Social Security Checks: amounts and mailing dates in 2023

The Social Security Administration (SSA) continues to send monthly checks for 2023 to retired workers. SSA also sends payments each month to recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), as well as other disability and survivor benefits. SSI recipients receive their payments on the first day of each month or the last day of certain months if the first day falls on a weekend. Those who began receiving their Social Security payments before May 1997 receive their benefits on the third day of each month. All other Social Security checks are sent based on the beneficiary’s birthday:

• Second Wednesday of the month: retirees with a date of birth between the 1st and 10th
• Third Wednesday: beneficiaries born between the 11th and 20th
• Fourth Wednesday: retirees born between the 21st and the 31st

Social Security Check Pay Dates in 2023

These are the payment dates for Social Security benefits in the remaining months of this 2023:

May

• 1: Recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• 3: Payees who started receiving their payments before May 1997
• 10: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 1st and 10th
• 17: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 11th and 20th
• 24: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 21st and 31st

June

• 1st: SSI beneficiary
• 2: Payees who started receiving their payments before May 1997
• 14: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 1st and 10th
• 21: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 11th and 20th
• 28: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 21st and 31st
• 30: SSI recipients (July payment)

July

• 3: Payees who started receiving their payments before May 1997
• 12: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 1st and 10th
• 19: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 11th and 20th
• 26: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 21st and 31st

August

• 1st: SSI recipients
• 3: Payees who started receiving their payments before May 1997
• 9: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 1st and 10th
• 16: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 11th and 20th
• 23: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 21st and 31st

September

• 1st: SSI recipients and recipients who began receiving their payments before May 1997
• 13: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 1st and 10th
• 20: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 11th and 20th
• 27: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 21st and 31st
• 29: SSI recipients (October payment)

October

• 3: Payees who started receiving their payments before May 1997
• 11: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 1st and 10th
• 18: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 11th and 20th
• 25: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 21st and 31st

November

• 1st: SSI beneficiary
• 3: Payees who started receiving their payments before May 1997
• 8: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 1st and 10th
• 15: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 11th and 20th
• 22: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 21st and 31st

December

• 1st: SSI recipients and recipients who began receiving their payments before May 1997
• 13: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 1st and 10th
• 20: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 11th and 20th
• 27: Beneficiaries with a date of birth between 21st and 31st
• 29: SSI Recipients (January 2024 Payment)

Average Social Security retirement benefits in 2023

Average payments for all retirees enrolled in the Social Security program increased to approximately $1,827, according to the Social Security Administration (SSA). However, if you retire in 2023 at age 62, your maximum benefit could be much lower, $2,572. Waiting until age 70 to claim increases the maximum benefit to more than $4,000.