Retired worker beneficiaries in current payment status at the end of
December 2025, distributed by age and sex

  Sex of beneficiary
 Total Men Women
Age Number Average
amount		 Number Average
amount		 Number Average
amount
62 606,051 $1,424.40 292,966 $1,572.83 313,085 $1,285.50
63 918,993 1,435.81 444,111 1,580.81 474,882 1,300.20
64 1,089,266 1,478.00 523,456 1,624.93 565,810 1,342.07
65 1,461,363 1,607.27 696,149 1,772.00 765,214 1,457.40
66 1,826,557 1,807.28 880,475 1,998.75 946,082 1,629.09
67 2,998,144 2,016.48 1,487,707 2,234.41 1,510,437 1,801.82
68 3,132,924 2,052.64 1,553,178 2,272.40 1,579,746 1,836.58
69 3,090,808 2,096.95 1,527,952 2,321.96 1,562,856 1,876.96
70 3,239,089 2,274.68 1,605,631 2,529.62 1,633,458 2,024.08
71 3,161,593 2,247.76 1,561,775 2,494.57 1,599,818 2,006.83
72 2,961,064 2,205.21 1,467,568 2,432.49 1,493,496 1,981.87
73 2,848,436 2,207.96 1,408,069 2,437.40 1,440,367 1,983.67
74 2,686,143 2,178.87 1,323,761 2,401.64 1,362,382 1,962.42
75 2,490,981 2,144.88 1,225,899 2,358.96 1,265,082 1,937.42
76 2,402,698 2,157.21 1,178,035 2,373.40 1,224,663 1,949.26
77 2,299,788 2,170.80 1,125,055 2,391.89 1,174,733 1,959.06
78 2,297,190 2,140.16 1,125,079 2,352.82 1,172,111 1,936.04
79 1,966,206 2,155.77 960,534 2,374.04 1,005,672 1,947.29
80 1,544,401 2,106.29 752,882 2,309.85 791,519 1,912.67
81 1,459,529 2,099.82 705,152 2,299.76 754,377 1,912.92
82 1,417,691 2,098.76 680,413 2,295.82 737,278 1,916.89
83 1,280,356 2,102.12 611,899 2,299.53 668,457 1,921.40
84 1,058,523 2,101.26 500,203 2,301.31 558,320 1,922.03
85 913,885 2,077.11 428,770 2,268.34 485,115 1,908.09
86 792,337 2,036.62 367,536 2,210.33 424,801 1,886.32
87 709,054 2,015.54 326,035 2,180.24 383,019 1,875.35
88 598,324 1,983.29 272,438 2,131.29 325,886 1,859.56
89 498,433 1,925.36 223,179 2,039.74 275,254 1,832.61
90 421,172 1,898.34 185,942 1,990.21 235,230 1,825.71
91 341,949 1,894.74 147,853 1,980.11 194,096 1,829.70
92 266,739 1,899.20 113,008 1,986.52 153,731 1,835.01
93 222,201 1,920.13 91,116 2,023.11 131,085 1,848.55
94 173,742 1,907.78 69,525 1,996.78 104,217 1,848.40
95 135,206 1,890.03 52,439 1,970.52 82,767 1,839.04
96 98,412 1,889.08 35,963 1,968.11 62,449 1,843.57
97 72,256 1,891.21 24,764 1,986.52 47,492 1,841.50
98 51,651 1,887.57 16,846 1,995.70 34,805 1,835.23
99 & over 91,509 1,845.00 25,708 1,929.84 65,801 1,811.85
Total 53,624,664 2,071.30 26,019,071 2,282.28 27,605,593 1,872.43

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 following 2 tables break out data in the above table by dual-entitlement status.

