Retired worker beneficiaries in current payment status at the end of
December 2016, distributed by age and sex

  Sex of beneficiary
 Total Male Female
Age Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
62 716,676 $1,076.70 341,261 $1,211.88 375,415 $953.82
63 1,001,979 1,073.73 477,679 1,204.25 524,300 954.81
64 1,174,942 1,122.73 559,213 1,259.32 615,729 998.68
65 1,418,604 1,172.28 675,910 1,313.04 742,694 1,044.18
66 2,434,139 1,332.70 1,245,087 1,494.44 1,189,052 1,163.34
67 2,545,984 1,371.92 1,309,181 1,536.73 1,236,803 1,197.46
68 2,575,774 1,409.43 1,325,940 1,581.49 1,249,834 1,226.89
69 2,697,770 1,411.07 1,394,942 1,585.26 1,302,828 1,224.56
70 2,517,479 1,482.40 1,297,386 1,667.68 1,220,093 1,285.38
71 2,055,462 1,449.58 1,060,085 1,627.92 995,377 1,259.65
72 2,013,810 1,442.69 1,035,072 1,622.12 978,738 1,252.93
73 2,030,795 1,439.69 1,042,461 1,620.69 988,334 1,248.78
74 1,905,380 1,441.17 978,251 1,624.26 927,129 1,248.00
75 1,651,318 1,442.68 844,886 1,627.21 806,432 1,249.36
76 1,500,634 1,426.29 767,205 1,605.42 733,429 1,238.91
77 1,378,276 1,396.57 702,279 1,565.59 675,997 1,220.98
78 1,315,281 1,380.93 669,211 1,544.66 646,070 1,211.33
79 1,194,368 1,357.77 606,873 1,510.09 587,495 1,200.43
80 1,087,604 1,314.56 550,363 1,446.17 537,241 1,179.74
81 1,010,154 1,293.65 508,824 1,412.66 501,330 1,172.86
82 919,459 1,290.55 460,735 1,401.99 458,724 1,178.62
83 811,966 1,296.60 403,342 1,406.28 408,624 1,188.34
84 768,905 1,315.31 377,397 1,429.79 391,508 1,204.97
85 695,599 1,305.98 338,780 1,408.87 356,819 1,208.30
86 642,535 1,305.12 309,157 1,402.33 333,378 1,214.97
87 556,003 1,305.88 261,283 1,395.94 294,720 1,226.04
88 499,377 1,319.39 228,126 1,417.44 271,251 1,236.93
89 437,860 1,328.86 194,899 1,425.04 242,961 1,251.70
90 368,544 1,316.57 159,210 1,398.04 209,334 1,254.61
91 308,708 1,329.94 128,183 1,418.88 180,525 1,266.78
92 256,641 1,312.43 103,436 1,383.52 153,205 1,264.42
93 201,639 1,300.70 78,862 1,355.90 122,777 1,265.25
94 155,976 1,299.01 58,386 1,342.99 97,590 1,272.70
95 122,696 1,299.09 44,057 1,328.48 78,639 1,282.63
96 87,314 1,297.87 29,632 1,310.16 57,682 1,291.55
97 58,386 1,315.07 18,391 1,339.36 39,995 1,303.90
98 42,146 1,359.10 12,427 1,423.25 29,719 1,332.27
99 & over 72,943 1,392.77 17,797 1,544.43 55,146 1,343.83
Total 41,233,126 1,360.13 20,616,209 1,518.64 20,616,917 1,201.64

Retired worker beneficiaries by dual-entitlement status

A dually-entitled person is a retired worker who is eligible for a higher benefit (for example, a widow(er)'s benefit) on the basis of another insured individual's earnings record. The follwing 2 tables break out data in the above table by dual-entitlement status.

