Covered Workers and Beneficiaries — 2026 OASDI Trustees Report

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Table IV.B4.—Covered Workers and Beneficiaries, Calendar Years 1945-2100
Calendar year   Covered
workers a
(in thousands)		   Beneficiaries b (in thousands)   Covered
workers per
OASDI
beneficiary		   OASDI
beneficiaries
per 100
covered
workers
OASI   DI   OASDI c

Historical data:
1945   46,390   1,106   —   1,106   41.9   2
1946   48,845   1,502   —   1,502   32.5   3
1947   48,908   1,832   —   1,832   26.7   4
1948   49,018   2,163   —   2,163   22.7   4
1949   46,800   2,554   —   2,554   18.3   5
1950   48,280   2,930   —   2,930   16.5   6
1951   57,933   4,034   —   4,034   14.4   7
1952   59,526   4,594   —   4,594   13.0   8
1953   60,554   5,574   —   5,574   10.9   9
1954   59,395   6,469   —   6,469   9.2   11
1955   65,066   7,564   —   7,564   8.6   12
1956   67,595   8,374   —   8,374   8.1   12
1957   70,679   10,342   —   10,342   6.8   15
1958   69,826   11,705   200   11,905   5.9   17
1959   71,432   12,820   361   13,181   5.4   18
1960   72,371   13,740   522   14,262   5.1   20
1961   72,599   14,726   898   15,624   4.6   22
1962   74,190   16,129   1,152   17,280   4.3   23
1963   75,454   17,226   1,382   18,608   4.1   25
1964   77,400   17,954   1,516   19,470   4.0   25
1965   80,539   18,509   1,648   20,157   4.0   25
1966   84,596   19,851   1,887   21,737   3.9   26
1967   86,636   20,419   2,060   22,479   3.9   26
1968   89,440   21,161   2,258   23,419   3.8   26
1969   92,382   21,836   2,407   24,243   3.8   26
1970   92,963   22,618   2,568   25,186   3.7   27
1971   93,155   23,415   2,788   26,203   3.6   28
1972   96,087   24,308   3,091   27,399   3.5   29
1973   99,771   25,273   3,416   28,690   3.5   29
1974   101,212   26,218   3,691   29,909   3.4   30
1975   100,193   26,998   4,125   31,123   3.2   31
1976   102,792   27,739   4,533   32,272   3.2   31
1977   105,953   28,429   4,733   33,161   3.2   31
1978   109,432   29,063   4,861   33,924   3.2   31
1979   112,069   29,789   4,826   34,615   3.2   31
1980   112,651   30,384   4,734   35,117   3.2   31
1981   112,951   31,073   4,636   35,709   3.2   32
1982   111,448   31,207   4,184   35,391   3.1   32
1983   112,528   31,833   3,893   35,726   3.1   32
1984   116,890   32,238   3,789   36,026   3.2   31
1985   120,441   32,763   3,874   36,636   3.3   30
1986   122,936   33,346   3,972   37,318   3.3   30
1987   125,972   33,914   4,034   37,948   3.3   30
1988   129,766   34,336   4,077   38,413   3.4   30
1989   132,012   34,741   4,105   38,846   3.4   29
1990   133,007   35,255   4,204   39,459   3.4   30
1991   132,420   35,773   4,388   40,161   3.3   30
1992   133,347   36,299   4,716   41,014   3.3   31
1993   135,543   36,743   5,083   41,826   3.2   31
1994   138,538   37,070   5,435   42,504   3.3   31
1995   140,805   37,364   5,731   43,096   3.3   31
1996   143,256   37,509   5,977   43,486   3.3   30
1997   146,107   37,696   6,087   43,783   3.3   30
1998   149,085   37,818   6,250   44,068   3.4   30
1999   151,814   37,926   6,433   44,359   3.4   29
2000   154,718   38,556   6,606   45,162   3.4   29
2001   155,142   38,888   6,780   45,668   3.4   29
2002   154,576   39,117   7,060   46,176   3.3   30
2003   154,804   39,315   7,438   46,753   3.3   30
2004   156,598   39,558   7,810   47,368   3.3   30
2005   159,053   39,961   8,172   48,133   3.3   30
