Covered Workers and Beneficiaries — 2016 OASDI Trustees Report

Table IV.B3.- Covered Workers and Beneficiaries,
Calendar Years 1945-2090
Historical data:
Calendar year	Covered workers^a (in thousands)	Beneficiaries^b (in thousands)			Covered workers per OASDI beneficiary	OASDI beneficiaries per 100 covered workers
Calendar year	Covered workers^a (in thousands)	OASI	DI	OASDI ^c	Covered workers per OASDI beneficiary	OASDI beneficiaries per 100 covered workers
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	112,919	31,073	4,636	35,709	3.2	32
1982	111,420	31,207	4,184	35,391	3.1	32
1983	112,492	31,833	3,893	35,726	3.1	32
1984	116,847	32,238	3,789	36,026	3.2	31
1985	120,398	32,763	3,874	36,636	3.3	30
1986	122,890	33,346	3,972	37,318	3.3	30
1987	125,944	33,914	4,034	37,948	3.3	30
1988	129,805	34,336	4,077	38,413	3.4	30
1989	132,108	34,741	4,105	38,846	3.4	29
1990	133,087	35,255	4,204	39,459	3.4	30
1991	132,475	35,773	4,388	40,161	3.3	30
1992	133,393	36,299	4,716	41,014	3.3	31
1993	135,579	36,743	5,083	41,826	3.2	31
1994	138,658	37,070	5,435	42,504	3.3	31
1995	140,929	37,364	5,731	43,096	3.3	31
1996	143,378	37,509	5,977	43,486	3.3	30
1997	146,231	37,696	6,087	43,783	3.3	30
1998	149,196	37,818	6,250	44,068	3.4	30
1999	151,941	37,926	6,433	44,359	3.4	29
2000	154,805	38,556	6,606	45,162	3.4	29
2001	155,189	38,888	6,780	45,668	3.4	29
2002	154,615	39,117	7,060	46,176	3.3	30
2003	154,827	39,315	7,438	46,753	3.3	30
2004	156,599	39,558	7,810	47,368	3.3	30
2005	159,030	39,961	8,172	48,133	3.3	30
2006	161,549	40,435	8,428	48,863	3.3	30
2007	163,314	40,863	8,739	49,603	3.3	30
2008	162,704	41,355	9,065	50,420	3.2	31
2009	157,729	42,385	9,475	51,860	3.0	33
2010	157,112	43,440	9,958	53,398	2.9	34
2011	158,674	44,388	10,428	54,816	2.9	35
2012	160,777	45,377	10,799	56,176	2.9	35
2013	163,302	46,517	10,954	57,471	2.8	35
2014	165,885	47,603	10,971	58,574	2.8	35
2015	168,899	48,663	10,881	59,543	2.8	35
Intermediate:
2016	170,822	50,019	10,853	60,872	2.8	36
2017	172,945	51,515	10,931	62,446	2.8	36
2018	175,245	53,121	11,031	64,152	2.7	37
2019	177,249	54,810	11,141	65,952	2.7	37
2020	179,102	56,505	11,231	67,736	2.6	38
2021	180,734	57,946	11,378	69,324	2.6	38
2022	182,066	59,530	11,491	71,021	2.6	39
2023	183,034	61,158	11,592	72,749	2.5	40
2024	183,956	63,073	11,577	74,650	2.5	41
2025	184,836	64,643	11,664	76,307	2.4	41
2026	185,790	65,822	11,839	77,661	2.4	42
2027	186,676	67,371	11,878	79,249	2.4	42
2028	187,415	68,877	11,866	80,742	2.3	43
2029	188,087	70,289	11,871	82,160	2.3	44
2030	188,769	71,615	11,890	83,506	2.3	44
2031	189,414	72,850	11,923	84,773	2.2	45
2032	190,034	73,992	11,983	85,975	2.2	45
2033	190,704	75,010	12,079	87,088	2.2	46
2034	191,423	75,879	12,197	88,076	2.2	46
2035	192,233	76,637	12,321	88,957	2.2	46
2036	193,041	77,358	12,428	89,786	2.2	47
2037	193,936	78,027	12,509	90,536	2.1	47
2038	194,943	78,574	12,591	91,164	2.1	47
2039	195,961	78,998	12,703	91,701	2.1	47
2040	197,022	79,319	12,849	92,168	2.1	47
