Annual Statistical Supplement, 2025

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance

Benefits in Current-Payment Status

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A note about benefit and beneficiary types

Beneficiary-type category names reflect Social Security Act language. Although some are unambiguous, please note the following clarifications:

  • Unless otherwise specified, the “wives,” “husbands,” and “spouses” categories include divorced ex-spouses, who may qualify for benefits if the marriage lasted 10 or more years.
  • The “widow(er)s,” “nondisabled widow(er)s,” and “disabled widow(er)s” categories likewise include qualifying surviving divorced ex-spouses.
  • “Widowed mothers and fathers” are entitled to benefits because they care for a deceased worker's child (if the child is younger than 16 or disabled), whereas “parents” are entitled because they are the dependent survivors of a deceased worker.
  • Unless otherwise specified, the “widowed mothers and fathers” category includes surviving divorced ex-spouses caring for the deceased worker's child.
  • “Children” refers to the offspring of beneficiaries or deceased workers; it does not necessarily mean minors. (Children's benefits may be paid to students aged 18–19 or to disabled adult children as well as to minors.)
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Table 5.A1 All beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by type of benefit and sex, December 2024
Type of benefit All Male Female
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total, OASDI 68,455,973 1,834.43 31,128,074 2,038.59 37,327,899 1,664.19
OASI 60,133,831 1,889.09 26,977,622 2,109.98 33,156,209 1,709.36
Retirement benefits 54,348,229 1,925.66 25,705,129 2,155.49 28,643,100 1,719.40
Retired workers 51,772,651 1,975.34 25,203,357 2,181.34 26,569,294 1,779.93
Spouses of retired workers 1,861,801 930.60 111,018 645.34 1,750,783 948.69
Children of retired workers 713,777 917.78 390,754 917.46 323,023 918.16
Survivor benefits 5,785,602 1,545.57 1,272,493 1,190.71 4,513,109 1,645.62
Children of deceased workers 2,050,895 1,133.60 1,084,226 1,134.35 966,669 1,132.75
Widowed mothers and fathers 103,829 1,316.11 8,444 1,160.96 95,385 1,329.84
Nondisabled widow(er)s 3,433,993 1,832.47 162,439 1,615.60 3,271,554 1,843.24
Disabled widow(er)s 196,108 951.06 17,286 745.15 178,822 970.96
Parents of deceased workers 777 1,675.42 98 1,606.39 679 1,685.38
DI 8,322,142 1,439.50 4,150,452 1,574.52 4,171,690 1,305.18
Disabled workers 7,231,147 1,580.79 3,616,770 1,731.44 3,614,377 1,430.03
Spouses of disabled workers 85,960 431.66 8,254 384.32 77,706 436.69
Children of disabled workers 1,005,035 509.19 525,428 513.03 479,607 504.99
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: DI = Disability Insurance; OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; OASI = Old-Age and Survivors Insurance.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 5.A1.1 Retired-worker beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by age and sex, December 2024
Age All retired workers Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 51,772,651 1,975.34 25,203,357 2,181.34 26,569,294 1,779.93
62–64 2,542,884 1,384.41 1,224,861 1,528.83 1,318,023 1,250.20
62 594,233 1,341.61 286,921 1,485.76 307,312 1,207.03
63 893,941 1,364.48 431,677 1,504.97 462,264 1,233.28
64 1,054,710 1,425.42 506,263 1,573.59 548,447 1,288.65
65–69 12,352,130 1,905.95 6,079,672 2,118.11 6,272,458 1,700.30
65 1,418,841 1,611.00 676,703 1,784.78 742,138 1,452.55
66 1,935,551 1,763.99 938,701 1,958.41 996,850 1,580.90
67 2,993,632 1,929.73 1,487,921 2,142.78 1,505,711 1,719.20
68 3,026,551 1,979.87 1,501,717 2,197.41 1,524,834 1,765.64
69 2,977,555 2,039.72 1,474,630 2,267.08 1,502,925 1,816.63
70–74 14,358,789 2,106.71 7,136,112 2,332.09 7,222,677 1,884.03
70 3,177,088 2,148.12 1,578,191 2,389.95 1,598,897 1,909.42
71 3,001,420 2,114.43 1,497,039 2,338.31 1,504,381 1,891.65
72 2,895,635 2,117.23 1,440,960 2,342.94 1,454,675 1,893.65
73 2,738,601 2,087.94 1,358,566 2,308.17 1,380,035 1,871.15
74 2,546,045 2,054.16 1,261,356 2,265.70 1,284,689 1,846.45
75–79 10,849,367 2,054.69 5,344,289 2,267.59 5,505,078 1,848.01
75 2,463,275 2,064.53 1,215,749 2,277.99 1,247,526 1,856.51
76 2,366,146 2,076.39 1,165,054 2,294.58 1,201,092 1,864.76
77 2,371,594 2,046.16 1,169,717 2,256.67 1,201,877 1,841.28
78 2,038,402 2,060.78 1,002,952 2,277.29 1,035,450 1,851.07
79 1,609,950 2,012.59 790,817 2,215.70 819,133 1,816.51
80–84 6,500,109 2,002.58 3,132,713 2,201.29 3,367,396 1,817.72
80 1,529,634 2,006.20 745,295 2,206.47 784,339 1,815.90
81 1,494,953 2,004.45 724,086 2,202.54 770,867 1,818.38
82 1,358,562 2,007.04 655,421 2,206.14 703,141 1,821.45
83 1,131,863 2,006.39 540,450 2,208.12 591,413 1,822.04
84 985,097 1,983.59 467,461 2,176.38 517,636 1,809.49
85–89 3,354,854 1,892.84 1,550,835 2,041.99 1,804,019 1,764.63
85 862,244 1,944.05 405,138 2,119.76 457,106 1,788.31
86 779,626 1,924.82 363,711 2,091.99 415,915 1,778.63
87 666,192 1,893.13 307,819 2,044.34 358,373 1,763.26
88 563,328 1,838.39 256,711 1,957.29 306,617 1,738.85
89 483,464 1,813.00 217,456 1,910.11 266,008 1,733.61
90–94 1,377,928 1,819.56 586,490 1,911.90 791,438 1,751.13
95–99 381,473 1,814.94 133,968 1,910.01 247,505 1,763.49
100 or older 55,117 1,757.83 14,417 1,819.25 40,700 1,736.07
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 5.A1.2 Disabled-worker beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by age and sex, December 2024
Age All disabled workers Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 7,231,147 1,580.79 3,616,770 1,731.44 3,614,377 1,430.03
Under 20 667 689.37 405 707.96 262 660.65
20–24 24,897 891.62 14,994 898.08 9,903 881.85
20 1,335 751.96 799 764.38 536 733.45
21 2,633 802.01 1,604 813.77 1,029 783.67
22 4,593 862.11 2,778 868.44 1,815 852.43
23 6,746 902.71 4,059 913.96 2,687 885.71
24 9,590 942.00 5,754 943.24 3,836 940.14
25–29 80,154 1,037.04 46,927 1,039.83 33,227 1,033.12
25 11,724 977.34 7,072 981.80 4,652 970.55
26 14,121 1,006.15 8,292 1,008.84 5,829 1,002.33
27 15,788 1,036.69 9,301 1,037.51 6,487 1,035.51
28 18,125 1,055.44 10,529 1,057.59 7,596 1,052.47
29 20,396 1,076.67 11,733 1,082.59 8,663 1,068.66
30–34 147,605 1,132.17 81,967 1,139.53 65,638 1,122.99
30 23,337 1,094.99 13,427 1,095.27 9,910 1,094.61
31 26,117 1,115.60 14,708 1,120.36 11,409 1,109.46
32 28,994 1,126.09 16,092 1,131.03 12,902 1,119.93
33 32,534 1,147.33 17,897 1,156.45 14,637 1,136.19
34 36,623 1,159.02 19,843 1,175.30 16,780 1,139.77
35–39 248,888 1,222.48 132,303 1,251.27 116,585 1,189.81
35 39,969 1,176.84 21,612 1,199.04 18,357 1,150.71
36 43,954 1,199.10 23,647 1,225.04 20,307 1,168.90
37 48,851 1,216.49 25,856 1,243.19 22,995 1,186.46
38 54,877 1,237.75 29,069 1,269.66 25,808 1,201.80
39 61,237 1,260.15 32,119 1,295.60 29,118 1,221.04
40–44 407,194 1,322.34 208,140 1,363.68 199,054 1,279.12
40 66,789 1,278.83 35,143 1,315.44 31,646 1,238.18
41 73,251 1,300.97 38,132 1,337.48 35,119 1,261.33
42 81,406 1,314.90 41,697 1,357.98 39,709 1,269.66
43 88,554 1,338.33 44,898 1,381.52 43,656 1,293.91
44 97,194 1,360.02 48,270 1,407.82 48,924 1,312.85
45–49 564,228 1,414.79 274,658 1,483.43 289,570 1,349.69
45 102,607 1,378.35 50,874 1,436.59 51,733 1,321.08
46 106,797 1,391.30 52,522 1,452.14 54,275 1,332.42
47 113,986 1,416.88 55,359 1,484.80 58,627 1,352.74
48 116,670 1,430.20 56,396 1,503.88 60,274 1,361.27
49 124,168 1,448.72 59,507 1,530.44 64,661 1,373.52
50–54 889,392 1,512.28 426,591 1,630.77 462,801 1,403.06
50 136,619 1,472.11 65,526 1,567.77 71,093 1,383.94
51 151,438 1,484.57 72,183 1,591.66 79,255 1,387.02
52 172,053 1,503.39 82,452 1,621.09 89,601 1,395.07
53 202,249 1,526.57 97,163 1,651.49 105,086 1,411.07
54 227,033 1,548.93 109,267 1,683.25 117,766 1,424.31
55–59 1,496,561 1,601.46 734,882 1,763.51 761,679 1,445.11
55 243,086 1,567.19 118,339 1,710.17 124,747 1,431.55
56 265,960 1,579.90 130,034 1,733.49 135,926 1,432.96
57 292,027 1,595.81 143,377 1,757.94 148,650 1,439.43
58 325,875 1,617.79 161,224 1,784.56 164,651 1,454.49
59 369,613 1,629.59 181,908 1,805.42 187,705 1,459.18
60–64 2,449,043 1,696.13 1,226,957 1,897.72 1,222,086 1,493.74
60 423,645 1,648.85 209,837 1,832.98 213,808 1,468.14
61 457,899 1,669.82 227,838 1,862.26 230,061 1,479.23
62 494,248 1,694.06 247,511 1,893.40 246,737 1,494.09
63 528,018 1,717.51 266,047 1,925.65 261,971 1,506.13
64 545,233 1,736.15 275,724 1,953.23 269,509 1,514.06
65–66 922,518 1,757.61 468,946 1,981.84 453,572 1,525.78
65 552,383 1,756.39 280,635 1,979.38 271,748 1,526.11