Non-dually entitled retired workers
  Sex of beneficiary
 Total Male Female
Age Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
62 659,109 $1,104.33 339,828 $1,214.06 319,281 $987.54
63 908,097 1,101.63 474,932 1,206.78 433,165 986.35
64 1,054,269 1,153.06 555,624 1,261.96 498,645 1,031.72
65 1,258,862 1,204.95 670,807 1,316.13 588,055 1,078.13
66 2,195,372 1,364.97 1,235,994 1,497.59 959,378 1,194.11
67 2,281,208 1,406.81 1,299,111 1,540.14 982,097 1,230.43
68 2,293,199 1,447.03 1,315,141 1,585.07 978,058 1,261.43
69 2,367,706 1,450.95 1,382,262 1,589.13 985,444 1,257.12
70 2,208,850 1,528.74 1,285,949 1,671.96 922,901 1,329.19
71 1,777,538 1,494.61 1,049,625 1,632.11 727,913 1,296.35
72 1,719,324 1,487.04 1,024,455 1,626.23 694,869 1,281.83
73 1,712,141 1,483.22 1,031,646 1,624.52 680,495 1,269.00
74 1,591,864 1,483.47 967,919 1,627.91 623,945 1,259.39
75 1,371,011 1,483.21 836,000 1,630.83 535,011 1,252.53
76 1,233,965 1,463.13 758,754 1,608.93 475,211 1,230.34
77 1,117,801 1,428.48 693,972 1,568.82 423,829 1,198.69
78 1,052,073 1,410.03 660,795 1,547.83 391,278 1,177.32
79 940,915 1,381.41 598,882 1,512.81 342,033 1,151.33
80 835,890 1,328.57 542,119 1,448.38 293,771 1,107.47
81 761,781 1,300.53 500,492 1,414.68 261,289 1,081.88
82 682,464 1,292.91 453,116 1,403.98 229,348 1,073.48
83 596,008 1,296.74 396,718 1,408.60 199,290 1,074.06
84 557,466 1,317.05 371,484 1,432.41 185,982 1,086.64
85 492,744 1,301.69 333,185 1,411.38 159,559 1,072.63
86 445,498 1,295.46 303,544 1,404.90 141,954 1,061.44
87 375,977 1,291.04 256,656 1,398.26 119,321 1,060.41
88 333,369 1,306.24 224,185 1,420.17 109,184 1,072.31
89 286,242 1,314.67 191,473 1,428.05 94,769 1,085.58
90 234,513 1,291.29 156,256 1,400.67 78,257 1,072.90
91 193,767 1,305.82 125,747 1,421.80 68,020 1,091.40
92 156,486 1,274.26 101,322 1,385.95 55,164 1,069.09
93 120,035 1,249.36 76,975 1,358.12 43,060 1,054.94
94 90,447 1,240.18 57,023 1,345.31 33,424 1,060.83
95 68,990 1,225.52 42,857 1,331.34 26,133 1,051.97
96 47,803 1,205.75 28,775 1,311.79 19,028 1,045.39
97 31,444 1,226.65 17,854 1,341.99 13,590 1,075.12
98 22,871 1,289.51 12,091 1,425.07 10,780 1,137.47
99 & over 41,378 1,366.17 17,385 1,550.29 23,993 1,232.76
Total 34,118,477 1,389.89 20,390,953 1,522.01 13,727,524 1,193.65

Dually entitled retired workers
  Sex of beneficiary
 Total Male Female
Age Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
62 57,567 $760.35 1,433 $695.65 56,134 $762.00
63 93,882 803.84 2,747 768.13 91,135 804.91
64 120,673 857.78 3,589 850.96 117,084 857.99
65 159,742 914.86 5,103 907.85 154,639 915.09
66 238,767 1,035.99 9,093 1,065.94 229,674 1,034.80
67 264,776 1,071.32 10,070 1,096.98 254,706 1,070.31
68 282,575 1,104.26 10,799 1,146.43 271,776 1,102.59
69 330,064 1,125.01 12,680 1,163.28 317,384 1,123.49
70 308,629 1,150.73 11,437 1,186.59 297,192 1,149.35
71 277,924 1,161.58 10,460 1,207.66 267,464 1,159.78
72 294,486 1,183.75 10,617 1,225.70 283,869 1,182.18
73 318,654 1,205.83 10,815 1,255.34 307,839 1,204.09
74 313,516 1,226.43 10,332 1,281.90 303,184 1,224.54
75 280,307 1,244.49 8,886 1,286.31 271,421 1,243.12
76 266,669 1,255.81 8,451 1,289.94 258,218 1,254.70
77 260,475 1,259.62 8,307 1,295.56 252,168 1,258.43
78 263,208 1,264.60 8,416 1,295.92 254,792 1,263.57
79 253,453 1,270.02 7,991 1,306.11 245,462 1,268.85
80 251,714 1,268.04 8,244 1,300.73 243,470 1,266.93
81 248,373 1,272.54 8,332 1,290.80 240,041 1,271.91
82 236,995 1,283.74 7,619 1,283.56 229,376 1,283.75
83 215,958 1,296.22 6,624 1,267.50 209,334 1,297.13
84 211,439 1,310.73 5,913 1,265.16 205,526 1,312.04
85 202,855 1,316.42 5,595 1,259.16 197,260 1,318.04
86 197,037 1,326.97 5,613 1,263.55 191,424 1,328.83
87 180,026 1,336.89 4,627 1,267.62 175,399 1,338.71
88 166,008 1,345.81 3,941 1,262.61 162,067 1,347.83
89 151,618 1,355.65 3,426 1,256.96 148,192 1,357.93
90 134,031 1,360.80 2,954 1,258.62 131,077 1,363.10
91 114,941 1,370.60 2,436 1,268.02 112,505 1,372.82
92 100,155 1,372.07 2,114 1,267.06 98,041 1,374.33
93 81,604 1,376.22 1,887 1,265.22 79,717 1,378.85
94 65,529 1,380.21 1,363 1,245.94 64,166 1,383.07
95 53,706 1,393.61 1,200 1,226.46 52,506 1,397.43
96 39,511 1,409.32 857 1,255.33 38,654 1,412.73
97 26,942 1,418.27 537 1,251.94 26,405 1,421.65
98 19,275 1,441.66 336 1,357.73 18,939 1,443.15
99 & over 31,565 1,427.64 412 1,297.00 31,153 1,429.37
Total 7,114,649 1,217.42 225,256 1,213.46 6,889,393 1,217.55

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