Non-dually entitled retired workers
  Sex of beneficiary
 Total Men Women
Age Number Average
amount		 Number Average
amount		 Number Average
amount
62 564,641 $1,453.48 290,923 $1,577.35 273,718 $1,321.83
63 847,753 1,464.48 440,372 1,585.45 407,381 1,333.71
64 993,798 1,507.35 518,332 1,629.78 475,466 1,373.88
65 1,324,457 1,642.32 688,657 1,777.94 635,800 1,495.43
66 1,662,803 1,846.05 871,541 2,005.15 791,262 1,670.81
67 2,732,900 2,058.30 1,471,653 2,242.11 1,261,247 1,843.83
68 2,829,669 2,097.19 1,534,221 2,281.02 1,295,448 1,879.48
69 2,772,951 2,144.81 1,507,682 2,331.58 1,265,269 1,922.27
70 2,913,823 2,336.12 1,584,813 2,541.23 1,329,010 2,091.53
71 2,811,406 2,310.04 1,538,251 2,507.23 1,273,155 2,071.78
72 2,622,834 2,262.96 1,443,829 2,444.81 1,179,005 2,040.27
73 2,504,821 2,266.02 1,384,131 2,449.84 1,120,690 2,038.99
74 2,333,711 2,234.03 1,299,243 2,414.23 1,034,468 2,007.72
75 2,136,777 2,197.01 1,201,344 2,371.65 935,433 1,972.74
76 2,042,962 2,208.70 1,154,426 2,385.83 888,536 1,978.56
77 1,935,942 2,220.78 1,102,333 2,403.92 833,609 1,978.61
78 1,895,242 2,184.99 1,100,645 2,364.52 794,597 1,936.31
79 1,605,776 2,199.96 939,917 2,385.32 665,859 1,938.31
80 1,235,758 2,141.51 735,908 2,320.01 499,850 1,878.72
81 1,145,664 2,130.15 688,884 2,309.18 456,780 1,860.15
82 1,092,103 2,123.62 664,666 2,304.74 427,437 1,841.99
83 972,698 2,123.86 598,106 2,308.02 374,592 1,829.82
84 795,897 2,121.05 489,306 2,309.76 306,591 1,819.87
85 676,148 2,091.05 418,964 2,276.44 257,184 1,789.04
86 573,151 2,040.20 358,358 2,218.00 214,793 1,743.57
87 503,194 2,013.91 317,811 2,187.21 185,383 1,716.81
88 416,029 1,970.99 265,157 2,137.70 150,872 1,678.00
89 334,572 1,891.65 216,504 2,044.85 118,068 1,610.73
90 275,606 1,850.05 179,929 1,994.46 95,677 1,578.48
91 218,422 1,839.78 142,900 1,984.78 75,522 1,565.41
92 168,307 1,844.38 109,306 1,992.80 59,001 1,569.43
93 137,844 1,872.64 88,281 2,030.66 49,563 1,591.20
94 104,569 1,848.42 67,293 2,003.33 37,276 1,568.77
95 79,355 1,822.46 50,635 1,977.77 28,720 1,548.63
96 55,825 1,814.45 34,693 1,977.20 21,132 1,547.26
97 39,992 1,820.44 23,903 1,994.97 16,089 1,561.16
98 28,199 1,813.46 16,273 2,004.30 11,926 1,553.06
99 & over 47,197 1,740.38 24,693 1,939.42 22,504 1,521.98
Total 45,432,796 2,111.98 25,563,883 2,292.02 19,868,913 1,880.35

Dually entitled retired workers
  Sex of beneficiary
 Total Men Women
Age Number Average
amount		 Number Average
amount		 Number Average
amount
62 41,410 $1,027.80 2,043 $928.67 39,367 $1,032.94
63 71,240 1,094.66 3,739 1,034.65 67,501 1,097.98
64 95,468 1,172.49 5,124 1,133.97 90,344 1,174.68
65 136,906 1,268.12 7,492 1,225.41 129,414 1,270.59
66 163,754 1,413.60 8,934 1,373.95 154,820 1,415.89
67 265,244 1,585.55 16,054 1,528.89 249,190 1,589.20
68 303,255 1,636.97 18,957 1,574.78 284,298 1,641.11
69 317,857 1,679.34 20,270 1,606.54 297,587 1,684.30
70 325,266 1,724.29 20,818 1,645.94 304,448 1,729.65
71 350,187 1,747.83 23,524 1,666.46 326,663 1,753.69
72 338,230 1,757.36 23,739 1,683.32 314,491 1,762.95
73 343,615 1,784.73 23,938 1,717.68 319,677 1,789.75
74 352,432 1,813.60 24,518 1,734.40 327,914 1,819.52
75 354,204 1,830.34 24,555 1,738.29 329,649 1,837.20
76 359,736 1,864.84 23,609 1,765.27 336,127 1,871.83
77 363,846 1,904.83 22,722 1,807.87 341,124 1,911.29
78 401,948 1,928.79 24,434 1,825.64 377,514 1,935.47
79 360,430 1,958.87 20,617 1,859.86 339,813 1,964.88
80 308,643 1,965.27 16,974 1,869.26 291,669 1,970.86
81 313,865 1,989.10 16,268 1,901.01 297,597 1,993.92
82 325,588 2,015.34 15,747 1,919.56 309,841 2,020.21
83 307,658 2,033.38 13,793 1,931.74 293,865 2,038.15
84 262,626 2,041.29 10,897 1,922.13 251,729 2,046.44
85 237,737 2,037.46 9,806 1,922.26 227,931 2,042.42
86 219,186 2,027.24 9,178 1,911.00 210,008 2,032.32
87 205,860 2,019.55 8,224 1,911.07 197,636 2,024.06
88 182,295 2,011.36 7,281 1,898.09 175,014 2,016.07
89 163,861 1,994.17 6,675 1,874.00 157,186 1,999.28
90 145,566 1,989.76 6,013 1,863.17 139,553 1,995.21
91 123,527 1,991.92 4,953 1,845.51 118,574 1,998.04
92 98,432 1,992.92 3,702 1,801.15 94,730 2,000.42
93 84,357 1,997.72 2,835 1,788.02 81,522 2,005.01
94 69,173 1,997.50 2,232 1,799.35 66,941 2,004.11
95 55,851 1,986.05 1,804 1,766.98 54,047 1,993.36
96 42,587 1,986.92 1,270 1,719.82 41,317 1,995.13
97 32,264 1,978.92 861 1,752.09 31,403 1,985.14
98 23,452 1,976.67 573 1,751.43 22,879 1,982.31
99 & over 44,312 1,956.42 1,015 1,696.86 43,297 1,962.51
Total 8,191,868 1,845.64 455,188 1,735.69 7,736,680 1,852.11

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