Retired worker beneficiaries in current payment status at the end of
December 2020, distributed by age and sex

  Sex of beneficiary
 Total Male Female
Age Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
62 591,749 $1,148.19 280,969 $1,283.70 310,780 $1,025.67
63 907,261 1,165.62 432,015 1,297.32 475,246 1,045.90
64 1,076,966 1,223.75 511,189 1,362.55 565,777 1,098.34
65 1,373,478 1,334.68 649,954 1,488.75 723,524 1,196.28
66 2,694,005 1,527.70 1,340,289 1,705.72 1,353,716 1,351.45
67 2,696,628 1,519.65 1,373,147 1,693.09 1,323,481 1,339.71
68 2,721,133 1,550.65 1,387,512 1,728.19 1,333,621 1,365.94
69 2,666,181 1,555.07 1,358,567 1,732.61 1,307,614 1,370.61
70 2,741,316 1,632.82 1,390,120 1,814.22 1,351,196 1,446.20
71 2,703,741 1,648.68 1,365,371 1,832.23 1,338,370 1,461.42
72 2,627,272 1,659.92 1,324,388 1,848.34 1,302,884 1,468.39
73 2,666,651 1,634.27 1,347,915 1,819.17 1,318,736 1,445.29
74 2,323,798 1,645.67 1,172,842 1,835.70 1,150,956 1,452.03
75 1,866,490 1,605.54 942,739 1,786.64 923,751 1,420.71
76 1,805,163 1,598.45 906,785 1,779.56 898,378 1,415.63
77 1,798,475 1,596.01 900,579 1,777.09 897,896 1,414.39
78 1,666,325 1,597.78 833,199 1,780.84 833,126 1,414.71
79 1,422,590 1,598.28 706,967 1,782.96 715,623 1,415.83
80 1,271,006 1,580.31 629,820 1,757.99 641,186 1,405.78
81 1,145,806 1,548.95 564,618 1,714.17 581,188 1,388.44
82 1,070,721 1,532.79 525,322 1,691.60 545,399 1,379.82
83 949,636 1,507.34 463,830 1,653.18 485,806 1,368.10
84 840,725 1,461.72 407,287 1,582.41 433,438 1,348.31
85 757,618 1,440.93 364,523 1,546.08 393,095 1,343.42
86 664,998 1,438.80 316,719 1,535.77 348,279 1,350.63
87 564,320 1,444.63 265,454 1,540.29 298,866 1,359.67
88 512,668 1,465.18 236,596 1,567.87 276,072 1,377.18
89 441,547 1,455.12 201,139 1,545.33 240,408 1,379.64
90 385,360 1,453.13 172,242 1,537.68 213,118 1,384.80
91 313,634 1,454.45 135,664 1,531.91 177,970 1,395.40
92 262,757 1,465.69 108,907 1,554.56 153,850 1,402.79
93 214,215 1,472.43 85,533 1,564.57 128,682 1,411.19
94 165,761 1,456.03 63,639 1,530.06 102,122 1,409.89
95 127,142 1,466.50 46,148 1,557.47 80,994 1,414.67
96 95,034 1,444.56 33,189 1,514.62 61,845 1,406.97
97 67,766 1,431.19 22,753 1,486.23 45,013 1,403.36
98 46,597 1,429.14 14,870 1,469.37 31,727 1,410.28
99 & over 83,062 1,437.51 22,141 1,471.91 60,921 1,425.01
Total 46,329,595 1,544.15 22,904,941 1,714.33 23,424,654 1,377.75

