on the second Wednesday of the month, or April 8.
People born through the 11th – 20th are paid on the third Wednesday, or April 15.
People born from 21st – 31st are paid in the fourth Wednesday, or April 22.
If a spouse is receiving benefits based on someone else’s work, the payment date is determined by the original Social Security recipient’s birthday, the agency said.
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That schedule is consistent throughout the year. The payment schedule for Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, is subject to change, however. SSI is paid on the first of the month unless that date falls on a weekend or a holiday, when it defaults to the closest weekday.
Also, people who began drawing Social Security before May 1997 or receive both Social Security and SSI are on a different schedule, with SSI paid on the first and Social Security on the third of each month.
That will be April 1 and April 3 in 2026.
2026 Social Security payment schedule
Social Security’s payment schedule remains the same for May and June but changes come in July. SSI recipients will get paid July 1 and again on July 31 because Aug. 1 falls on a Saturday. SSI payments restart Sept. 1 and again on Oct. 1. November’s payment will arrive Friday, Oct. 30 since Nov. 1 is a Sunday. December also has an altered schedule with SSI arriving Dec. 1 and Dec. 31 since Jan. 1, 2027 is a holiday.
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More than 75 million Americans receive payments through Social Security with the vast majority, more than 59 million, being retirees aged 65 and older. Of that total, 4.8 million receive SSI only and an additional 2.5 million get Social Security and SSI.
The average Social Security payment is $2,000 per month; the average SSI payment is $736.
If your Social Security payment doesn’t arrive, wait at least three business days after your scheduled payment date before contacting the agency.
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