2006   161,591   40,435   8,428   48,863   3.3   30
2007   163,351   40,863   8,739   49,603   3.3   30
2008   162,713   41,355   9,065   50,420   3.2   31
2009   157,704   42,385   9,475   51,860   3.0   33
2010   157,074   43,440   9,958   53,398   2.9   34
2011   158,612   44,388   10,428   54,816   2.9   35
2012   160,766   45,377   10,799   56,176   2.9   35
2013   163,079   46,517   10,954   57,471   2.8   35
2014   165,440   47,603   10,971   58,574   2.8   35
2015   168,143   48,663   10,881   59,543   2.8   35
2016   170,631   49,811   10,728   60,539   2.8   35
2017   172,688   50,962   10,517   61,480   2.8   36
2018   175,114   52,168   10,296   62,464   2.8   36
2019   177,088   53,508   10,063   63,570   2.8   36
2020   175,207   54,843   9,844   64,686   2.7   37
2021   177,080   55,546   9,486   65,032   2.7   37
2022   181,068   56,544   9,070   65,614   2.8   36
2023   183,299   57,924   8,707   66,631   2.8   36
2024   184,672   59,556   8,312   67,868   2.7   37
2025    d 184,666   61,621   8,179   69,800   2.6   38

Intermediate:
2026   184,803   63,232   8,102   71,334   2.6   39
2027   185,446   64,662   8,139   72,801   2.5   39
2028   186,356   66,129   8,157   74,286   2.5   40
2029   187,362   67,472   8,195   75,667   2.5   40
2030   188,113   68,700   8,229   76,928   2.4   41
2031   188,655   69,818   8,228   78,045   2.4   41
2032   189,159   70,811   8,252   79,063   2.4   42
2033   189,611   71,668   8,317   79,985   2.4   42
2034   190,045   72,392   8,398   80,790   2.4   43
2035   190,377   73,008   8,493   81,501   2.3   43
2036   190,685   73,463   8,626   82,089   2.3   43
2037   190,964   73,990   8,726   82,715   2.3   43
2038   191,232   74,455   8,834   83,289   2.3   44
2039   191,434   74,816   8,976   83,793   2.3   44
2040   191,676   75,080   9,148   84,227   2.3   44
2041   191,872   75,289   9,332   84,621   2.3   44
2042   192,079   75,493   9,521   85,014   2.3   44
2043   192,271   75,688   9,715   85,404   2.3   44
2044   192,431   75,886   9,904   85,790   2.2   45
2045   192,589   76,099   10,084   86,183   2.2   45
2046   192,751   76,307   10,251   86,557   2.2   45
2047   192,900   76,545   10,392   86,938   2.2   45
2048   193,053   76,804   10,524   87,327   2.2   45
2049   193,196   77,071   10,648   87,719   2.2   45
2050   193,339   77,368   10,768   88,136   2.2   46
2051   193,503   77,696   10,885   88,581   2.2   46
2052   193,635   78,082   10,990   89,072   2.2   46
2053   193,791   78,506   11,087   89,593   2.2   46
2054   193,966   78,960   11,175   90,136   2.2   46
2055   194,142   79,465   11,248   90,713   2.1   47
2056   194,344   80,022   11,299   91,321   2.1   47
2057   194,553   80,628   11,325   91,954   2.1   47
2058   194,758   81,255   11,339   92,594   2.1   48
2059   194,954   81,876   11,352   93,228   2.1   48
2060   195,148   82,488   11,367   93,855   2.1   48
2061   195,340   83,081   11,388   94,470   2.1   48
2062   195,509   83,661   11,413   95,074   2.1   49
2063   195,661   84,232   11,440   95,672   2.0   49
2064   195,806   84,788   11,470   96,258   2.0   49
2065   195,931   85,347   11,496   96,843   2.0   49
2066   196,050   85,915   11,516   97,431   2.0   50
2067   196,145   86,497   11,526   98,024   2.0   50
2068   196,216   87,090   11,532   98,622   2.0   50
2069   196,256   87,681   11,542   99,223   2.0   51
2070   196,269   88,284   11,545   99,828   2.0   51
