Millions of Americans will receive their monthly Social Security checks next week, with those receiving the maximum retirement benefit set to bring in more $5,000.<\/p>\n
The maximum retirement benefit is currently $5,108, but most recipients will likely receive a much lower amount, with the average monthly benefit for retired workers sitting at $2,002.39 as of May 2025, according to data from the Social Security Administration.<\/a><\/p>\n Monthly retirement benefit amounts vary based on when a worker retires and how much they earned throughout their life.<\/p>\n Those who retire later in life have higher maximum benefits. For 2025, those who retired at 62 have a maximum benefit of $2,831, while those who wait until full retirement age (67) have a maximum benefit of $4,018, and those who retire at 70 have a maximum benefit of $5,108, according to the Social Security Administration.<\/a><\/p>\n When recipients receive their monthly benefits varies based on their birthdate.<\/p>\n For those with a birthdate between the 1st and the 10th of the month, benefits are issued on the second Wednesday of each month.<\/p>\n Those with birthdates between the 11th and the 20th receive their checks on the third Wednesday of the month, and those born between the 21st and 31st get theirs on the fourth Wednesday.<\/p>\n That means that in July, some Social Security recipients already received their checks on July 9, with the remaining recipients set to receive them on July 16 or July 23.<\/p>\n However, there are a few exceptions.<\/p>\n Those who have received Social Security benefits since before May 1997 and those who receive both Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income will see their checks come in earlier in the month.<\/p>\n For members of those groups, SSI benefits will be issued on the 1st of each month, with Social Security benefits following a few days later on the 3rd of the month.<\/p>\n The Social Security Administration (SSA) provides a comprehensive schedule of benefit payments for 2025, which is publicly available on the SSA website.<\/a><\/p>\n INCREASED BENEFITS IN 2025<\/b><\/p>\n Last October, the Social Security Administration announced a 2.5% cost of living adjustment (COLA) for 2025<\/a>, which resulted in a roughly $50 boost in monthly benefits for the tens of millions of Americans who receive Social Security.<\/p>\n The 2.5% increase was the lowest since 2020, when monthly benefits increased by just 1.3%, but was relatively in line with past increases, with the COLA averaging out at 2.6% over the past two decades.<\/p>\n Cost-of-living adjustments are determined using third-quarter data \u2013 July, August and September \u2013 from the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).<\/p>\n Inflation for those three months is added together, averaged and then compared to the previous year\u2019s third-quarter average, with the percentage difference between the current year and the previous year serving as the COLA rate for the upcoming year.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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