66 370,135 1,759.42 188,311 1,985.49 181,824 1,525.28
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A1.3 Spousal beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by basis of entitlement, age, marital status, sex, and type of benefit, December 2024
Basis of entitlement, age, and marital status All spouses Wives Husbands
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
  All spouses
Total 1,947,761 908.58 1,828,489 926.93 119,272 627.28
By basis of entitlement  
Care of children 48,610 618.73 47,751 622.32 859 419.22
Under 35 2,663 396.13 2,623 397.62 40 298.63
35–39 5,406 421.66 5,324 424.55 82 233.60
40–44 8,189 494.84 8,052 497.98 137 310.05
45–49 9,064 580.43 8,905 584.16 159 371.26
50–54 8,576 656.32 8,421 661.08 155 398.06
55–59 6,162 734.18 6,049 739.13 113 469.24
60–61 2,522 813.32 2,460 818.49 62 608.34
62–64 3,784 845.73 3,720 849.58 64 621.97
65–FRA 2,244 902.40 2,197 905.65 47 750.23
Age 1,899,151 916.00 1,780,738 935.10 118,413 628.79
62–64 115,395 596.81 110,931 603.48 4,464 430.88
62 25,031 579.95 24,097 586.66 934 406.80
63 40,043 589.34 38,470 596.03 1,573 425.71
64 50,321 611.14 48,364 617.80 1,957 446.54
65–69 419,623 824.20 396,886 836.56 22,737 608.55
65 69,844 695.68 66,662 703.72 3,182 527.26
66 79,003 751.97 75,020 763.02 3,983 543.88
67 87,063 852.71 82,394 866.33 4,669 612.29
68 90,461 879.48 85,196 894.05 5,265 643.66
69 93,252 901.43 87,614 916.70 5,638 664.21
70–74 528,990 1,005.54 494,522 1,024.80 34,468 729.34
70 94,791 912.97 88,591 930.35 6,200 664.59
71 115,466 1,039.05 108,062 1,057.50 7,404 769.75
72 111,244 1,028.85 104,057 1,048.21 7,187 748.62
73 105,723 1,019.21 98,866 1,039.17 6,857 731.51
74 101,766 1,014.08 94,946 1,035.07 6,820 721.82
75–79 432,466 988.70 404,218 1,012.38 28,248 649.88
75 99,411 1,011.83 92,913 1,034.20 6,498 692.05
76 94,136 999.69 87,928 1,023.60 6,208 661.14
77 93,480 995.67 87,470 1,019.59 6,010 647.51
78 80,157 975.32 74,999 999.45 5,158 624.37
79 65,282 944.08 60,908 968.45 4,374 604.61
80–84 253,634 925.34 237,273 950.48 16,361 560.83
85–89 113,821 882.44 105,288 913.07 8,533 504.49
90–94 31,183 862.01 28,204 902.16 2,979 481.92
95–99 3,837 841.39 3,266 908.44 571 457.85
100 or older 202 769.58 150 888.19 52 427.41
By marital status  
Nondivorced 1,777,956 906.49 1,673,083 924.76 104,873 614.98
Divorced 169,805 930.55 155,406 950.36 14,399 716.82
  Spouses of retired workers
Total 1,861,801 930.60 1,750,783 948.69 111,018 645.34
By basis of entitlement  
Care of children 28,003 811.05 27,815 810.84 188 841.61
Under 35 788 716.29 784 716.03 4 767.25
35–39 1,765 718.68 1,760 718.34 5 837.20
40–44 3,348 736.62 3,339 735.97 9 978.00
45–49 4,863 760.75 4,848 760.21 15 934.40
50–54 5,469 794.25 5,450 794.03 19 858.37
55–59 4,466 837.48 4,435 837.91 31 775.74
60–61 2,003 892.10 1,972 893.10 31 828.61
62–64 3,250 898.42 3,208 899.60 42 808.48
65–FRA 2,051 937.37 2,019 938.28 32 879.68
Age 1,833,798 932.43 1,722,968 950.92 110,830 645.01
62–64 90,905 647.18 88,056 651.58 2,849 511.09
62 18,409 644.97 17,895 648.94 514 506.66
63 31,046 640.97 30,055 645.43 991 505.60
64 41,450 652.82 40,106 657.38 1,344 516.83
65–69 389,514 851.51 370,560 861.65 18,954 653.09
65 61,072 728.99 58,657 734.96 2,415 584.03
66 71,675 780.71 68,540 789.35 3,135 591.77
67 80,983 881.93 77,188 892.53 3,795 666.31
68 85,922 901.08 81,380 913.35 4,542 681.19
69 89,862 916.43 84,795 930.03 5,067 688.86
70–74 520,685 1,013.50 487,825 1,031.79 32,860 741.97
70 92,118 925.24 86,411 941.18 5,707 683.82
71 113,435 1,048.58 106,432 1,065.90 7,003 785.44
72 109,699 1,036.05 102,805 1,054.56 6,894 760.05
73 104,529 1,024.94 97,926 1,044.11 6,603 740.60
74 100,904 1,018.25 94,251 1,038.69 6,653 728.73
75–79 430,473 990.80 402,676 1,014.15 27,797 652.53
75 98,750 1,015.08 92,398 1,036.92 6,352 697.38
76 93,626 1,002.23 87,537 1,025.75 6,089 664.20
77 93,093 997.51 87,174 1,021.12 5,919 649.72
78 79,888 976.75 74,787 1,000.74 5,101 625.03
79 65,116 945.20 60,780 969.36 4,336 606.63
80–84 253,240 925.94 236,981 950.97 16,259 561.18
85–89 113,766 882.60 (X) (X) (X) (X)
90–94 31,176 862.11 (X) (X) (X) (X)
95–99 3,837 841.39 3,266 908.44 571 457.85
100 or older 202 769.58 150 888.19 52 427.41
By marital status  
Nondivorced 1,703,239 927.33 1,604,824 945.55 98,415 630.12
Divorced 158,562 965.80 145,959 983.21 12,603 764.21
  Spouses of disabled workers
Total 85,960 431.66 77,706 436.69 8,254 384.32
By basis of entitlement  
Care of children 20,607 357.39 19,936 359.30 671 300.88
Under 35 1,875 261.58 1,839 261.88 36 246.56
35–39 3,641 277.68 3,564 279.48 77 194.40
40–44 4,841 327.62 4,713 329.38 128 263.09
45–49 4,201 371.69 4,057 373.79 144 312.60
50–54 3,107 413.53 2,971 417.18 136 333.75
55–59 1,696 462.16 1,614 467.68 82 353.37
60–61 519 509.30 488 517.00 31 388.06
62–64 534 525.07 512 536.20 22 265.91
65–FRA 193 530.76 178 535.54 15 474.07
Age 65,353 455.07 57,770 463.39 7,583 391.70
62–64 24,490 409.83 22,875 418.33 1,615 289.40
62 6,622 399.19 6,202 406.96 420 284.60
63 8,997 411.20 8,415 419.60 582 289.67
64 8,871 416.38 8,258 425.58 613 292.43
65–69 30,109 471.00 26,326 483.31 3,783 385.36
65 8,772 463.80 8,005 474.85 767 348.51
66 7,328 470.90 6,480 484.52 848 366.82
67 6,080 463.50 5,206 477.89 874 377.75
68 4,539 470.63 3,816 482.51 723 407.89
69 3,390 503.81 2,819 515.62 571 445.48
70–74 8,305 506.91 6,697 515.49 1,608 471.14
70 2,673 490.11 2,180 501.01 493 441.89
71 2,031 506.58 1,630 509.24 401 495.77
72 1,545 517.64 1,252 526.50 293 479.82
73 1,194 517.91 940 524.05 254 495.19
74 862 525.29 695 544.22 167 446.54
75–79 1,993 534.89 1,542 549.02 451 486.60
75 661 527.22 515 546.22 146 460.18
76 510 533.51 391 542.30 119 504.62
77 387 553.85 296 569.34 91 503.45
78 269 549.53 212 545.28 57 565.34
79 166 501.81 128 539.97 38 373.26
80–84 394 538.88 292 550.47 102 505.70
85–89 55 567.56 (X) (X) (X) (X)
90–94 7 424.57 (X) (X) (X) (X)
95–99 0 . . . 0 . . . 0 . . .
100 or older 0 . . . 0 . . . 0 . . .
By marital status  
Nondivorced 74,717 431.39 68,259 435.85 6,458 384.33
Divorced 11,243 433.42 9,447 442.76 1,796 384.29
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: FRA = full retirement age; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals; . . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A1.4 Child beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by basis of entitlement, age, and type of benefit, December 2024
Basis of entitlement and age All children Children of retired workers Children of deceased workers Children of disabled workers
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 3,769,707 926.26 713,777 917.78 2,050,895 1,133.60 1,005,035 509.19
Under age 18 2,489,306 855.82 322,596 861.59 1,297,545 1,102.64 869,165 485.21
Under 1 4,219 642.40 450 788.41 1,173 1,104.15 2,596 408.45
1 12,994 684.82 1,238 744.84 5,204 1,045.97 6,552 386.63
2 21,974 723.71 1,973 770.75 10,238 1,035.30 9,763 387.45
3 32,928 744.93 2,895 755.18 16,971 1,021.91 13,062 382.80
4 45,908 753.26 4,188 772.44 24,511 1,009.94 17,209 383.02
5 59,958 764.32 5,644 773.79 32,411 1,015.31 21,903 390.48
6 74,524 775.08 7,266 771.33 40,620 1,022.69 26,638 398.53
7 90,000 781.63 9,210 781.65 49,159 1,026.02 31,631 401.82
8 108,861 793.05 11,368 790.75 59,380 1,038.70 38,113 410.99
9 128,043 799.48 13,730 800.58 69,422 1,045.50 44,891 418.68
10 147,780 809.35 16,727 802.73 79,581 1,054.49 51,472 432.48
11 165,992 820.76 19,495 807.80 88,725 1,068.45 57,772 444.73
12 188,473 831.92 23,563 819.23 99,289 1,082.58 65,621 457.21
13 212,292 850.50 27,492 830.92 110,998 1,102.57 73,802 478.67
14 240,904 866.58 32,732 850.22 124,741 1,118.99 83,431 495.61
15 279,046 887.54 40,027 873.79 143,722 1,133.93 95,297 521.71
16 318,810 924.49 47,810 929.01 162,117 1,165.03 108,883 564.37
17 356,600 944.42 56,788 951.47 179,283 1,183.18 120,529 585.96
Disabled adult children 1,187,404 1,063.87 375,545 961.28 702,883 1,182.00 108,976 655.43
18–19 9,717 932.51 2,196 964.55 4,202 1,178.74 3,319 599.56
20–24 78,361 956.70 19,647 977.31 33,140 1,190.91 25,574 637.38
25–29 113,926 1,002.34 36,610 1,000.82 48,387 1,208.22 28,929 659.92
30–34 152,144 1,030.84 58,787 1,011.42 66,689 1,192.19 26,668 670.15
35–39 157,951 1,049.03 69,132 995.29 72,369 1,188.25 16,450 662.43
40–44 144,444 1,053.96 67,347 956.57 70,416 1,184.31 6,681 661.77
45–49 119,707 1,063.29 52,106 911.84 66,302 1,190.75 1,299 632.85
50–54 107,590 1,101.15 36,411 907.63 71,128 1,200.59 51 572.51
55–59 97,256 1,118.56 20,577 899.74 76,674 1,177.31 5 773.80
60–61 38,280 1,133.46 5,120 894.82 33,160 1,170.31 0 . . .