2041	198,118	79,596	13,009	92,605	2.1	47
2042	199,203	79,870	13,172	93,042	2.1	47
2043	200,334	80,133	13,337	93,470	2.1	47
2044	201,458	80,409	13,492	93,901	2.1	47
2045	202,482	80,709	13,640	94,349	2.1	47
2046	203,553	81,029	13,780	94,809	2.1	47
2047	204,593	81,386	13,900	95,285	2.1	47
2048	205,597	81,758	14,010	95,768	2.1	47
2049	206,600	82,131	14,117	96,248	2.1	47
2050	207,610	82,520	14,226	96,746	2.1	47
2051	208,595	82,939	14,342	97,282	2.1	47
2052	209,576	83,414	14,452	97,866	2.1	47
2053	210,546	83,935	14,556	98,491	2.1	47
2054	211,502	84,486	14,658	99,143	2.1	47
2055	212,456	85,075	14,747	99,823	2.1	47
2056	213,394	85,702	14,819	100,522	2.1	47
2057	214,315	86,361	14,871	101,232	2.1	47
2058	215,240	87,030	14,914	101,945	2.1	47
2059	216,157	87,692	14,963	102,656	2.1	47
2060	217,070	88,345	15,021	103,366	2.1	48
2061	217,990	88,988	15,092	104,080	2.1	48
2062	218,925	89,631	15,173	104,804	2.1	48
2063	219,878	90,272	15,261	105,533	2.1	48
2064	220,858	90,911	15,354	106,265	2.1	48
2065	221,854	91,566	15,445	107,011	2.1	48
2066	222,872	92,243	15,532	107,774	2.1	48
2067	223,907	92,935	15,614	108,549	2.1	48
2068	224,955	93,638	15,698	109,336	2.1	49
2069	226,012	94,354	15,788	110,142	2.1	49
2070	227,089	95,079	15,874	110,953	2.0	49
2071	228,187	95,790	15,953	111,743	2.0	49
2072	229,305	96,477	16,027	112,504	2.0	49
2073	230,432	97,144	16,088	113,233	2.0	49
2074	231,560	97,785	16,137	113,922	2.0	49
2075	232,692	98,376	16,184	114,560	2.0	49
2076	233,828	98,893	16,252	115,145	2.0	49
2077	234,964	99,342	16,347	115,689	2.0	49
2078	236,104	99,748	16,464	116,212	2.0	49
2079	237,258	100,129	16,598	116,728	2.0	49
2080	238,422	100,509	16,744	117,253	2.0	49
2081	239,586	100,909	16,899	117,807	2.0	49
2082	240,747	101,344	17,055	118,399	2.0	49
2083	241,896	101,829	17,206	119,035	2.0	49
2084	243,035	102,374	17,346	119,720	2.0	49
2085	244,162	102,982	17,475	120,457	2.0	49
2086	245,281	103,643	17,590	121,234	2.0	49
2087	246,395	104,347	17,693	122,040	2.0	50
2088	247,502	105,085	17,783	122,868	2.0	50
2089	248,603	105,847	17,862	123,709	2.0	50
2090	249,698	106,626	17,931	124,557	2.0	50
Low-cost:
2016	171,545	50,004	10,803	60,807	2.8	35
2017	174,806	51,476	10,773	62,249	2.8	36
2018	177,818	53,058	10,744	63,802	2.8	36
2019	180,358	54,720	10,719	65,439	2.8	36
2020	182,507	56,386	10,676	67,062	2.7	37
2021	184,219	57,800	10,694	68,495	2.7	37
2022	185,557	59,347	10,685	70,032	2.6	38
2023	186,750	60,936	10,671	71,606	2.6	38
2024	187,890	62,795	10,553	73,348	2.6	39
2025	188,925	64,318	10,539	74,857	2.5	40
2026	190,052	65,315	10,589	75,904	2.5	40
2027	191,078	66,782	10,530	77,312	2.5	40
2028	191,959	68,192	10,431	78,624	2.4	41
2029	192,775	69,500	10,353	79,853	2.4	41
2030	193,605	70,713	10,291	81,004	2.4	42
2031	194,412	71,831	10,246	82,077	2.4	42
2032	195,212	72,856	10,227	83,082	2.3	43
2033	196,087	73,753	10,242	83,995	2.3	43
2034	197,045	74,507	10,278	84,785	2.3	43
2035	198,130	75,146	10,319	85,465	2.3	43