2071   196,266   88,885   11,538   100,423   2.0   51
2072   196,255   89,471   11,524   100,996   1.9   51
2073   196,231   90,053   11,498   101,551   1.9   52
2074   196,193   90,627   11,458   102,086   1.9   52
2075   196,148   91,175   11,413   102,588   1.9   52
2076   196,094   91,670   11,379   103,049   1.9   53
2077   196,037   92,118   11,355   103,473   1.9   53
2078   195,994   92,526   11,336   103,861   1.9   53
2079   195,968   92,884   11,319   104,203   1.9   53
2080   195,959   93,208   11,300   104,508   1.9   53
2081   195,954   93,507   11,275   104,782   1.9   53
2082   195,974   93,778   11,243   105,021   1.9   54
2083   196,009   94,009   11,212   105,221   1.9   54
2084   196,051   94,193   11,187   105,380   1.9   54
2085   196,124   94,318   11,174   105,492   1.9   54
2086   196,210   94,393   11,168   105,562   1.9   54
2087   196,332   94,416   11,178   105,594   1.9   54
2088   196,478   94,394   11,198   105,592   1.9   54
2089   196,652   94,353   11,220   105,573   1.9   54
2090   196,850   94,279   11,254   105,533   1.9   54
2091   197,065   94,190   11,292   105,482   1.9   54
2092   197,298   94,108   11,330   105,438   1.9   53
2093   197,549   94,023   11,371   105,395   1.9   53
2094   197,807   93,937   11,416   105,352   1.9   53
2095   198,073   93,857   11,462   105,319   1.9   53
2096   198,347   93,787   11,510   105,297   1.9   53
2097   198,624   93,733   11,559   105,292   1.9   53
2098   198,897   93,702   11,606   105,309   1.9   53
2099   199,172   93,696   11,653   105,349   1.9   53
2100   199,442   93,720   11,696   105,417   1.9   53

Low-cost:
2026   186,901   63,227   8,063   71,290   2.6   38
2027   188,952   64,647   8,005   72,652   2.6   38
2028   190,539   66,096   7,902   73,998   2.6   39
2029   191,714   67,414   7,811   75,226   2.5   39
2030   192,565   68,610   7,715   76,326   2.5   40
2031   193,361   69,690   7,589   77,279   2.5   40
2032   194,095   70,639   7,491   78,130   2.5   40
2033   194,742   71,443   7,439   78,882   2.5   41
2034   195,420   72,107   7,409   79,516   2.5   41
2035   195,750   72,656   7,397   80,053   2.4   41
2036   196,116   72,884   7,422   80,305   2.4   41
2037   196,614   73,297   7,416   80,713   2.4   41
2038   197,064   73,646   7,428   81,074   2.4   41
2039   197,451   73,890   7,477   81,367   2.4   41
2040   197,869   74,043   7,561   81,604   2.4   41
2041   198,257   74,149   7,663   81,812   2.4   41
2042   198,675   74,244   7,778   82,022   2.4   41
2043   199,119   74,332   7,904   82,236   2.4   41
2044   199,583   74,433   8,032   82,465   2.4   41
2045   200,114   74,554   8,157   82,711   2.4   41
2046   200,720   74,663   8,274   82,937   2.4   41
2047   201,374   74,800   8,373   83,173   2.4   41
2048   202,081   74,962   8,466   83,429   2.4   41
2049   202,831   75,133   8,556   83,689   2.4   41
2050   203,635   75,330   8,642   83,973   2.4   41
2051   204,506   75,556   8,728   84,284   2.4   41
2052   205,391   75,835   8,806   84,641   2.4   41
2053   206,336   76,153   8,877   85,031   2.4   41
2054   207,339   76,502   8,944   85,446   2.4   41
2055   208,371   76,904   8,999   85,904   2.4   41
2056   209,451   77,359   9,038   86,397   2.4   41
2057   210,556   77,858   9,059   86,917   2.4   41
2058   211,670   78,378   9,072   87,450   2.4   41
2059   212,777   78,893   9,084   87,977   2.4   41
2060   213,897   79,400   9,099   88,499   2.4   41