62–64 50,159 1,130.24 4,634 883.42 45,525 1,155.36 0 . . .
65–69 57,016 1,164.44 2,519 882.08 54,497 1,177.49 0 . . .
70–74 31,618 1,174.43 411 854.00 31,207 1,178.65 0 . . .
75–79 17,351 1,128.33 36 762.45 17,315 1,129.09 0 . . .
80–84 8,048 1,082.38 6 851.00 8,042 1,082.56 0 . . .
85–89 2,850 1,016.33 (X) (X) (X) (X) 0 . . .
90–94 793 946.05 (X) (X) (X) (X) 0 . . .
95–99 169 865.37 0 . . . 169 865.37 0 . . .
100 or older 24 772.83 0 . . . 24 772.83 0 . . .
Students, aged 18–19 92,997 1,054.89 15,636 1,032.07 50,467 1,255.52 26,894 691.68
18 88,557 1,058.86 14,984 1,034.46 47,953 1,261.79 25,620 693.31
19 4,440 975.70 652 977.10 2,514 1,135.91 1,274 658.84
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals; . . . = not applicable.
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Table 5.A1.5 Widowed mother and father beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by age, marital status, and sex, December 2024
Age and marital status All widowed mothers and fathers Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 103,829 1,316.11 8,444 1,160.96 95,385 1,329.84
By age  
Under 25 318 1,053.33 3 730.67 315 1,056.41
25–29 2,883 1,095.30 100 968.65 2,783 1,099.85
25 254 1,083.10 11 902.45 243 1,091.28
26 408 1,105.51 8 1,069.13 400 1,106.24
27 519 1,080.62 16 1,000.50 503 1,083.17
28 739 1,120.47 32 982.50 707 1,126.72
29 963 1,082.79 33 937.48 930 1,087.94
30–34 9,719 1,107.21 418 960.40 9,301 1,113.81
30 1,281 1,120.73 52 919.77 1,229 1,129.24
31 1,572 1,098.34 63 961.71 1,509 1,104.04
32 1,949 1,094.87 77 842.64 1,872 1,105.24
33 2,265 1,093.77 109 1,011.15 2,156 1,097.94
34 2,652 1,126.50 117 1,007.97 2,535 1,131.97
35–39 17,437 1,156.21 1,025 959.81 16,412 1,168.47
35 3,013 1,112.38 165 920.60 2,848 1,123.49
36 3,227 1,135.13 187 960.84 3,040 1,145.85
37 3,494 1,146.50 212 930.22 3,282 1,160.47
38 3,780 1,173.03 246 972.28 3,534 1,187.00
39 3,923 1,199.64 215 1,003.94 3,708 1,210.98
40–44 21,652 1,278.61 1,669 1,094.56 19,983 1,293.98
40 4,077 1,222.31 277 1,027.23 3,800 1,236.53
41 4,257 1,246.77 333 1,027.55 3,924 1,265.37
42 4,396 1,275.02 330 1,124.35 4,066 1,287.25
43 4,390 1,309.33 353 1,102.90 4,037 1,327.38
44 4,532 1,332.90 376 1,169.54 4,156 1,347.68
45–49 19,605 1,388.51 1,866 1,203.31 17,739 1,407.99
45 4,308 1,325.32 404 1,128.92 3,904 1,345.65
46 4,022 1,376.62 342 1,206.84 3,680 1,392.40
47 3,981 1,401.38 395 1,201.64 3,586 1,423.39
48 3,746 1,412.90 376 1,262.40 3,370 1,429.70
49 3,548 1,438.50 349 1,224.22 3,199 1,461.88
50–54 14,373 1,458.58 1,522 1,256.75 12,851 1,482.48
50 3,329 1,439.12 335 1,241.59 2,994 1,461.22
51 3,061 1,427.77 295 1,209.36 2,766 1,451.07
52 2,844 1,471.19 306 1,307.78 2,538 1,490.89
53 2,619 1,487.67 291 1,262.67 2,328 1,515.79
54 2,520 1,477.23 295 1,262.61 2,225 1,505.68
55–59 8,504 1,488.34 1,093 1,276.32 7,411 1,519.61
55 2,165 1,491.89 253 1,303.07 1,912 1,516.87
56 1,812 1,489.20 213 1,276.04 1,599 1,517.60
57 1,590 1,490.59 227 1,273.19 1,363 1,526.80
58 1,493 1,486.58 212 1,316.94 1,281 1,514.66
59 1,444 1,481.28 188 1,198.58 1,256 1,523.59
60–64 6,913 1,486.32 (X) (X) (X) (X)
60 1,479 1,472.07 173 1,265.38 1,306 1,499.45
61 1,376 1,475.63 144 1,285.58 1,232 1,497.84
62 1,405 1,510.05 (X) (X) (X) (X)
63 1,364 1,468.63 (X) (X) (X) (X)
64 1,289 1,506.94 (X) (X) (X) (X)
65 or older 2,425 1,415.97 (X) (X) (X) (X)
By marital status  
Nondivorced 95,644 1,314.15 7,957 1,161.71 87,687 1,327.98
Divorced 8,185 1,339.00 487 1,148.70 7,698 1,351.04
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
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Table 5.A1.6 Nondisabled widow(er) beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by age, marital status, and sex, December 2024
Age and marital status All nondisabled widow(er)s Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 3,433,993 1,832.47 162,439 1,615.60 3,271,554 1,843.24
By age  
60–61 97,703 1,576.91 11,612 1,330.46 86,091 1,610.15
60 36,745 1,588.41 4,142 1,343.18 32,603 1,619.57
61 60,958 1,569.97 7,470 1,323.41 53,488 1,604.41
62–64 303,205 1,662.34 35,697 1,492.38 267,508 1,685.02
62 83,785 1,619.47 9,927 1,435.65 73,858 1,644.17
63 102,391 1,668.13 12,223 1,497.89 90,168 1,691.21
64 117,029 1,687.97 13,547 1,528.97 103,482 1,708.79
65–69 730,504 1,899.35 69,305 1,763.40 661,199 1,913.60
65 131,782 1,737.27 14,192 1,589.65 117,590 1,755.09
66 152,389 1,784.38 15,671 1,645.79 136,718 1,800.26
67 155,409 1,985.94 14,630 1,867.21 140,779 1,998.28
68 149,469 1,994.38 13,291 1,882.54 136,178 2,005.29
69 141,455 1,978.66 11,521 1,868.13 129,934 1,988.46
70–74 523,593 1,941.05 22,161 1,735.18 501,432 1,950.14
70 105,401 1,931.84 5,565 1,769.15 99,836 1,940.91
71 105,799 1,948.29 4,927 1,742.89 100,872 1,958.32
72 104,565 1,942.46 4,241 1,740.87 100,324 1,950.99
73 104,508 1,943.67 3,947 1,715.20 100,561 1,952.63
74 103,320 1,938.93 3,481 1,685.67 99,839 1,947.76
75–79 513,814 1,911.07 11,834 1,580.55 501,980 1,918.86
75 103,028 1,928.05 2,919 1,650.85 100,109 1,936.13
76 103,626 1,923.67 2,732 1,637.08 100,894 1,931.43
77 112,228 1,924.15 2,469 1,553.21 109,759 1,932.49
78 102,389 1,904.60 2,087 1,519.54 100,302 1,912.61
79 92,543 1,869.35 1,627 1,479.21 90,916 1,876.33
80–84 474,411 1,849.27 6,017 1,370.31 468,394 1,855.43
80 95,498 1,872.62 1,488 1,441.85 94,010 1,879.44
81 100,674 1,885.41 1,336 1,412.88 99,338 1,891.76
82 99,173 1,862.50 1,219 1,384.83 97,954 1,868.44
83 90,616 1,826.25 1,011 1,296.55 89,605 1,832.22
84 88,450 1,791.70 963 1,259.79 87,487 1,797.55
85–89 396,349 1,745.31 3,443 1,088.95 392,906 1,751.07
85 84,949 1,773.05 857 1,150.09 84,092 1,779.40
86 84,099 1,751.33 745 1,093.02 83,354 1,757.21
87 79,313 1,738.62 651 1,079.67 78,662 1,744.07
88 76,014 1,729.21 660 1,092.46 75,354 1,734.79
89 71,974 1,729.93 530 991.40 71,444 1,735.41
90–94 267,382 1,730.96 1,749 1,007.21 265,633 1,735.73
95–99 106,876 1,714.05 546 957.29 106,330 1,717.94
100 or older 20,156 1,675.94 75 858.57 20,081 1,678.99
By marital status  
Nondivorced 3,005,865 1,819.17 146,395 1,607.22 2,859,470 1,830.02
Divorced 428,128 1,925.85 16,044 1,692.04 412,084 1,934.96
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A1.7 Disabled widow(er) beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by age, marital status, and sex, December 2024
Age and marital status All disabled widow(er)s Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 196,108 951.06 17,286 745.15 178,822 970.96
By age  
50–54 12,980 947.65 1,249 759.25 11,731 967.71
50 792 908.72 76 704.18 716 930.43
51 1,547 940.08 133 709.02 1,414 961.82
52 2,369 930.57 229 750.30 2,140 949.86
53 3,509 954.04 344 768.93 3,165 974.16
54 4,763 960.37 467 779.77 4,296 980.00
55–59 53,487 961.10 5,216 753.80 48,271 983.50
55 6,156 964.15 612 752.73 5,544 987.49
56 8,101 958.04 780 756.90 7,321 979.47
57 10,205 973.84 963 776.86 9,242 994.37
58 12,867 960.51 1,306 749.84 11,561 984.31
59 16,158 953.88 1,555 741.72 14,603 976.47
60–64 101,827 948.02 8,843 740.60 92,984 967.75
60 19,226 952.01 1,834 757.49 17,392 972.52
61 20,219 949.39 1,903 741.37 18,316 971.00
62 20,631 950.05 1,800 742.59 18,831 969.88
63 20,741 941.65 1,656 725.82 19,085 960.38
64 21,010 947.35 1,650 733.60 19,360 965.57
65–66 27,814 944.46 1,978 733.77 25,836 960.59
65 20,855 943.23 1,479 741.46 19,376 958.63
66 6,959 948.15 499 710.97 6,460 966.47
By marital status  
Nondivorced 166,269 941.64 15,810 735.77 150,459 963.27
Divorced 29,839 1,003.56 1,476 845.60 28,363 1,011.78
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A1.8 Parental beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by age and sex, December 2024
Age All parents Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 777 1,675.42 98 1,606.39 679 1,685.38
62–64 16 1,838.88 (X) (X) (X) (X)