2036	199,244	75,742	10,349	86,091	2.3	43
2037	200,480	76,285	10,360	86,645	2.3	43
2038	201,865	76,703	10,376	87,080	2.3	43
2039	203,290	77,004	10,422	87,426	2.3	43
2040	204,791	77,208	10,499	87,708	2.3	43
2041	206,364	77,373	10,592	87,965	2.3	43
2042	207,957	77,540	10,690	88,230	2.4	42
2043	209,623	77,699	10,793	88,492	2.4	42
2044	211,303	77,875	10,891	88,766	2.4	42
2045	212,901	78,079	10,985	89,064	2.4	42
2046	214,558	78,309	11,076	89,385	2.4	42
2047	216,184	78,579	11,154	89,733	2.4	42
2048	217,779	78,871	11,227	90,098	2.4	41
2049	219,371	79,170	11,301	90,472	2.4	41
2050	220,970	79,491	11,379	90,870	2.4	41
2051	222,550	79,851	11,464	91,315	2.4	41
2052	224,127	80,272	11,547	91,818	2.4	41
2053	225,692	80,744	11,627	92,371	2.4	41
2054	227,245	81,252	11,708	92,961	2.4	41
2055	228,799	81,803	11,783	93,585	2.4	41
2056	230,351	82,393	11,845	94,238	2.4	41
2057	231,899	83,013	11,895	94,908	2.4	41
2058	233,465	83,644	11,942	95,586	2.4	41
2059	235,037	84,268	11,995	96,263	2.4	41
2060	236,623	84,883	12,057	96,940	2.4	41
2061	238,234	85,492	12,131	97,622	2.4	41
2062	239,877	86,101	12,214	98,315	2.4	41
2063	241,563	86,709	12,305	99,015	2.4	41
2064	243,300	87,313	12,402	99,715	2.4	41
2065	245,082	87,931	12,500	100,431	2.4	41
2066	246,908	88,570	12,596	101,165	2.4	41
2067	248,776	89,221	12,690	101,911	2.4	41
2068	250,689	89,879	12,788	102,667	2.4	41
2069	252,636	90,549	12,893	103,442	2.4	41
2070	254,625	91,227	12,996	104,223	2.4	41
2071	256,662	91,886	13,097	104,983	2.4	41
2072	258,742	92,512	13,196	105,708	2.4	41
2073	260,851	93,110	13,289	106,399	2.5	41
2074	262,987	93,675	13,375	107,050	2.5	41
2075	265,145	94,186	13,464	107,649	2.5	41
2076	267,323	94,625	13,571	108,196	2.5	40
2077	269,512	95,005	13,700	108,705	2.5	40
2078	271,716	95,349	13,850	109,199	2.5	40
2079	273,939	95,682	14,017	109,699	2.5	40
2080	276,175	96,031	14,196	110,227	2.5	40
2081	278,415	96,417	14,386	110,803	2.5	40
2082	280,648	96,862	14,579	111,442	2.5	40
2083	282,867	97,390	14,769	112,159	2.5	40
2084	285,073	98,011	14,951	112,962	2.5	40
2085	287,265	98,727	15,124	113,850	2.5	40
2086	289,444	99,534	15,285	114,820	2.5	40
2087	291,612	100,423	15,436	115,858	2.5	40
2088	293,775	101,377	15,574	116,952	2.5	40
2089	295,934	102,389	15,702	118,091	2.5	40
2090	298,093	103,444	15,819	119,264	2.5	40
High-cost:
2016	170,151	50,032	10,897	60,929	2.8	36
2017	169,900	51,547	11,094	62,640	2.7	37
2018	171,018	53,169	11,363	64,533	2.7	38
2019	172,598	54,878	11,648	66,527	2.6	39
2020	174,217	56,604	11,873	68,476	2.5	39
2021	175,633	58,077	12,122	70,199	2.5	40
2022	176,978	59,703	12,328	72,031	2.5	41
2023	178,172	61,379	12,521	73,900	2.4	41
2024	179,277	63,363	12,595	75,957	2.4	42
2025	180,301	64,991	12,773	77,763	2.3	43
2026	181,279	66,427	13,091	79,518	2.3	44
2027	182,063	68,061	13,239	81,300	2.2	45
2028	182,695	69,668	13,325	82,993	2.2	45
2029	183,257	71,192	13,423	84,615	2.2	46
2030	183,821	72,638	13,531	86,168	2.1	47
2031	184,344	73,999	13,647	87,646	2.1	48