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 Male Female
Age Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
62 549,735 $1,173.52 279,550 $1,286.50 270,185 $1,056.62
63 832,547 1,192.06 429,269 1,300.41 403,278 1,076.73
64 980,298 1,251.76 507,494 1,365.85 472,804 1,129.31
65 1,245,628 1,367.24 644,967 1,492.53 600,661 1,232.71
66 2,457,313 1,560.75 1,329,262 1,710.10 1,128,051 1,384.74
67 2,448,914 1,551.52 1,360,652 1,697.53 1,088,262 1,368.97
68 2,454,928 1,585.05 1,374,000 1,733.00 1,080,928 1,396.99
69 2,380,611 1,590.98 1,343,869 1,737.72 1,036,742 1,400.78
70 2,442,402 1,676.57 1,374,537 1,820.26 1,067,865 1,491.61
71 2,391,256 1,693.83 1,349,592 1,838.38 1,041,664 1,506.55
72 2,304,575 1,705.14 1,308,901 1,854.29 995,674 1,509.07
73 2,300,525 1,678.42 1,330,562 1,825.15 969,963 1,477.14
74 1,988,159 1,689.96 1,157,978 1,841.44 830,181 1,478.66
75 1,570,124 1,645.85 929,803 1,791.94 640,321 1,433.72
76 1,496,081 1,636.59 894,007 1,784.51 602,074 1,416.94
77 1,468,665 1,631.55 887,774 1,781.73 580,891 1,402.03
78 1,346,075 1,631.57 821,672 1,785.08 524,403 1,391.04
79 1,140,223 1,629.97 697,379 1,787.26 442,844 1,382.29
80 1,006,121 1,607.52 620,853 1,761.98 385,268 1,358.60
81 892,290 1,569.10 556,009 1,717.82 336,281 1,323.20
82 819,784 1,549.33 516,863 1,695.07 302,921 1,300.65
83 714,947 1,516.92 456,213 1,656.13 258,734 1,271.46
84 614,527 1,457.63 399,551 1,584.50 214,976 1,221.84
85 542,013 1,427.27 357,013 1,547.86 185,000 1,194.54
86 466,391 1,419.71 310,019 1,537.72 156,372 1,185.74
87 391,272 1,423.20 259,919 1,542.54 131,353 1,187.06
88 350,254 1,446.81 232,019 1,570.78 118,235 1,203.55
89 293,893 1,428.84 196,980 1,547.93 96,913 1,186.77
90 250,223 1,421.35 168,401 1,540.42 81,822 1,176.30
91 198,357 1,415.34 132,648 1,534.36 65,709 1,175.09
92 163,251 1,430.51 106,659 1,557.44 56,592 1,191.29
93 130,274 1,438.07 83,736 1,568.01 46,538 1,204.28
94 97,968 1,408.04 62,235 1,533.37 35,733 1,189.75
95 73,823 1,423.32 45,073 1,560.97 28,750 1,207.51
96 53,633 1,383.23 32,403 1,517.22 21,230 1,178.73
97 37,228 1,354.77 22,116 1,488.82 15,112 1,158.60
98 24,999 1,341.60 14,428 1,471.99 10,571 1,163.65
99 & over 42,658 1,335.49 21,474 1,474.85 21,184 1,194.22
Total 38,961,965 1,574.96 22,615,880 1,718.92 16,346,085 1,375.77

Dually entitled retired workers
  Sex of beneficiary
 Total Male Female
Age Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
Number Average
amount
62 42,014 $816.76 1,419 $733.91 40,595 $819.66
63 74,714 871.03 2,746 815.22 71,968 873.16
64 96,668 939.61 3,695 908.68 92,973 940.83
65 127,850 1,017.47 4,987 999.65 122,863 1,018.20
66 236,692 1,184.64 11,027 1,177.46 225,665 1,184.99
67 247,714 1,204.59 12,495 1,209.35 235,219 1,204.34
68 266,205 1,233.40 13,512 1,238.37 252,693 1,233.13
69 285,570 1,255.71 14,698 1,265.95 270,872 1,255.16
70 298,914 1,275.39 15,583 1,281.31 283,331 1,275.07
71 312,485 1,303.13 15,779 1,305.90 296,706 1,302.98
72 322,697 1,336.96 15,487 1,345.49 307,210 1,336.52
73 366,126 1,356.90 17,353 1,360.68 348,773 1,356.71
74 335,639 1,383.34 14,864 1,388.12 320,775 1,383.12
75 296,366 1,391.96 12,936 1,405.65 283,430 1,391.34
76 309,082 1,413.83 12,778 1,433.57 296,304 1,412.98
77 329,810 1,437.74 12,805 1,455.42 317,005 1,437.03
78 320,250 1,455.78 11,527 1,478.78 308,723 1,454.92
79 282,367 1,470.27 9,588 1,470.27 272,779 1,470.27
80 264,885 1,476.97 8,967 1,481.40 255,918 1,476.81
81 253,516 1,478.03 8,609 1,478.39 244,907 1,478.02
82 250,937 1,478.76 8,459 1,479.60 242,478 1,478.73
83 234,689 1,478.16 7,617 1,476.33 227,072 1,478.22
84 226,198 1,472.82 7,736 1,474.48 218,462 1,472.76
85 215,605 1,475.27 7,510 1,461.08 208,095 1,475.79
86 198,607 1,483.65 6,700 1,445.49 191,907 1,484.98
87 173,048 1,493.08 5,535 1,434.55 167,513 1,495.01
88 162,414 1,504.80 4,577 1,420.17 157,837 1,507.25
89 147,654 1,507.42 4,159 1,422.02 143,495 1,509.90
90 135,137 1,511.98 3,841 1,417.82 131,296 1,514.73
91 115,277 1,521.73 3,016 1,424.15 112,261 1,524.36
92 99,506 1,523.42 2,248 1,418.11 97,258 1,525.85
93 83,941 1,525.76 1,797 1,404.49 82,144 1,528.41
94 67,793 1,525.38 1,404 1,383.55 66,389 1,528.38
95 53,319 1,526.29 1,075 1,410.71 52,244 1,528.67
96 41,401 1,524.01 786 1,407.32 40,615 1,526.27
97 30,538 1,524.34 637 1,396.50 29,901 1,527.06
98 21,598 1,530.46 442 1,383.95 21,156 1,533.52
99 & over 40,404 1,545.21 667 1,376.98 39,737 1,548.04
Total 7,367,630 1,381.25 289,061 1,354.81 7,078,569 1,382.33

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