2061   215,017   79,891   9,119   89,010   2.4   41
2062   216,111   80,368   9,143   89,511   2.4   41
2063   217,192   80,834   9,170   90,004   2.4   41
2064   218,266   81,285   9,201   90,486   2.4   41
2065   219,323   81,741   9,229   90,970   2.4   41
2066   220,363   82,204   9,254   91,459   2.4   42
2067   221,388   82,678   9,274   91,952   2.4   42
2068   222,402   83,159   9,292   92,452   2.4   42
2069   223,373   83,639   9,315   92,954   2.4   42
2070   224,327   84,127   9,335   93,462   2.4   42
2071   225,291   84,614   9,350   93,965   2.4   42
2072   226,252   85,089   9,363   94,451   2.4   42
2073   227,215   85,557   9,369   94,925   2.4   42
2074   228,192   86,015   9,368   95,383   2.4   42
2075   229,194   86,445   9,366   95,810   2.4   42
2076   230,206   86,823   9,374   96,197   2.4   42
2077   231,242   87,158   9,392   96,550   2.4   42
2078   232,335   87,455   9,417   96,872   2.4   42
2079   233,487   87,709   9,446   97,156   2.4   42
2080   234,692   87,929   9,477   97,407   2.4   42
2081   235,945   88,126   9,507   97,633   2.4   41
2082   237,264   88,296   9,535   97,831   2.4   41
2083   238,643   88,426   9,567   97,993   2.4   41
2084   240,065   88,513   9,607   98,121   2.4   41
2085   241,556   88,548   9,659   98,207   2.5   41
2086   243,105   88,534   9,722   98,256   2.5   40
2087   244,721   88,471   9,800   98,271   2.5   40
2088   246,382   88,373   9,891   98,264   2.5   40
2089   248,098   88,269   9,989   98,258   2.5   40
2090   249,847   88,152   10,101   98,253   2.5   39
2091   251,622   88,047   10,222   98,269   2.6   39
2092   253,421   87,984   10,348   98,332   2.6   39
2093   255,238   87,968   10,475   98,443   2.6   39
2094   257,063   88,015   10,598   98,612   2.6   38
2095   258,877   88,130   10,717   98,847   2.6   38
2096   260,675   88,316   10,832   99,148   2.6   38
2097   262,455   88,578   10,943   99,520   2.6   38
2098   264,215   88,917   11,049   99,966   2.6   38
2099   265,953   89,332   11,149   100,481   2.6   38
2100   267,663   89,822   11,243   101,065   2.6   38

High-cost:
2026   183,321   63,240   8,141   71,381   2.6   39
2027   181,532   64,689   8,273   72,962   2.5   40
2028   181,654   66,185   8,409   74,594   2.4   41
2029   182,544   67,568   8,574   76,141   2.4   42
2030   183,431   68,845   8,735   77,580   2.4   42
2031   184,306   70,023   8,856   78,880   2.3   43
2032   184,992   71,088   8,998   80,086   2.3   43
2033   185,426   72,026   9,177   81,203   2.3   44
2034   185,724   72,842   9,366   82,208   2.3   44
2035   185,893   73,560   9,566   83,126   2.2   45
2036   186,035   74,306   9,854   84,160   2.2   45
2037   186,158   74,986   10,061   85,047   2.2   46
2038   186,265   75,615   10,268   85,883   2.2   46
2039   186,303   76,145   10,503   86,648   2.2   47
2040   186,397   76,580   10,762   87,342   2.1   47
2041   186,428   76,966   11,027   87,993   2.1   47
2042   186,454   77,351   11,288   88,640   2.1   48
2043   186,441   77,732   11,547   89,278   2.1   48
2044   186,343   78,115   11,792   89,907   2.1   48
2045   186,199   78,520   12,022   90,542   2.1   49
2046   185,977   78,922   12,230   91,152   2.0   49
2047   185,689   79,354   12,407   91,761   2.0   49
2048   185,341   79,808   12,570   92,378   2.0   50
2049   184,938   80,274   12,724   92,998   2.0   50
2050   184,499   80,763   12,871   93,634   2.0   51
2051   184,039   81,273   13,015   94,288   2.0   51
