Social Security is sending out checks for $2,000 on ave. on Wednesday, March 19: Find out who’s getting one – AS USA

Some Americans on Social Security retirement benefits are to be sent their next payment on Wednesday, March 19. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is also preparing to distribute checks to certain recipients of disability and survivors’ pay.

When are Social Security checks being sent in March 2025?

Each month, many of the U.S.’s 73 million recipients of Social Security get their money on one of three Wednesdays, as part of a staggered system that decides a recipient’s payment day by their date of birth.

This month, the three-Wednesdays schedule kicked off on March 12, when checks were sent out to beneficiaries born between the first and the 10th of each month.

On March 19, it will then be the turn of Social Security recipients born on the 11th to the 20th.

March 2025’s Wednesday payment schedule in full:

Wednesday, March 12: Beneficiaries born on 1st to 10th
Wednesday, March 19: Beneficiaries born on 11th to 20th
Wednesday, March 26: Beneficiaries born on 21st to 31st

Who gets paid outside of the three-Wednesdays schedule?

The payment timeline does not apply to recipients of retirement, disability or survivors’ benefits who started claiming their checks before May 1997.

This group of Americans is always paid on the third of each month, unless that date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday. This month, these beneficiaries were due to be issued their money on Monday, March 3.

What’s more, recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) – a different type of benefits that does not depend on payment of Social Security taxes – always get their checks on the first of the month, except for weekends and holidays. As March 1 was a Saturday, the latest SSI payment was scheduled to be made on Friday, February 28.

Some people receive both SSI and regular Social Security benefits; these beneficiaries will have received the former on March 3 and the latter on February 28.

Check out the Social Security Administration’s full 2025 payment schedule on the agency’s website.

How much Social Security do retired American workers get paid?

Retired workers, who as of January 2025 numbered 51.9 million, get about $2,000 a month on average. To be precise, the average monthly retirement check is $1,978 in 2025, according to the SSA. The maximum monthly check for a retired worker currently stands at $5,108.

How much do other Social Security beneficiaries get?

The SSA says disabled workers get a monthly payment of $1,580 a month on average, and beneficiaries of survivors’ pay receive $1,546 a month on average. The SSI program, meanwhile, offers recipients an average monthly check for $714, the agency reveals.