65–69 44 1,698.59 7 1,696.99 37 1,698.89
70–74 63 1,670.67 (X) (X) (X) (X)
75–79 114 1,778.48 (X) (X) (X) (X)
80–84 149 1,745.88 15 1,593.20 134 1,762.97
85–89 176 1,672.85 14 1,761.14 162 1,665.22
90–99 192 1,583.48 24 1,677.00 168 1,570.12
100 or older 23 1,350.26 5 1,149.80 18 1,405.94
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals; . . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 5.A3a Retired-worker beneficiaries with benefits reduced for early retirement: Number and average monthly benefit, by age and sex, December 2024
Age All Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 32,144,068 1,716.92 14,901,880 1,864.48 17,242,188 1,589.39
62–64 2,542,884 1,384.41 1,224,861 1,528.83 1,318,023 1,250.20
62 594,233 1,341.61 286,921 1,485.76 307,312 1,207.03
63 893,941 1,364.48 431,677 1,504.97 462,264 1,233.28
64 1,054,710 1,425.42 506,263 1,573.59 548,447 1,288.65
65–69 7,801,833 1,699.53 3,716,295 1,876.46 4,085,538 1,538.59
65 1,418,841 1,611.00 676,703 1,784.78 742,138 1,452.55
66 1,633,564 1,695.11 783,279 1,875.49 850,285 1,528.95
67 1,672,691 1,714.49 801,527 1,892.11 871,164 1,551.07
68 1,575,585 1,722.38 747,931 1,898.22 827,654 1,563.48
69 1,501,152 1,747.37 706,855 1,924.56 794,297 1,589.68
70–74 7,119,207 1,698.74 3,314,850 1,854.01 3,804,357 1,563.46
70 1,480,452 1,724.15 692,573 1,892.04 787,879 1,576.58
71 1,429,950 1,682.19 668,626 1,838.62 761,324 1,544.81
72 1,429,626 1,700.98 665,905 1,858.38 763,721 1,563.74
73 1,410,233 1,697.40 654,246 1,848.74 755,987 1,566.43
74 1,368,946 1,687.60 633,500 1,829.50 735,446 1,565.37
75–79 6,534,757 1,768.80 3,047,009 1,919.52 3,487,748 1,637.12
75 1,390,847 1,723.69 644,900 1,869.74 745,947 1,597.43
76 1,396,724 1,766.30 649,209 1,920.22 747,515 1,632.62
77 1,448,202 1,769.67 676,571 1,918.83 771,631 1,638.89
78 1,274,252 1,805.03 596,218 1,962.00 678,034 1,666.99
79 1,024,732 1,787.13 480,111 1,933.64 544,621 1,657.97
80–84 4,505,199 1,844.60 2,077,385 1,992.25 2,427,814 1,718.26
80 1,006,822 1,806.08 468,831 1,952.25 537,991 1,678.70
81 1,017,471 1,825.92 471,068 1,969.47 546,403 1,702.17
82 958,278 1,858.10 441,325 2,005.62 516,953 1,732.16
83 812,558 1,878.05 372,646 2,033.43 439,912 1,746.43
84 710,070 1,869.51 323,515 2,017.74 386,555 1,745.45
85–89 2,400,451 1,803.35 1,059,291 1,906.23 1,341,160 1,722.10
85 626,449 1,844.93 283,218 1,979.09 343,231 1,734.22
86 567,603 1,835.13 254,386 1,960.74 313,217 1,733.11
87 474,859 1,807.26 209,442 1,911.98 265,417 1,724.62
88 398,540 1,754.78 171,734 1,820.79 226,806 1,704.79
89 333,000 1,723.54 140,511 1,756.52 192,489 1,699.47
90–94 937,318 1,710.91 370,909 1,709.18 566,409 1,712.05
95 or older 302,419 1,698.77 91,280 1,662.91 211,139 1,714.28
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 5.A3b Disabled-worker beneficiaries with benefits reduced for early retirement: Number and average monthly benefit, by age and sex, December 2024
Age All Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 79,738 1,970.57 48,236 2,157.60 31,502 1,684.19
62 2,853 1,977.83 1,698 2,160.16 1,155 1,709.79
63 11,202 1,942.03 6,799 2,124.26 4,403 1,660.63
64 19,338 1,939.71 11,819 2,119.51 7,519 1,657.09
65 26,538 2,001.37 16,078 2,190.56 10,460 1,710.57
66 19,807 1,974.54 11,842 2,169.65 7,965 1,684.46
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A3c Spousal beneficiaries with benefits reduced for early retirement: Number and average monthly benefit, by age, type of benefit, and sex, December 2024
Age and type of benefit All Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 1,307,655 816.30 43,410 544.63 1,264,245 825.63
By age  
62–64 115,395 596.81 4,464 430.88 110,931 603.48
62 25,031 579.95 934 406.80 24,097 586.66
63 40,043 589.34 1,573 425.71 38,470 596.03
64 50,321 611.14 1,957 446.54 48,364 617.80
65–69 346,376 768.34 16,548 559.99 329,828 778.80
65 69,844 695.68 3,182 527.26 66,662 703.72
66 76,866 740.51 3,892 535.03 72,974 751.46
67 70,214 794.05 3,561 563.68 66,653 806.36
68 65,627 804.53 3,126 585.84 62,501 815.47
69 63,825 815.89 2,787 598.50 61,038 825.82
70–74 296,501 829.39 11,410 582.56 285,091 839.26
70 62,421 818.14 2,715 584.47 59,706 828.77
71 60,367 821.23 2,420 587.28 57,947 831.00
72 59,083 825.44 2,278 573.26 56,805 835.56
73 57,885 838.34 2,053 590.16 55,832 847.47
74 56,745 845.40 1,944 576.89 54,801 854.92
75–79 267,270 874.06 7,034 548.15 260,236 882.87
75 56,223 850.50 1,782 561.40 54,441 859.96
76 56,167 868.66 1,531 553.00 54,636 877.50
77 58,169 883.53 1,527 552.47 56,642 892.45
78 52,291 887.52 1,197 544.17 51,094 895.57
79 44,420 882.45 997 515.17 43,423 890.88
80–84 183,720 905.10 2,903 509.85 180,817 911.45
85–89 78,392 892.05 866 457.26 77,526 896.90
90–94 18,174 835.01 170 398.45 18,004 839.13
95 or older 1,827 832.41 15 389.87 1,812 836.07
By type of benefit  
Spouses of retired workers 1,250,428 833.64 37,601 575.10 1,212,827 841.65
Spouses of disabled workers 57,227 437.48 5,809 347.41 51,418 447.65
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A3d Nondisabled widow(er) beneficiaries with benefits reduced for early retirement: Number and average monthly benefit, by age and sex, December 2024
Age All Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 2,168,961 1,752.41 125,850 1,591.05 2,043,111 1,762.35
60–64 400,908 1,641.52 47,309 1,452.64 353,599 1,666.79
60 36,745 1,588.41 4,142 1,343.18 32,603 1,619.57
61 60,958 1,569.97 7,470 1,323.41 53,488 1,604.41
62 83,785 1,619.47 9,927 1,435.65 73,858 1,644.17
63 102,391 1,668.13 12,223 1,497.89 90,168 1,691.21
64 117,029 1,687.97 13,547 1,528.97 103,482 1,708.79
65–69 620,107 1,823.32 55,246 1,686.11 564,861 1,836.74
65 131,782 1,737.27 14,192 1,589.65 117,590 1,755.09
66 145,509 1,757.68 14,781 1,621.65 130,728 1,773.06
67 125,107 1,892.17 10,500 1,778.51 114,607 1,902.58
68 112,893 1,885.67 8,591 1,769.83 104,302 1,895.21
69 104,816 1,873.31 7,182 1,774.19 97,634 1,880.60
70–74 366,945 1,841.13 14,631 1,668.90 352,314 1,848.28
70 79,459 1,846.20 3,868 1,668.88 75,591 1,855.28
71 75,533 1,836.22 3,299 1,669.48 72,234 1,843.84
72 72,780 1,834.22 2,770 1,669.78 70,010 1,840.73
73 71,134 1,844.42 2,523 1,678.10 68,611 1,850.53
74 68,039 1,844.60 2,171 1,656.20 65,868 1,850.81
75–79 306,568 1,827.41 5,981 1,658.66 300,587 1,830.77
75 65,454 1,835.05 1,625 1,669.03 63,829 1,839.27
76 63,910 1,839.92 1,475 1,692.19 62,435 1,843.41
77 67,152 1,841.04 1,209 1,637.35 65,943 1,844.77
78 58,978 1,820.37 982 1,649.68 57,996 1,823.26
79 51,074 1,792.18 690 1,612.72 50,384 1,794.64
80–84 223,899 1,746.99 1,968 1,564.32 221,931 1,748.61
85–89 139,482 1,579.48 530 1,360.70 138,952 1,580.31
90–94 77,593 1,503.83 156 1,209.89 77,437 1,504.43
95 or older 33,459 1,440.44 29 1,150.72 33,430 1,440.69
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A4 Number of beneficiaries and total monthly benefits, by trust fund and type of benefit, December 1940–2024, selected years
Year OASDI Retired workers Disabled workers Wives and husbands Children Widowed mothers and fathers Widow(er)s Parents of deceased workers Special age-72 beneficiaries
Total OASI Trust Fund DI Trust Fund
  Number
1940 222,488 222,488 . . . 112,331 . . . 29,749 54,648 20,499 4,437 824 . . .
1945 1,288,107 1,288,107 . . . 518,234 . . . 159,168 390,134 120,581 93,781 6,209 . . .
1950 3,477,243 3,477,243 . . . 1,770,984 . . . 508,350 699,703 169,438 314,189 14,579 . . .
1955 7,960,616 7,960,616 . . . 4,473,971 . . . 1,191,963 1,276,240 291,916 701,360 25,166 . . .
1957 11,128,897 10,979,047 149,850 6,197,532 149,850 1,827,048 1,502,077 328,309 1,095,137 28,944 . . .
1960 14,844,589 14,157,138 687,451 8,061,469 455,371 2,345,983 2,000,451 401,358 1,543,843 36,114 . . .
1965 20,866,767 19,127,716 1,739,051 11,100,584 988,074 2,806,912 3,092,659 471,816 2,371,433 35,289 . . .