2052   183,510   81,848   13,145   94,992   1.9   52
2053   182,990   82,462   13,263   95,725   1.9   52
2054   182,440   83,098   13,372   96,470   1.9   53
2055   181,859   83,780   13,460   97,240   1.9   53
2056   181,289   84,511   13,521   98,032   1.8   54
2057   180,708   85,291   13,550   98,842   1.8   55
2058   180,119   86,090   13,563   99,653   1.8   55
2059   179,513   86,874   13,573   100,447   1.8   56
2060   178,896   87,640   13,584   101,225   1.8   57
2061   178,271   88,384   13,601   101,985   1.7   57
2062   177,620   89,115   13,621   102,736   1.7   58
2063   176,952   89,833   13,644   103,476   1.7   58
2064   176,263   90,530   13,668   104,198   1.7   59
2065   175,564   91,235   13,685   104,920   1.7   60
2066   174,860   91,949   13,693   105,642   1.7   60
2067   174,133   92,677   13,685   106,362   1.6   61
2068   173,387   93,416   13,669   107,085   1.6   62
2069   172,621   94,153   13,655   107,808   1.6   62
2070   171,822   94,900   13,630   108,530   1.6   63
2071   170,998   95,640   13,589   109,229   1.6   64
2072   170,160   96,362   13,536   109,897   1.5   65
2073   169,308   97,077   13,464   110,541   1.5   65
2074   168,421   97,789   13,370   111,159   1.5   66
2075   167,512   98,475   13,266   111,741   1.5   67
2076   166,582   99,100   13,171   112,271   1.5   67
2077   165,629   99,675   13,085   112,760   1.5   68
2078   164,664   100,206   13,001   113,207   1.5   69
2079   163,690   100,683   12,916   113,598   1.4   69
2080   162,708   101,118   12,823   113,940   1.4   70
2081   161,714   101,523   12,716   114,239   1.4   71
2082   160,713   101,898   12,594   114,493   1.4   71
2083   159,703   102,231   12,468   114,699   1.4   72
2084   158,688   102,510   12,344   114,855   1.4   72
2085   157,684   102,722   12,229   114,951   1.4   73
2086   156,669   102,880   12,117   114,997   1.4   73
2087   155,668   102,981   12,017   114,998   1.4   74
2088   154,687   103,025   11,923   114,948   1.3   74
2089   153,706   103,025   11,822   114,847   1.3   75
2090   152,748   102,965   11,726   114,691   1.3   75
2091   151,804   102,860   11,626   114,486   1.3   75
2092   150,870   102,731   11,516   114,248   1.3   76
2093   149,950   102,548   11,414   113,962   1.3   76
2094   149,038   102,294   11,328   113,621   1.3   76
2095   148,142   101,981   11,254   113,235   1.3   76
2096   147,258   101,609   11,191   112,801   1.3   77
2097   146,390   101,192   11,138   112,331   1.3   77
2098   145,537   100,746   11,093   111,839   1.3   77
2099   144,696   100,272   11,054   111,326   1.3   77
2100   143,870   99,778   11,019   110,798   1.3   77
a Workers who are paid at some time during the year for employment on which OASDI taxes are due.
b Beneficiaries with monthly benefits in current-payment status as of June 30.
c This column is the sum of OASI and DI beneficiaries. A small number of beneficiaries receive benefits from both funds.
d Estimated values for 2025 vary slightly by alternative and are shown for the intermediate assumptions.

Notes:
1. The number of beneficiaries does not include uninsured individuals who received benefits under section 228 of the Social Security Act. The General Fund of the Treasury reimbursed the trust funds for the costs of most of these individuals.
2. Historical covered worker and beneficiary data are subject to revision.
3. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.