Retired worker beneficiaries in current payment status at the end of
December 2017, distributed by age and sex

  Sex of beneficiary
 Total Male Female
Age Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
62 678,794 $1,112.30 323,446 $1,251.52 355,348 $985.57
63 988,126 1,125.59 472,852 1,261.26 515,274 1,001.09
64 1,130,673 1,133.11 538,032 1,267.98 592,641 1,010.67
65 1,405,020 1,205.79 668,187 1,348.70 736,833 1,076.19
66 2,517,695 1,382.78 1,283,475 1,549.54 1,234,220 1,209.36
67 2,525,646 1,391.48 1,296,233 1,555.27 1,229,413 1,218.80
68 2,564,615 1,421.77 1,316,778 1,589.50 1,247,837 1,244.78
69 2,571,783 1,457.27 1,319,933 1,632.23 1,251,850 1,272.80
70 2,816,070 1,510.49 1,445,511 1,692.48 1,370,559 1,318.54
71 2,486,942 1,525.55 1,274,761 1,712.20 1,212,181 1,329.27
72 2,015,506 1,487.98 1,034,864 1,667.27 980,642 1,298.77
73 1,968,824 1,480.74 1,007,032 1,660.93 961,792 1,292.07
74 1,980,466 1,477.68 1,011,266 1,659.08 969,200 1,288.41
75 1,853,323 1,479.34 946,091 1,662.90 907,232 1,287.93
76 1,601,317 1,480.57 814,404 1,665.66 786,913 1,289.01
77 1,449,837 1,463.69 736,236 1,643.00 713,601 1,278.69
78 1,326,878 1,433.70 671,410 1,602.30 655,468 1,261.00
79 1,260,540 1,417.81 636,268 1,580.99 624,272 1,251.50
80 1,138,838 1,394.29 573,709 1,545.71 565,129 1,240.58
81 1,031,486 1,350.53 517,037 1,479.96 514,449 1,220.45
82 952,320 1,329.60 475,104 1,445.79 477,216 1,213.92
83 860,096 1,326.70 426,478 1,434.86 433,618 1,220.32
84 753,483 1,332.96 369,818 1,439.57 383,665 1,230.20
85 708,324 1,352.16 343,129 1,463.76 365,195 1,247.30
86 634,161 1,342.81 304,562 1,442.80 329,599 1,250.42
87 578,962 1,341.66 274,191 1,435.80 304,771 1,256.97
88 494,588 1,342.51 228,271 1,429.04 266,317 1,268.35
89 438,278 1,355.91 195,929 1,451.50 242,349 1,278.63
90 378,504 1,364.95 164,630 1,459.74 213,874 1,291.97
91 312,931 1,351.70 131,884 1,431.11 181,047 1,293.85
92 256,928 1,364.09 103,742 1,453.05 153,186 1,303.85
93 208,690 1,346.07 81,526 1,416.03 127,164 1,301.22
94 160,918 1,334.14 60,906 1,388.21 100,012 1,301.21
95 121,424 1,331.53 43,810 1,375.52 77,614 1,306.70
96 93,009 1,331.87 31,991 1,360.24 61,018 1,316.99
97 64,182 1,329.86 20,725 1,340.65 43,457 1,324.72
98 41,774 1,346.31 12,517 1,373.08 29,257 1,334.86
99 & over 76,041 1,408.77 18,830 1,524.55 57,211 1,370.67
Total 42,446,992 1,404.15 21,175,568 1,565.45 21,271,424 1,243.58