1966 22,767,252 20,796,930 1,970,322 11,658,443 1,097,190 2,860,026 3,392,970 487,755 2,602,015 34,540 634,313
1970 26,228,629 23,563,634 2,664,995 13,349,175 1,492,948 2,951,552 4,122,305 523,136 3,227,160 28,729 533,624
1975 32,084,511 27,732,311 4,352,200 16,588,001 2,488,774 3,320,310 4,972,008 581,845 3,888,705 21,444 223,424
1980 35,584,955 30,906,511 4,678,444 19,562,085 2,858,680 3,477,427 4,606,517 562,316 4,410,515 14,779 92,636
1985 37,058,317 33,151,003 3,907,314 22,431,930 2,656,638 3,374,599 3,319,490 371,659 4,862,805 9,541 31,655
1990 39,832,125 35,566,144 4,265,981 24,838,100 3,011,294 3,366,975 3,187,010 303,923 5,111,482 5,908 7,433
1991 40,592,173 36,079,133 4,513,040 25,288,719 3,194,938 3,370,454 3,268,252 300,661 5,158,383 5,467 5,299
1992 41,507,188 36,617,492 4,889,696 25,757,727 3,467,783 3,382,189 3,391,173 294,176 5,205,375 5,083 3,682
1993 42,245,719 36,992,153 5,253,566 26,104,305 3,725,966 3,367,206 3,527,483 289,350 5,224,279 4,673 2,457
1994 42,883,470 37,299,951 5,583,519 26,407,756 3,962,954 3,337,484 3,653,887 283,072 5,232,379 4,318 1,620
1995 43,387,259 37,529,603 5,857,656 26,672,806 4,185,263 3,289,551 3,734,097 275,020 5,225,519 3,976 1,027
1996 43,736,836 37,664,802 6,072,034 26,898,072 4,385,623 3,194,080 3,802,791 242,135 5,209,812 3,670 653
1997 43,971,086 37,818,047 6,153,039 27,274,572 4,508,134 3,129,129 3,771,774 230,222 5,053,442 3,419 394
1998 44,245,731 37,911,161 6,334,570 27,510,535 4,698,319 3,054,073 3,768,928 220,610 4,989,855 3,186 225
1999 44,595,624 38,071,894 6,523,730 27,774,677 4,879,455 2,987,307 3,794,795 212,401 4,943,915 2,931 143
2000 45,414,794 38,741,432 6,673,362 28,498,945 5,042,334 2,963,326 3,802,863 203,052 4,901,437 2,748 89
2001 45,877,506 38,964,263 6,913,243 28,836,774 5,274,183 2,898,861 3,839,381 197,375 4,828,327 2,564 41
2002 46,444,317 39,233,049 7,221,268 29,190,137 5,543,981 2,832,767 3,910,256 194,117 4,770,638 2,400 21
2003 47,038,486 39,443,034 7,595,452 29,531,611 5,873,673 2,772,577 3,960,909 190,252 4,707,215 2,238 21
2004 47,687,693 39,737,824 7,949,869 29,952,465 6,198,271 2,721,657 3,986,319 183,829 4,643,035 2,108 9
2005 48,434,281 40,128,579 8,305,702 30,460,836 6,518,989 2,680,259 4,024,815 178,396 4,568,991 1,992 3
2006 49,122,624 40,510,508 8,612,116 30,976,143 6,806,918 2,632,069 4,040,530 171,453 4,493,620 1,889 2
2007 49,864,838 40,948,624 8,916,214 31,527,728 7,098,723 2,584,884 4,050,691 164,665 4,436,338 1,809 --
2008 50,898,244 41,625,450 9,272,794 32,273,651 7,426,691 2,524,841 4,131,594 159,610 4,380,164 1,693 --
2009 52,522,819 42,828,705 9,694,114 33,514,013 7,788,013 2,501,723 4,230,578 159,870 4,326,976 1,646 --
2010 54,031,968 43,847,811 10,184,157 34,593,080 8,203,951 2,476,836 4,312,554 158,061 4,285,913 1,573 --
2011 55,404,480 44,791,146 10,613,334 35,599,569 8,575,544 2,455,822 4,375,451 156,721 4,239,873 1,500 0
2012 56,758,185 45,868,992 10,889,193 36,720,492 8,826,591 2,443,212 4,419,404 153,628 4,193,431 1,427 0
2013 57,978,610 46,992,611 10,985,999 37,892,659 8,940,950 2,442,308 4,412,620 149,778 4,138,924 1,371 0
2014 59,007,158 48,076,066 10,931,092 39,008,771 8,954,518 2,452,435 4,355,214 142,509 4,092,402 1,309 0
2015 59,963,425 49,156,959 10,806,466 40,089,061 8,909,430 2,477,567 4,296,691 139,719 4,049,705 1,252 0
2016 60,907,307 50,297,237 10,610,070 41,233,126 8,808,736 2,505,754 4,221,557 132,757 4,004,169 1,208 0
2017 61,903,360 51,492,108 10,411,252 42,446,992 8,695,475 2,501,729 4,168,641 128,264 3,961,114 1,145 0
2018 62,906,222 52,743,734 10,162,488 43,721,450 8,537,332 2,510,248 4,107,523 120,640 3,907,966 1,063 0
2019 64,064,496 54,139,028 9,925,468 45,094,245 8,378,374 2,543,961 4,051,468 117,412 3,878,012 1,024 0
2020 64,850,867 55,232,480 9,618,387 46,329,595 8,151,016 2,428,044 4,003,635 114,886 3,822,730 961 0
2021 65,228,238 56,010,158 9,218,080 47,292,977 7,877,129 2,261,928 3,908,038 113,837 3,773,412 917 0
2022 65,994,457 57,153,724 8,840,733 48,587,883 7,604,098 2,113,864 3,847,785 111,784 3,728,173 870 0
2023 67,076,966 58,563,242 8,513,724 50,147,679 7,365,987 1,984,227 3,782,389 107,591 3,688,274 819 0
2024 68,455,973 60,133,831 8,322,142 51,772,651 7,231,147 1,947,761 3,769,707 103,829 3,630,101 777 0
  Total monthly benefits (thousands of dollars)
1940 4,070 4,070 . . . 2,539 . . . 361 668 402 90 11 . . .
1945 23,801 23,801 . . . 12,538 . . . 2,040 4,858 2,391 1,893 81 . . .
1950 126,857 126,857 . . . 77,678 . . . 11,995 19,366 5,801 11,481 535 . . .
1955 411,613 411,613 . . . 276,942 . . . 39,416 46,444 13,403 34,152 1,256 . . .
1957 605,455 594,552 10,904 400,250 10,904 62,802 57,952 16,102 55,944 1,501 . . .
1960 936,321 888,320 48,000 596,849 40,668 90,503 93,275 23,795 89,054 2,178 . . .
1965 1,516,802 1,395,817 120,986 931,532 96,599 120,796 159,428 30,882 174,883 2,683 . . .
1966 1,638,548 1,502,863 135,685 983,338 107,627 123,262 175,100 31,983 192,821 2,642 21,777
1970 2,628,326 2,385,926 242,400 1,576,551 196,010 175,323 279,845 45,258 328,245 2,965 24,128
1975 5,727,758 5,047,656 680,102 3,436,752 562,180 332,159 544,048 85,676 747,903 3,685 15,354
1980 10,682,791 9,422,206 1,260,585 6,678,216 1,059,792 569,528 864,242 138,426 1,358,836 4,080 9,672
1985 15,901,579 14,441,682 1,459,896 10,736,304 1,285,375 796,351 858,006 123,557 2,094,003 3,609 4,373
1990 21,686,763 19,716,655 1,970,108 14,966,531 1,768,313 1,004,852 991,628 124,340 2,827,012 2,849 1,238
1991 23,076,535 20,912,298 2,164,237 15,914,665 1,946,823 1,049,463 1,045,006 127,510 2,989,385 2,767 915
1992 24,442,156 22,033,164 2,408,992 16,810,432 2,171,080 1,089,504 1,100,812 128,748 3,138,250 2,676 655
1993 25,662,445 23,011,870 2,650,575 17,595,964 2,390,829 1,117,643 1,160,403 129,752 3,264,849 2,557 448
1994 26,936,223 24,032,186 2,904,037 18,415,099 2,620,982 1,144,466 1,226,468 131,463 3,394,982 2,459 303
1995 28,148,078 24,993,131 3,154,947 19,199,157 2,853,365 1,164,029 1,283,288 131,430 3,514,262 2,349 197
1996 29,426,079 26,017,474 3,408,605 20,038,023 3,087,223 1,177,458 1,356,685 124,678 3,639,632 2,252 129
1997 30,463,716 26,884,933 3,578,782 20,864,462 3,252,919 1,185,143 1,389,552 122,488 3,646,898 2,173 79
1998 31,298,873 27,519,891 3,778,982 21,449,654 3,444,259 1,179,882 1,417,362 120,247 3,685,349 2,074 46
1999 32,578,327 28,548,030 4,030,297 22,339,070 3,679,691 1,188,814 1,473,988 120,157 3,774,601 1,975 30
2000 34,848,920 30,517,277 4,331,642 24,066,918 3,965,304 1,233,598 1,547,808 120,812 3,912,527 1,934 19
2001 36,504,206 31,823,443 4,680,763 25,215,898 4,295,600 1,246,333 1,624,285 122,526 3,997,687 1,868 9
2002 37,854,453 32,823,008 5,031,445 26,125,090 4,625,445 1,242,317 1,692,471 124,267 4,043,051 1,806 5
2003 39,541,528 34,048,860 5,492,667 27,230,634 5,060,493 1,247,504 1,763,910 126,278 4,110,963 1,744 3
2004 41,574,348 35,573,407 6,000,941 28,601,329 5,542,045 1,262,709 1,838,926 126,734 4,200,895 1,707 2
2005 44,351,668 37,743,696 6,607,972 30,521,815 6,114,705 1,298,722 1,945,508 129,246 4,339,977 1,694 1
2006 46,938,032 39,763,705 7,174,327 32,351,856 6,655,048 1,322,423 2,031,723 129,721 4,445,575 1,685 1
2007 49,218,145 41,552,564 7,665,581 34,004,494 7,127,082 1,333,410 2,095,892 128,742 4,526,864 1,661 --
2008 53,666,109 45,189,225 8,476,883 37,207,910 7,895,536 1,391,746 2,262,489 133,261 4,773,510 1,657 --
2009 55,905,731 47,015,977 8,889,754 39,020,920 8,288,762 1,390,950 2,311,770 134,547 4,757,157 1,626 --
2010 58,048,295 48,663,019 9,385,276 40,662,492 8,759,959 1,389,565 2,351,759 134,179 4,748,771 1,570 --
2011 62,213,382 52,022,544 10,190,838 43,736,668 9,523,184 1,441,063 2,470,586 138,495 4,901,819 1,567 0
2012 65,430,104 54,765,045 10,665,058 46,327,075 9,977,027 1,478,070 2,540,605 138,315 4,967,481 1,531 0
2013 68,544,382 57,601,391 10,942,991 49,026,786 10,250,098 1,530,076 2,585,288 137,450 5,013,184 1,500 0
2014 71,693,353 60,573,128 11,120,224 51,826,267 10,435,524 1,597,691 2,621,075 133,232 5,078,097 1,467 0
2015 73,642,029 62,594,690 11,047,339 53,790,278 10,386,494 1,657,556 2,613,041 131,328 5,061,912 1,419 0
2016 75,917,962 64,965,742 10,952,220 56,082,551 10,316,342 1,722,001 2,612,266 125,711 5,057,697 1,394 0
2017 79,732,580 68,700,465 11,032,116 59,602,066 10,407,363 1,781,537 2,670,587 125,101 5,144,568 1,358 0
2018 84,419,840 73,271,648 11,148,192 63,890,793 10,532,470 1,866,519 2,746,077 121,505 5,261,166 1,310 0
2019 88,523,452 77,384,831 11,138,621 67,769,892 10,537,097 1,951,654 2,787,982 121,442 5,354,084 1,301 0
2020 92,197,039 81,206,329 10,990,710 71,539,916 10,409,235 1,889,456 2,834,533 121,095 5,401,556 1,249 0
2021 99,804,910 88,536,308 11,268,602 78,413,357 10,699,469 1,855,160 3,003,832 128,236 5,703,579 1,277 0
2022 111,421,667 99,567,491 11,854,176 88,679,497 11,277,672 1,859,725 3,279,847 137,702 6,185,886 1,338 0
2023 118,527,109 106,646,255 11,880,854 95,546,840 11,322,496 1,766,430 3,378,520 137,544 6,373,976 1,302 0
