Monthly Statistical Snapshot, September 2025

(released December 2025)

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, September 2025 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	74,656	67,219	4,873	2,564
Aged 65 or older	57,931	55,422	1,081	1,427
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	11,177	6,249	3,791	1,137
Other ^b	5,548	5,548	. . .	. . .
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, September 2025
Type of beneficiary	Beneficiaries		Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Type of beneficiary	Number (thousands)	Percent	Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total	70,195	100.0	130,971	1,865.81
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	62,048	88.4	119,178	1,920.73
Retirement benefits	56,214	80.1	109,986	1,956.55
Retired workers	53,411	76.1	107,330	2,009.50
Spouses of retired workers	2,077	3.0	1,984	955.18
Children of retired workers	726	1.0	672	925.64
Survivor benefits	5,834	8.3	9,192	1,575.61
Children of deceased workers	2,016	2.9	2,295	1,138.73
Widowed mothers and fathers	100	0.1	133	1,334.31
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,525	5.0	6,578	1,866.20
Disabled widow(er)s	193	0.3	184	954.95
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,696.09
Disability Insurance	8,147	11.6	11,793	1,447.56
Disabled workers	7,113	10.1	11,271	1,584.46
Spouses of disabled workers	88	0.1	39	446.93
Children of disabled workers	945	1.3	483	510.82
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, September 2025
Age	Recipients		Total payments ^a (millions of dollars)	Average monthly payment ^b (dollars)
Age	Number (thousands)	Percent	Total payments ^a (millions of dollars)	Average monthly payment ^b (dollars)
All recipients	7,437	100.0	5,751	717.20
Under 18	1,018	13.7	955	844.06
18–64	3,910	52.6	3,284	763.76
65 or older	2,509	33.7	1,511	594.38
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.

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