{"id":1045167,"date":"2026-09-05T15:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T15:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1045167\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T15:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T15:39:15","slug":"first-round-of-september-social-security-payments-goes-out-in-four-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1045167\/","title":{"rendered":"First round of September Social Security payments goes out in four days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first round of September Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in four days.<\/p>\n<p>The second round will go out on Sept. 16 to those born between the 11th and 20th of a month, and the third round will go out on Sept. 23 to those born on or after the 21st of a month.<\/p>\n<p>When am I eligible?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citizens are eligible for Social Security payments beginning at age 62.<\/p>\n<p>How can I maximize my check?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social Security payment amounts are determined by several factors, including age of retirement, the amount paid into Social Security, and the number of years paid into Social Security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Payments<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/news\/en\/cola\/factsheets\/2026.html\"> largely depend on a recipient\u2019s retirement age<\/a>. A beneficiary retiring at the youngest age, 62, could receive up to $2,969 per month, while a 70-year-old retiree could receive up to $5,181 per month, according to the Social Security Administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beneficiaries can see a personalized estimate of how much they could expect each month using the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/benefits\/retirement\/planner\/AnypiaApplet.html\"> SSA\u2019s calculator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/faith-freedom-self-reliance\/4691766\/what-odd-july-jobs-report-means-for-fed\/\"><strong>WHAT THE ODD JULY JOBS REPORT MEANS FOR THE FED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How is it financed?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social Security is financed by a payroll tax paid for by employers and employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social Security payment amounts are set to shrink unless Congress takes action to prevent it. According to a report from trustees, the retirement fund is set to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4600748\/social-security-retirement-trust-fund-exhausted-2032-trustees\/\">run out by 2032<\/a> due to a rising number of retirees and a shrinking workforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first round of September Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1045168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[15],"tags":[64,525,6459,255,700,711,3566,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1045167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-money","tag-personal-finance","tag-retirement","tag-social-security","tag-social-security-administration","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117219187913844594","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1045168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1045167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1045167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}