OASDI Monthly Statistics, January 2007

Table 1.
All OASDI benefits, by program and type of benefit, January 2006–January 2007
Month	Total, OASDI ^a	OASI			Subtotal, DI ^c
Month	Total, OASDI ^a	Subtotal, OASI ^b	Retirement	Survivors	Subtotal, DI ^c
	Number (thousands)
2006
January	48,541	40,212	33,595	6,617	8,329
February	48,646	40,297	33,671	6,626	8,349
March	48,730	40,354	33,719	6,635	8,376
April	48,805	40,397	33,754	6,643	8,408
May	48,877	40,442	33,793	6,649	8,435
June	48,863	40,435	33,824	6,611	8,428
July	48,803	40,365	33,811	6,554	8,438
August	48,848	40,355	33,803	6,552	8,493
September	48,943	40,412	33,851	6,562	8,530
October	49,015	40,444	33,879	6,566	8,571
November	49,091	40,495	33,930	6,566	8,596
December	49,123	40,503	33,938	6,566	8,619

2007
January	49,247	40,613	34,076	6,537	8,634
	Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)
2006
January	44,527	37,897	32,206	5,691	6,629
February	44,650	38,006	32,305	5,701	6,645
March	44,774	38,087	32,376	5,711	6,686
April	44,870	38,157	32,436	5,721	6,713
May	44,956	38,218	32,490	5,728	6,738
June	45,003	38,251	32,544	5,707	6,752
July	45,012	38,223	32,554	5,669	6,788
August	45,071	38,230	32,560	5,670	6,841
September	45,173	38,301	32,621	5,680	6,872
October	45,253	38,347	32,664	5,684	6,906
November	45,392	38,460	32,774	5,686	6,932
December	46,938	39,757	33,882	5,875	7,181

2007
January	47,142	39,946	34,095	5,852	7,195
	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
2006
January	917.30	942.40	958.70	860.10	796.00
February	917.90	943.10	959.40	860.40	795.90
March	918.80	943.80	960.20	860.80	798.20
April	919.40	944.50	961.00	861.10	798.50
May	919.80	945.00	961.40	861.50	798.80
June	921.00	946.00	962.20	863.20	801.20
July	922.30	946.90	962.80	865.00	804.50
August	922.70	947.30	963.20	865.40	805.50
September	923.00	947.80	963.70	865.70	805.60
October	923.30	948.20	964.10	865.70	805.80
November	924.70	949.80	965.90	866.00	806.50
December	955.50	981.60	998.40	894.80	833.10

2007
January	957.20	983.60	1,000.50	895.20	833.30
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Data are for the end of the specified month. Some Social Security beneficiaries are entitled to more than one type of benefit. In most cases, they are dually entitled to a worker benefit and a higher spouse or widow(er) benefit. If both benefits are financed from the same trust fund, the beneficiary is usually counted only once in the statistics, as a retired-worker or a disabled-worker beneficiary, and the benefit amount recorded is the larger amount associated with the auxiliary benefit. If the benefits are paid from different trust funds the beneficiary is counted twice, and the respective benefit amounts are recorded for each type of benefit.
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries. Excludes a number of Railroad Retirement beneficiaries who would have been eligible for Social Security benefits had they applied. The reason they have not applied is that receipt of a Social Security benefit would reduce their Railroad Retirement benefit by a like amount. The number of Railroad Retirement beneficiaries who would be eligible for a Social Security benefit if they applied is not available, but is estimated to be less than 100,000.
b. Benefits paid from the OASI trust fund to retired workers and their spouses and children and to all survivors.
c. Benefits paid from the DI trust fund to disabled workers and their spouses and children.
CONTACT: Rona Blumenthal (410) 965-0163 for further information.