2024 125,577,970 113,598,212 11,979,757 102,268,471 11,430,894 1,769,705 3,491,737 136,650 6,479,211 1,302 0
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
DI = Disability Insurance; OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; OASI = Old-Age and Survivors Insurance; . . . = not applicable; -- = not available.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A5 Number of beneficiaries and average age, by type of benefit, December 2024
Type of benefit Number Average age
Total, OASDI 68,455,973 70
OASI 60,133,831 72
Retired workers 51,772,651 74
Spouses of retired workers 1,861,801 74
Children of retired workers 713,777 27
Under age 18 322,596 13
Disabled adult children 375,545 40
Students, aged 18–19 15,636 18
Children of deceased workers 2,050,895 25
Under age 18 1,297,545 12
Disabled adult children 702,883 49
Students, aged 18–19 50,467 18
Nondisabled widow(er)s 3,433,993 76
Widowed mothers and fathers 103,829 45
Disabled widow(er)s 196,108 61
Parents of deceased workers 777 84
DI 8,322,142 51
Disabled workers 7,231,147 56
Spouses of disabled workers 85,960 61
Children of disabled workers 1,005,035 14
Under age 18 869,165 12
Disabled adult children 108,976 29
Students, aged 18–19 26,894 18
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: DI = Disability Insurance; OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; OASI = Old-Age and Survivors Insurance.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A6 Number of beneficiaries and average monthly benefit, by type of benefit and sex, December 2024
Type of benefit All Male Female
  Number
Total, OASDI 68,455,973 31,128,074 37,327,899
Adults 64,686,266 29,127,666 35,558,600
Children 3,769,707 2,000,408 1,769,299
Under age 18 2,489,306 1,269,078 1,220,228
Disabled adult children 1,187,404 680,094 507,310
Students, aged 18–19 92,997 51,236 41,761
Retired workers and their spouses and children 54,348,229 25,705,129 28,643,100
Retired workers 51,772,651 25,203,357 26,569,294
Spouses 1,861,801 111,018 1,750,783
Children 713,777 390,754 323,023
Disabled workers and their spouses and children 8,322,142 4,150,452 4,171,690
Disabled workers 7,231,147 3,616,770 3,614,377
Spouses 85,960 8,254 77,706
Children 1,005,035 525,428 479,607
Survivors of deceased workers 5,785,602 1,272,493 4,513,109
Nondisabled widow(er)s 3,433,993 162,439 3,271,554
Disabled widow(er)s 196,108 17,286 178,822
Widowed mothers and fathers 103,829 8,444 95,385
Children 2,050,895 1,084,226 966,669
Parents 777 98 679
  Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Retired workers 1,975.34 2,181.34 1,779.93
Disabled workers 1,580.79 1,731.44 1,430.03
Widowed mothers and fathers 1,316.11 1,160.96 1,329.84
Nondisabled widow(er)s 1,832.47 1,615.60 1,843.24
Surviving children 1,133.60 1,134.35 1,132.75
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A7 Women: Number of beneficiaries and average monthly benefit, by type of benefit and basis of entitlement, December 2024
Type of benefit and basis of entitlement Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total a 35,557,921 1,701.05
Workers 30,183,671 1,738.03
Retired 26,569,294 1,779.93
Full benefit 9,327,106 2,132.17
Reduced benefit 17,242,188 1,589.39
Disabled 3,614,377 1,430.03
Wives of retired and disabled workers 1,828,489 926.93
Entitlement based on care of children 47,751 622.32
Husband retired 27,815 810.84
Husband disabled 19,936 359.30
Entitlement based on age 1,780,738 935.10
Husband retired 1,722,968 950.92
Full benefit 510,141 1,210.69
Reduced benefit 1,212,827 841.65
Husband disabled 57,770 463.39
Widows 3,545,761 1,785.44
Entitlement based on care of children 95,385 1,329.84
Nondisabled, aged 60 or older 3,271,554 1,843.24
Disabled, aged 50 to FRA 178,822 970.96
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: FRA = full retirement age.
a. Excludes parents of deceased workers and disabled adult children receiving benefits because of a childhood disability.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A8 Beneficiaries with benefits based on special minimum primary insurance amount: Number, average primary insurance amount, and average monthly benefit, by type of benefit and sex, December 2024
Type of benefit and sex Number Average primary insurance amount (dollars) Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All beneficiaries 19,872 903.65 957.76
  Retirement benefits
Total 18,445 896.36 972.12
Retired workers 17,862 895.90 991.48
Men 9,526 905.28 824.61
Women 8,336 885.19 1,182.18
Wives and husbands of retired workers 487 903.74 374.61
Children of retired workers 96 943.64 399.60
  Disability benefits
Total 56 893.58 772.26
  Survivor benefits
Total 1,371 1,002.21 772.24
Nondisabled widow(er)s 715 981.79 811.31
Disabled widow(er)s 8 1,031.43 495.38
Widowed mothers and fathers 0 . . . . . .
Children of deceased workers 648 1,024.39 732.54
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A10 Beneficiaries aged 60 or older: Number and average monthly benefit, by age, sex, and type of benefit, December 2024
Type of benefit Total, 60 or older 60–61 62–64 65–69 70–74 75–79 80–84 85–89 90–99 100 or older
  Number
  All beneficiaries
Total 60,831,970 1,062,349 4,649,382 14,513,913 15,443,222 11,813,265 7,236,408 3,868,064 2,169,845 75,522
Retired workers 51,772,651 . . . 2,542,884 12,352,130 14,358,789 10,849,367 6,500,109 3,354,854 1,759,401 55,117
Disabled workers 3,371,561 881,544 1,567,499 922,518 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wives and husbands 1,907,701 2,522 119,179 421,867 528,990 432,466 253,634 113,821 35,020 202
Survivors a 3,573,749 140,003 369,661 760,382 523,825 514,081 474,617 396,539 374,462 20,179
Disabled adult children 206,308 38,280 50,159 57,016 31,618 17,351 8,048 2,850 962 24
  Men
Subtotal 27,299,810 474,873 2,087,699 6,673,201 7,208,355 5,392,231 3,158,400 1,563,878 726,620 14,553
Retired workers 25,203,357 . . . 1,224,861 6,079,672 7,136,112 5,344,289 3,132,713 1,550,835 720,458 14,417
Disabled workers 1,695,903 437,675 789,282 468,946 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Husbands 118,586 62 4,528 22,784 34,468 28,248 16,361 8,533 3,550 52
Survivors a 174,106 15,666 41,133 71,389 22,175 11,855 6,032 3,457 2,319 80
Disabled adult children 107,858 21,470 27,895 30,410 15,600 7,839 3,294 1,053 293 4
  Women
Subtotal 33,532,160 587,476 2,561,683 7,840,712 8,234,867 6,421,034 4,078,008 2,304,186 1,443,225 60,969
Retired workers 26,569,294 . . . 1,318,023 6,272,458 7,222,677 5,505,078 3,367,396 1,804,019 1,038,943 40,700
Disabled workers 1,675,658 443,869 778,217 453,572 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wives 1,789,115 2,460 114,651 399,083 494,522 404,218 237,273 105,288 31,470 150
Survivors a 3,399,643 124,337 328,528 688,993 501,650 502,226 468,585 393,082 372,143 20,099
Disabled adult children 98,450 16,810 22,264 26,606 16,018 9,512 4,754 1,797 669 20
  Average monthly benefit (dollars)
  All beneficiaries
Total 1,914.40 1,604.32 1,486.02 1,859.94 2,061.45 2,008.05 1,953.74 1,847.33 1,786.72 1,732.89
Retired workers 1,975.34 . . . 1,384.41 1,905.95 2,106.71 2,054.69 2,002.58 1,892.84 1,818.56 1,757.83
Disabled workers 1,712.95 1,659.74 1,716.60 1,757.61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wives and husbands 915.71 813.32 604.71 824.62 1,005.54 988.70 925.34 882.44 859.75 769.58
Survivors a 1,799.37 1,398.37 1,539.69 1,863.24 1,940.80 1,910.82 1,849.16 1,745.25 1,726.04 1,675.57
Disabled adult children 1,142.50 1,133.46 1,130.24 1,164.44 1,174.43 1,128.33 1,082.38 1,016.33 931.87 772.83
  Men
Subtotal 2,150.30 1,793.33 1,668.14 2,094.87 2,320.08 2,255.94 2,190.02 2,030.81 1,901.23 1,808.78
Retired workers 2,181.34 . . . 1,528.83 2,118.11 2,332.09 2,267.59 2,201.29 2,041.99 1,911.55 1,819.25
Disabled workers 1,920.98 1,848.22 1,925.17 1,981.84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Husbands 628.82 608.34 433.59 608.84 729.34 649.88 560.83 504.49 478.05 427.41
Survivors a 1,559.58 1,190.69 1,396.34 1,734.11 1,735.03 1,580.36 1,370.87 1,091.67 1,002.39 876.77
Disabled adult children 1,131.29 1,117.50 1,113.30 1,151.70 1,173.23 1,120.02 1,067.99 1,028.21 895.30 663.25
  Women
Subtotal 1,722.35 1,451.54 1,337.61 1,659.99 1,835.06 1,799.87 1,770.74 1,722.80 1,729.07 1,714.78
Retired workers 1,779.93 . . . 1,250.20 1,700.30 1,884.03 1,848.01 1,817.72 1,764.63 1,754.08 1,736.07
Disabled workers 1,502.41 1,473.89 1,505.06 1,525.78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wives 934.73 818.49 611.47 836.94 1,024.80 1,012.38 950.48 913.07 902.81 888.19
Survivors a 1,811.66 1,424.53 1,557.63 1,876.62 1,949.89 1,918.62 1,855.32 1,751.00 1,730.55 1,678.75
Disabled adult children 1,154.77 1,153.86 1,151.47 1,179.01 1,175.61 1,135.17 1,092.36 1,009.37 947.89 794.75
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Comprises disabled widow(er)s, nondisabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers caring for a deceased worker's child, and parents of deceased workers.