2032	184,836	75,276	13,788	89,063	2.1	48
2033	185,355	76,429	13,965	90,394	2.1	49
2034	185,895	77,431	14,168	91,598	2.0	49
2035	186,485	78,324	14,375	92,699	2.0	50
2036	187,029	79,181	14,559	93,741	2.0	50
2037	187,617	79,991	14,709	94,700	2.0	50
2038	188,273	80,684	14,854	95,538	2.0	51
2039	188,897	81,253	15,032	96,284	2.0	51
2040	189,536	81,713	15,246	96,959	2.0	51
2041	190,196	82,125	15,476	97,600	1.9	51
2042	190,834	82,534	15,704	98,238	1.9	51
2043	191,512	82,927	15,931	98,858	1.9	52
2044	192,182	83,326	16,141	99,467	1.9	52
2045	192,741	83,742	16,338	100,080	1.9	52
2046	193,335	84,173	16,521	100,694	1.9	52
2047	193,875	84,638	16,675	101,313	1.9	52
2048	194,359	85,110	16,815	101,925	1.9	52
2049	194,818	85,576	16,950	102,526	1.9	53
2050	195,267	86,050	17,086	103,136	1.9	53
2051	195,683	86,547	17,229	103,776	1.9	53
2052	196,093	87,094	17,361	104,455	1.9	53
2053	196,488	87,678	17,483	105,161	1.9	54
2054	196,866	88,282	17,600	105,882	1.9	54
2055	197,241	88,921	17,699	106,619	1.8	54
2056	197,595	89,595	17,772	107,367	1.8	54
2057	197,924	90,301	17,816	108,117	1.8	55
2058	198,250	91,017	17,846	108,863	1.8	55
2059	198,560	91,722	17,879	109,601	1.8	55
2060	198,857	92,412	17,921	110,333	1.8	55
2061	199,147	93,090	17,976	111,065	1.8	56
2062	199,435	93,768	18,040	111,808	1.8	56
2063	199,721	94,446	18,110	112,557	1.8	56
2064	200,015	95,120	18,184	113,303	1.8	57
2065	200,311	95,812	18,251	114,063	1.8	57
2066	200,610	96,530	18,311	114,841	1.7	57
2067	200,905	97,270	18,361	115,631	1.7	58
2068	201,191	98,024	18,409	116,434	1.7	58
2069	201,468	98,795	18,463	117,258	1.7	58
2070	201,750	99,581	18,507	118,088	1.7	59
2071	202,034	100,354	18,539	118,893	1.7	59
2072	202,326	101,101	18,560	119,661	1.7	59
2073	202,617	101,832	18,561	120,393	1.7	59
2074	202,897	102,547	18,539	121,086	1.7	60
2075	203,168	103,215	18,512	121,727	1.7	60
2076	203,425	103,810	18,506	122,316	1.7	60
2077	203,668	104,332	18,529	122,861	1.7	60
2078	203,909	104,798	18,575	123,373	1.7	61
2079	204,155	105,229	18,636	123,865	1.6	61
2080	204,403	105,645	18,704	124,349	1.6	61
2081	204,650	106,059	18,776	124,835	1.6	61
2082	204,893	106,475	18,847	125,323	1.6	61
2083	205,125	106,905	18,914	125,819	1.6	61
2084	205,348	107,359	18,970	126,329	1.6	62
2085	205,569	107,833	19,016	126,849	1.6	62
2086	205,785	108,322	19,052	127,374	1.6	62
2087	206,001	108,820	19,078	127,898	1.6	62
2088	206,215	109,319	19,095	128,414	1.6	62
2089	206,427	109,819	19,103	128,921	1.6	62
2090	206,635	110,312	19,105	129,417	1.6	63

^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.

Notes:
1. The number of beneficiaries does not include uninsured individuals who receive benefits under Section 228 of the Social Security Act. The General Fund of the Treasury reimburses the trust funds for the costs of most of these individuals.
2. Historical covered worker and beneficiary data are subject to revision.
3. Totals do not necessarily equal the sums of rounded components.