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Monthly Statistical Snapshot, August 2025

(released September 2025)

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Table 1. Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, or both
Table 2. Social Security benefits
Table 3. Supplemental Security Income recipients
Table 1. Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or both, August 2025 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary Total Social Security only SSI only Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries 74,521 67,115 4,858 2,548
Aged 65 or older 57,798 55,301 1,077 1,420
Disabled, under age 65 a 11,180 6,271 3,781 1,128
Other b 5,543 5,543 . . . . . .
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table. SSI counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both.
. . . = not applicable.
a. Includes children receiving SSI based on their own disability.
b. Social Security beneficiaries who are neither aged nor disabled (for example, early retirees, young survivors).
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.

For detailed annual and time series program data, see our Annual Statistical Supplement.

Table 2. Social Security benefits, August 2025
Type of beneficiary Beneficiaries Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars) Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Number (thousands) Percent
Total 70,073 100.0 130,676 1,864.87
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 61,959 88.4 118,947 1,919.75
Retirement benefits 56,137 80.1 109,775 1,955.48
Retired workers 53,342 76.1 107,128 2,008.31
Spouses of retired workers 2,072 3.0 1,978 954.93
Children of retired workers 723 1.0 669 924.95
Survivor benefits 5,822 8.3 9,172 1,575.30
Children of deceased workers 2,008 2.9 2,285 1,137.88
Widowed mothers and fathers 99 0.1 132 1,333.36
Nondisabled widow(er)s 3,521 5.0 6,569 1,865.74
Disabled widow(er)s 194 0.3 185 954.35
Parents of deceased workers 1 (L) 1 1,700.45
Disability Insurance 8,113 11.6 11,729 1,445.72
Disabled workers 7,081 10.1 11,209 1,582.95
Spouses of disabled workers 87 0.1 39 445.71
Children of disabled workers 946 1.3 482 509.70
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.

For more detailed monthly OASDI information, visit the Actuary's website for Beneficiary Data.

Table 3. Supplemental Security Income recipients, August 2025
Age Recipients Total payments a (millions of dollars) Average monthly payment b (dollars)
Number (thousands) Percent
All recipients 7,406 100.0 5,660 717.84
Under 18 1,011 13.7 939 847.21
18–64 3,897 52.6 3,223 764.04
65 or older 2,497 33.7 1,498 594.26
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes retroactive payments.
b. Excludes retroactive payments.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.

For more detailed monthly SSI information, see SSI Monthly Statistics.