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Table 5.A14 Women aged 62 or older: Number of beneficiaries and percentage distribution, by basis of entitlement, type of benefit, and dual entitlement status, December 1960–2024, selected years
Year Total a Entitled as worker b Entitled as wife or survivor only
Subtotal Worker only Dually entitled
Subtotal Wife's benefit Survivor's benefit c Subtotal Wife's benefit Survivor's benefit c
  Number (thousands)
1960 6,619 2,866 2,563 303 159 141 3,753 2,174 1,546
1970 11,374 5,753 4,786 967 388 574 5,621 2,546 3,048
1975 14,010 7,586 5,926 1,660 617 1,039 6,424 2,745 3,659
1980 16,350 9,304 6,710 2,594 1,016 1,575 7,046 2,884 4,148
1985 18,412 10,805 7,096 3,709 1,594 2,112 7,607 3,018 4,580
1990 19,954 12,037 7,359 4,678 2,077 2,600 7,917 3,059 4,853
1991 20,207 12,251 7,398 4,853 2,158 2,695 7,956 3,062 4,889
1992 20,476 12,478 7,446 5,032 2,242 2,790 7,998 3,070 4,923
1993 20,647 12,656 7,479 5,177 2,312 2,864 7,991 3,053 4,934
1994 20,792 12,823 7,515 5,308 2,359 2,948 7,969 3,026 4,939
1995 20,888 12,974 7,554 5,420 2,398 3,022 7,914 2,985 4,926
1996 20,966 13,115 7,597 5,518 2,430 3,087 7,851 2,937 4,911
1997 21,049 13,396 7,779 5,617 2,461 3,156 7,653 2,892 4,758
1998 21,091 13,562 7,863 5,699 2,483 3,215 7,530 2,836 4,691
1999 21,147 13,719 7,947 5,772 2,499 3,272 7,429 2,784 4,642
2000 21,381 14,013 8,117 5,896 2,568 3,327 7,368 2,768 4,598
2001 21,442 14,205 8,244 5,962 2,584 3,377 7,237 2,711 4,524
2002 21,520 14,409 8,392 6,016 2,592 3,424 7,111 2,650 4,459
2003 21,627 14,643 8,579 6,063 2,603 3,460 6,985 2,593 4,389
2004 21,820 14,942 8,835 6,107 2,619 3,488 6,878 2,549 4,327
2005 22,066 15,291 9,126 6,165 2,650 3,514 6,775 2,511 4,264
2006 22,286 15,631 9,415 6,217 2,676 3,540 6,654 2,466 4,187
2007 22,526 15,987 9,716 6,271 2,706 3,565 6,539 2,423 4,115
2008 22,868 16,451 10,117 6,334 2,745 3,588 6,417 2,365 4,051
2009 23,466 17,131 10,584 6,442 2,823 3,619 6,334 2,337 3,996
2010 24,004 17,750 11,118 6,632 2,911 3,721 6,254 2,306 3,948
2011 24,533 18,360 11,657 6,702 2,952 3,750 6,173 2,279 3,894
2012 25,097 19,001 12,227 6,775 2,995 3,779 6,095 2,260 3,836
2013 25,685 19,662 12,825 6,837 3,029 3,808 6,024 2,250 3,774
2014 26,282 20,310 13,419 6,891 3,051 3,840 5,972 2,250 3,721
2015 26,870 20,939 13,997 6,942 3,067 3,875 5,931 2,261 3,670
2016 27,494 21,599 14,604 6,995 3,081 3,915 5,895 2,274 3,621
2017 28,121 22,288 15,248 7,040 3,081 3,958 5,833 2,260 3,573
2018 28,787 23,010 15,927 7,083 3,082 4,001 5,777 2,253 3,524
2019 29,546 23,787 16,646 7,141 3,091 4,050 5,759 2,263 3,496
2020 30,113 24,510 17,326 7,184 3,093 4,091 5,603 2,159 3,443
2021 30,584 25,156 17,930 7,226 3,071 4,156 5,428 2,026 3,401
2022 31,227 25,950 18,644 7,306 3,085 4,221 5,277 1,915 3,362
2023 32,011 26,860 19,452 7,408 3,128 4,279 5,151 1,821 3,329
2024 32,853 27,791 20,274 7,517 3,178 4,338 5,062 1,787 3,275
  Percentage distribution
1960 100.0 43.3 38.7 4.6 2.4 2.1 56.7 32.8 23.4
1970 100.0 50.6 42.1 8.5 3.4 5.0 49.4 22.4 26.8
1975 100.0 54.1 42.3 11.8 4.4 7.4 45.9 19.6 26.1
1980 100.0 56.9 41.0 15.9 6.2 9.6 43.1 17.6 25.4
1985 100.0 58.7 38.5 20.1 8.7 11.5 41.3 16.4 24.9
1990 100.0 60.3 36.9 23.4 10.4 13.0 39.7 15.3 24.3
1991 100.0 60.6 36.6 24.0 10.7 13.3 39.4 15.2 24.2
1992 100.0 60.9 36.4 24.6 10.9 13.6 39.1 15.0 24.0
1993 100.0 61.3 36.2 25.1 11.2 13.9 38.7 14.8 23.9
1994 100.0 61.7 36.1 25.5 11.3 14.2 38.3 14.6 23.8
1995 100.0 62.1 36.2 25.9 11.5 14.4 37.9 14.3 23.6
1996 100.0 62.6 36.2 26.3 11.6 14.7 37.4 14.0 23.4
1997 100.0 63.6 36.9 26.7 11.7 15.0 36.4 13.7 22.6
1998 100.0 64.3 37.3 27.0 11.8 15.2 35.7 13.4 22.2
1999 100.0 64.9 37.6 27.3 11.8 15.5 35.1 13.2 22.0
2000 100.0 65.5 38.0 27.6 12.0 15.6 34.5 12.9 21.5
2001 100.0 66.2 38.4 27.8 12.0 15.8 33.8 12.6 21.1
2002 100.0 67.0 39.0 28.0 12.0 15.9 33.0 12.3 20.7
2003 100.0 67.7 39.7 28.0 12.0 16.0 32.3 12.0 20.3
2004 100.0 68.5 40.5 28.0 12.0 16.0 31.5 11.7 19.8
2005 100.0 69.3 41.4 28.0 12.0 16.0 30.7 11.4 19.3
2006 100.0 70.1 42.3 27.9 12.0 15.9 29.9 11.1 18.8
2007 100.0 70.1 43.1 27.8 12.0 15.8 29.0 10.8 18.3
2008 100.0 71.9 44.2 27.7 12.0 15.7 28.1 10.3 17.7
2009 100.0 73.0 45.1 27.5 12.0 15.4 27.0 10.0 17.0
2010 100.0 73.9 46.3 27.6 12.1 15.5 26.1 9.6 16.4
2011 100.0 74.8 47.5 27.3 12.0 15.3 25.2 9.3 15.9
2012 100.0 75.7 48.7 27.0 11.9 15.1 24.3 9.0 15.3
2013 100.0 76.5 49.9 26.6 11.8 14.8 23.5 8.8 14.7
2014 100.0 77.3 51.1 26.2 11.6 14.6 22.7 8.6 14.2
2015 100.0 77.9 52.1 25.8 11.4 14.4 22.1 8.4 13.7
2016 100.0 78.6 53.1 25.4 11.2 14.2 21.4 8.3 13.2
2017 100.0 79.3 54.2 25.0 11.0 14.1 20.7 8.0 12.7
2018 100.0 79.9 55.3 24.6 10.7 13.9 20.1 7.8 12.2
2019 100.0 80.5 56.3 24.2 10.5 13.7 19.5 7.7 11.8
2020 100.0 81.4 57.5 23.9 10.3 13.6 18.6 7.2 11.4
2021 100.0 82.3 58.6 23.6 10.0 13.6 17.7 6.6 11.1
2022 100.0 83.1 59.7 23.4 9.9 13.5 16.9 6.1 10.8
2023 100.0 83.9 60.8 23.1 9.8 13.4 16.1 5.7 10.4
2024 100.0 84.6 61.7 22.9 9.7 13.2 15.4 5.4 10.0
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record. Dual entitlement data for 1993–2003 and all data for 2004 and 2005 are based on a 10 percent sample. All other years are 100 percent data.