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
62 628,412 $1,139.55 322,113 $1,253.87 306,299 $1,019.33
63 902,519 1,153.88 470,272 1,263.79 432,247 1,034.31
64 1,016,096 1,162.07 534,178 1,270.93 481,918 1,041.41
65 1,253,881 1,238.34 663,060 1,351.92 590,821 1,110.88
66 2,284,068 1,414.75 1,273,988 1,553.00 1,010,080 1,240.38
67 2,266,946 1,424.70 1,285,322 1,558.88 981,624 1,249.01
68 2,285,936 1,457.56 1,305,202 1,593.37 980,734 1,276.82
69 2,277,575 1,495.69 1,307,878 1,636.24 969,697 1,306.13
70 2,474,702 1,555.89 1,431,499 1,697.20 1,043,203 1,361.98
71 2,170,186 1,572.09 1,262,354 1,716.89 907,832 1,370.74
72 1,732,001 1,532.36 1,023,658 1,671.76 708,343 1,330.91
73 1,669,638 1,524.15 995,750 1,665.27 673,888 1,315.64
74 1,657,562 1,519.85 999,867 1,663.13 657,695 1,302.04
75 1,536,523 1,520.16 935,341 1,666.74 601,182 1,292.09
76 1,318,945 1,519.46 805,161 1,669.45 513,784 1,284.40
77 1,181,863 1,498.65 727,530 1,646.64 454,333 1,261.66
78 1,066,242 1,463.23 662,939 1,605.65 403,303 1,229.13
79 998,139 1,444.46 627,699 1,584.27 370,440 1,207.56
80 887,742 1,415.15 565,728 1,548.50 322,014 1,180.87
81 783,545 1,360.63 508,799 1,482.16 274,746 1,135.57
82 709,458 1,332.10 466,874 1,447.77 242,584 1,109.47
83 630,165 1,324.38 418,960 1,436.82 211,205 1,101.34
84 545,758 1,328.45 363,358 1,441.91 182,400 1,102.42
85 506,262 1,349.42 337,428 1,466.50 168,834 1,115.41
86 442,827 1,333.76 299,224 1,445.33 143,603 1,101.26
87 395,350 1,326.79 268,904 1,438.50 126,446 1,089.22
88 329,214 1,321.81 223,987 1,431.46 105,227 1,088.41
89 287,630 1,337.65 192,377 1,454.23 95,253 1,102.18
90 243,324 1,346.16 161,603 1,462.79 81,721 1,115.52
91 195,603 1,321.45 129,281 1,433.90 66,322 1,102.24
92 158,389 1,335.61 101,689 1,456.13 56,700 1,119.45
93 124,831 1,302.69 79,779 1,418.74 45,052 1,097.18
94 93,949 1,277.32 59,386 1,390.52 34,563 1,082.83
95 69,092 1,266.87 42,754 1,378.05 26,338 1,086.38
96 51,142 1,252.12 31,098 1,362.87 20,044 1,080.28
97 34,367 1,230.34 20,101 1,342.40 14,266 1,072.44
98 22,084 1,252.76 12,138 1,375.45 9,946 1,103.03
99 & over 41,500 1,360.26 18,348 1,529.70 23,152 1,225.99
Total 35,273,466 1,434.14 20,935,627 1,569.09 14,337,839 1,237.10

Dually entitled retired workers
  Sex of beneficiary
 Total Male Female
Age Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
62 50,382 $772.37 1,333 $684.38 49,049 $774.76
63 85,607 827.32 2,580 801.09 83,027 828.14
64 114,577 876.32 3,854 859.45 110,723 876.91
65 151,139 935.70 5,127 931.65 146,012 935.84
66 233,627 1,070.20 9,487 1,085.00 224,140 1,069.57
67 258,700 1,100.40 10,911 1,130.20 247,789 1,099.09
68 278,679 1,128.22 11,576 1,153.74 267,103 1,127.12
69 294,208 1,159.87 12,055 1,198.00 282,153 1,158.24
70 341,368 1,181.33 14,012 1,209.98 327,356 1,180.11
71 316,756 1,206.71 12,407 1,234.60 304,349 1,205.57
72 283,505 1,216.84 11,206 1,257.42 272,299 1,215.17
73 299,186 1,238.47 11,282 1,277.99 287,904 1,236.92
74 322,904 1,261.21 11,399 1,304.59 311,505 1,259.63
75 316,800 1,281.40 10,750 1,328.25 306,050 1,279.76
76 282,372 1,298.94 9,243 1,335.75 273,129 1,297.70
77 267,974 1,309.51 8,706 1,338.42 259,268 1,308.54
78 260,636 1,312.87 8,471 1,340.23 252,165 1,311.95
79 262,401 1,316.46 8,569 1,341.32 253,832 1,315.62
80 251,096 1,320.56 7,981 1,348.00 243,115 1,319.66
81 247,941 1,318.62 8,238 1,343.97 239,703 1,317.74
82 242,862 1,322.30 8,230 1,333.02 234,632 1,321.92
83 229,931 1,333.06 7,518 1,325.88 222,413 1,333.30
84 207,725 1,344.82 6,460 1,307.88 201,265 1,346.01
85 202,062 1,359.03 5,701 1,301.51 196,361 1,360.70
86 191,334 1,363.78 5,338 1,300.96 185,996 1,365.58
87 183,612 1,373.69 5,287 1,298.77 178,325 1,375.91
88 165,374 1,383.73 4,284 1,302.84 161,090 1,385.88
89 150,648 1,390.79 3,552 1,303.68 147,096 1,392.89
90 135,180 1,398.76 3,027 1,296.97 132,153 1,401.09
91 117,328 1,402.13 2,603 1,292.35 114,725 1,404.62
92 98,539 1,409.88 2,053 1,300.58 96,486 1,412.21
93 83,859 1,410.64 1,747 1,292.01 82,112 1,413.16
94 66,969 1,413.85 1,520 1,297.96 65,449 1,416.54
95 52,332 1,416.90 1,056 1,273.01 51,276 1,419.86
96 41,867 1,429.29 893 1,268.72 40,974 1,432.79
97 29,815 1,444.59 624 1,284.40 29,191 1,448.01
98 19,690 1,451.24 379 1,297.17 19,311 1,454.26
99 & over 34,541 1,467.06 482 1,328.67 34,059 1,469.02
Total 7,173,526 1,256.69 239,941 1,248.34 6,933,585 1,256.98

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