NOTE: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
a. Excludes disabled adult children.
b. Includes disabled workers.
c. Comprises disabled widows, nondisabled widows, widowed mothers caring for a deceased worker's child, and mothers of deceased workers.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A15 Women aged 65 or older: Number of beneficiaries and average monthly benefit, by basis of entitlement, type of benefit, and dual entitlement status, December 2024
Entitlement Total, 65 or older 65–69 70–74 75–79 80–84 85–89 90 or older
  Number
All women 65 or older a 30,316,556 7,810,502 8,216,735 6,410,605 4,072,936 2,302,296 1,503,482
Entitled as worker b 25,697,774 6,722,426 7,220,563 5,504,161 3,367,078 1,803,926 1,079,620
Worker only 18,435,364 5,598,950 5,698,342 3,871,810 1,982,931 874,334 408,997
Dually entitled 7,262,410 1,123,476 1,522,221 1,632,351 1,384,147 929,592 670,623
Wife's benefit 2,992,266 799,283 885,170 710,022 410,152 149,221 38,418
Survivor's benefit 4,270,144 324,193 637,051 922,329 973,995 780,371 632,205
Entitled as wife or survivor only 4,618,782 1,088,076 996,172 906,444 705,858 498,370 423,862
Wife's benefit 1,672,004 399,083 494,522 404,218 237,273 105,288 31,620
Survivor's benefit 2,946,778 688,993 501,650 502,226 468,585 393,082 392,242
  Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All women 65 or older a 1,761.33 1,661.88 1,836.46 1,800.92 1,771.57 1,723.38 1,728.86
Entitled as worker b 1,802.76 1,688.85 1,884.17 1,848.09 1,817.77 1,764.66 1,753.41
Worker only 1,807.50 1,725.83 1,934.57 1,855.84 1,740.61 1,592.23 1,481.84
Dually entitled 1,790.75 1,504.52 1,695.49 1,829.73 1,928.32 1,926.84 1,919.03
Wife's benefit 1,217.74 1,247.49 1,252.08 1,199.21 1,171.29 1,111.99 1,056.51
Survivor's benefit 2,192.28 2,138.22 2,311.59 2,315.12 2,247.10 2,082.66 1,971.45
Entitled as wife or survivor only 1,530.78 1,495.29 1,490.65 1,514.49 1,551.16 1,573.98 1,666.33
Wife's benefit 957.06 836.94 1,024.80 1,012.38 950.48 913.07 902.74
Survivor's benefit 1,856.31 1,876.62 1,949.89 1,918.62 1,855.32 1,751.00 1,727.89
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: “Survivors” comprise disabled widows, nondisabled widows, widowed mothers caring for a deceased worker's child, and mothers of deceased workers.
a. Excludes disabled adult children.
b. Includes disabled workers.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A16 Adult beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by age, sex, and type of benefit, December 2024
Type of benefit Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All ages Under 62 62–64 65 or older All ages Under 62 62–64 65 or older
  All adult beneficiaries
Total a 64,686,266 5,084,673 4,599,223 55,002,370 1,887.36 1,480.13 1,489.90 1,958.24
Retired workers 51,772,651 . . . 2,542,884 49,229,767 1,975.34 . . . 1,384.41 2,005.86
Disabled workers 7,231,147 4,741,130 1,567,499 922,518 1,580.79 1,501.48 1,716.60 1,757.61
Wives and husbands of retired workers 1,861,801 22,702 94,155 1,744,944 930.60 787.13 655.85 947.30
Wives and husbands of disabled workers 85,960 19,880 25,024 41,056 431.66 351.21 412.29 482.42
Nondisabled widow(er)s 3,433,993 97,703 303,205 3,033,085 1,832.47 1,576.91 1,662.34 1,857.71
Disabled widow(er)s 196,108 105,912 62,382 27,814 951.06 955.56 946.35 944.46
Widowed mothers and fathers 103,829 97,346 4,058 2,425 1,316.11 1,306.16 1,495.14 1,415.97
Parents of deceased workers 777 . . . 16 761 1,675.42 . . . 1,838.88 1,671.98
  Men
Subtotal a 29,127,666 2,389,117 2,059,804 24,678,745 2,114.80 1,609.81 1,675.65 2,200.34
Retired workers 25,203,357 . . . 1,224,861 23,978,496 2,181.34 . . . 1,528.83 2,214.67
Disabled workers 3,616,770 2,358,542 789,282 468,946 1,731.44 1,616.82 1,925.17 1,981.84
Husbands of retired workers 111,018 114 2,891 108,013 645.34 843.13 515.41 648.61
Husbands of disabled workers 8,254 634 1,637 5,983 384.32 298.00 289.08 419.53
Nondisabled widowers 162,439 11,612 35,697 115,130 1,615.60 1,330.46 1,492.38 1,682.56
Disabled widowers 17,286 10,202 5,106 1,978 745.15 752.81 734.25 733.77
Fathers caring for deceased worker's child 8,444 8,013 (X) (X) 1,160.96 1,156.66 (X) (X)
Fathers of deceased workers 98 . . . (X) (X) 1,606.39 . . . (X) (X)
  Women
Subtotal a 35,558,600 2,695,556 2,539,419 30,323,625 1,701.05 1,365.19 1,339.24 1,761.20
Retired workers 26,569,294 . . . 1,318,023 25,251,271 1,779.93 . . . 1,250.20 1,807.58
Disabled workers 3,614,377 2,382,588 778,217 453,572 1,430.03 1,387.30 1,505.06 1,525.78
Wives of retired workers 1,750,783 22,588 91,264 1,636,931 948.69 786.85 660.30 967.00
Wives of disabled workers 77,706 19,246 23,387 35,073 436.69 352.96 420.91 493.15
Nondisabled widows 3,271,554 86,091 267,508 2,917,955 1,843.24 1,610.15 1,685.02 1,864.62
Disabled widows 178,822 95,710 57,276 25,836 970.96 977.17 965.26 960.59
Mothers caring for deceased worker's child 95,385 89,333 (X) (X) 1,329.84 1,319.57 (X) (X)
Mothers of deceased workers 679 . . . (X) (X) 1,685.38 . . . (X) (X)
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals; . . . = not applicable.
a. Excludes student beneficiaries aged 18–19 and disabled adult children.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A17 Disabled beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by type of benefit, December 1957–2024
Year Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All disabled beneficiaries Workers Widow(er)s Disabled adult children Workers Widow(er)s Disabled adult children
1957 178,719 149,850 . . . 28,869 72.76 . . . 38.62
1958 284,744 237,719 . . . 47,025 82.10 . . . 39.62
1959 416,896 334,443 . . . 82,453 89.00 . . . 42.96
1960 559,425 455,371 . . . 104,054 89.31 . . . 44.15
1961 742,296 618,075 . . . 124,221 89.59 . . . 45.28
1962 888,131 740,867 . . . 147,264 89.99 . . . 45.67
1963 993,656 827,014 . . . 166,642 90.59 . . . 46.45
1964 1,077,695 894,173 . . . 183,522 91.12 . . . 47.35
1965 1,186,464 988,074 . . . 198,390 97.76 . . . 51.77
1966 1,310,911 1,097,190 . . . 213,721 98.09 . . . 52.42
1967 1,422,778 1,193,120 . . . 229,658 98.43 . . . 53.41
1968 1,560,517 1,295,300 21,563 243,654 111.86 72.25 61.83
1969 1,690,982 1,394,291 39,469 257,222 112.74 71.02 62.79
1970 1,812,786 1,492,948 49,281 270,557 131.26 82.00 73.21
1971 1,990,098 1,647,684 56,743 285,671 146.52 90.11 81.37
1972 2,202,090 1,832,916 64,167 305,007 179.32 109.54 98.81
1973 2,415,383 2,016,626 78,769 319,988 183.00 111.14 100.14
1974 2,670,092 2,236,882 92,128 341,082 205.70 125.87 112.45
1975 2,960,620 2,488,774 109,511 362,335 225.90 137.70 122.80
1976 3,171,198 2,670,208 119,427 381,563 245.17 147.01 132.32
1977 3,368,954 2,837,432 127,276 404,246 265.30 156.11 142.12
1978 3,429,421 2,879,774 129,751 419,896 288.30 165.46 153.66
1979 3,435,761 2,870,590 129,833 435,338 322.00 180.52 171.55
1980 3,436,429 2,858,680 127,580 450,169 370.70 205.02 198.95
1981 3,361,130 2,776,519 121,590 463,021 413.20 226.58 224.51
1982 3,192,379 2,603,599 116,372 472,408 440.60 242.11 245.07
1983 3,168,992 2,569,029 111,591 488,372 456.20 250.33 257.78
1984 3,212,040 2,596,516 109,151 506,373 470.70 306.24 270.28
1985 3,289,485 2,656,638 107,005 525,842 483.80 315.26 281.92
1986 3,380,480 2,728,463 106,974 545,043 487.90 319.74 288.79
1987 3,453,414 2,785,859 106,282 561,273 508.20 333.89 304.32
1988 3,507,707 2,830,284 103,123 574,300 529.50 348.05 320.21
1989 3,583,451 2,895,364 101,630 586,457 556.00 366.72 339.47
1990 3,712,763 3,011,294 100,989 600,480 587.20 388.93 361.71
1991 3,925,472 3,194,938 114,489 616,045 609.40 406.96 378.86
1992 4,236,080 3,467,783 131,324 636,973 626.10 422.65 393.61
1993 4,529,466 3,725,966 147,015 656,485 641.70 434.20 407.20
1994 4,796,313 3,962,954 160,676 672,683 661.40 446.30 422.40
1995 5,044,388 4,185,263 173,024 686,101 681.80 458.30 437.30
1996 5,264,321 4,385,623 181,911 696,787 703.90 471.00 454.30
1997 5,400,781 4,508,134 187,938 704,709 721.60 480.40 468.60
1998 5,605,272 4,698,319 194,181 712,772 733.10 487.30 479.40
1999 5,798,776 4,879,455 198,795 720,526 754.10 499.90 495.60
2000 5,972,450 5,042,334 201,427 728,689 786.40 519.70 518.30
2001 6,214,972 5,274,183 204,243 736,546 814.50 536.70 537.60
2002 6,495,868 5,543,981 207,358 744,529 834.30 548.10 550.40
2003 6,835,846 5,873,673 209,359 752,814 861.60 563.80 567.00
2004 7,168,270 6,198,271 210,735 759,264 894.10 582.70 587.60
2005 7,500,525 6,518,989 213,001 768,535 938.00 609.40 616.30
2006 7,803,692 6,806,918 220,178 776,596 977.70 630.70 642.40
2007 8,118,382 7,098,723 224,982 794,677 1,004.00 645.50 660.30
2008 8,528,164 7,426,691 230,007 871,466 1,063.10 683.60 681.70
2009 8,945,376 7,788,013 236,480 920,883 1,064.30 682.70 676.30
2010 9,398,104 8,203,951 244,953 949,200 1,067.80 681.30 678.80
2011 9,803,581 8,575,544 251,011 977,026 1,110.50 703.54 705.84
2012 10,088,739 8,826,591 255,472 1,006,676 1,130.34 711.47 720.47
2013 10,228,364 8,940,950 257,248 1,030,166 1,146.42 716.79 734.68
2014 10,261,268 8,954,518 257,871 1,048,879 1,165.39 724.07 751.12
2015 10,237,204 8,909,430 259,331 1,068,443 1,165.79 719.11 754.96
2016 10,153,205 8,808,736 259,207 1,085,262 1,171.15 717.65 761.87
2017 10,059,166 8,695,475 258,286 1,105,405 1,196.87 729.44 782.03
2018 9,919,094 8,537,332 254,581 1,127,181 1,233.70 747.41 808.18
2019 9,765,096 8,378,374 246,142 1,140,580 1,257.65 760.03 826.24
2020 9,537,906 8,151,016 236,923 1,149,967 1,277.05 770.57 843.90
2021 9,243,999 7,877,129 224,171 1,142,699 1,358.30 817.88 904.36
2022 8,955,174 7,604,098 211,301 1,139,775 1,483.10 892.87 993.90
2023 8,709,006 7,365,987 200,644 1,142,375 1,537.13 925.78 1,035.35
2024 8,614,659 7,231,147 196,108 1,187,404 1,580.79 951.06 1,063.87
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.