Covered Workers and Beneficiaries — 2015 OASDI Trustees Report

Table IV.B3.- Covered Workers and Beneficiaries,
Calendar Years 1945-2090
Historical data:
Calendar year	Covered workers^a (in thousands)	Beneficiaries^b (in thousands)			Covered workers per OASDI beneficiary	OASDI beneficiaries per 100 covered workers
Calendar year	Covered workers^a (in thousands)	OASI	DI	OASDI ^c	Covered workers per OASDI beneficiary	OASDI beneficiaries per 100 covered workers
1945	46,390	1,106	—	1,106	41.9	2
1946	48,845	1,502	—	1,502	32.5	3
1947	48,908	1,832	—	1,832	26.7	4
1948	49,018	2,163	—	2,163	22.7	4
1949	46,800	2,554	—	2,554	18.3	5
1950	48,280	2,930	—	2,930	16.5	6
1951	57,933	4,034	—	4,034	14.4	7
1952	59,526	4,594	—	4,594	13.0	8
1953	60,554	5,574	—	5,574	10.9	9
1954	59,395	6,469	—	6,469	9.2	11
1955	65,066	7,564	—	7,564	8.6	12
1956	67,595	8,374	—	8,374	8.1	12
1957	70,679	10,342	—	10,342	6.8	15
1958	69,826	11,705	200	11,905	5.9	17
1959	71,432	12,820	361	13,181	5.4	18
1960	72,371	13,740	522	14,262	5.1	20
1961	72,599	14,726	898	15,624	4.6	22
1962	74,190	16,129	1,152	17,280	4.3	23
1963	75,454	17,226	1,382	18,608	4.1	25
1964	77,400	17,954	1,516	19,470	4.0	25
1965	80,539	18,509	1,648	20,157	4.0	25
1966	84,596	19,851	1,887	21,737	3.9	26
1967	86,636	20,419	2,060	22,479	3.9	26
1968	89,440	21,161	2,258	23,419	3.8	26
1969	92,382	21,836	2,407	24,243	3.8	26
1970	92,963	22,618	2,568	25,186	3.7	27
1971	93,155	23,415	2,788	26,203	3.6	28
1972	96,087	24,308	3,091	27,399	3.5	29
1973	99,771	25,273	3,416	28,690	3.5	29
1974	101,212	26,218	3,691	29,909	3.4	30
1975	100,193	26,998	4,125	31,123	3.2	31
1976	102,792	27,739	4,533	32,272	3.2	31
1977	105,953	28,429	4,733	33,161	3.2	31
1978	109,432	29,063	4,861	33,924	3.2	31
1979	112,069	29,789	4,826	34,615	3.2	31
1980	112,651	30,384	4,734	35,117	3.2	31
1981	112,964	31,073	4,636	35,709	3.2	32
1982	111,459	31,207	4,184	35,391	3.1	32
1983	112,585	31,833	3,893	35,726	3.2	32
1984	116,820	32,238	3,789	36,026	3.2	31
1985	120,405	32,763	3,874	36,636	3.3	30
1986	122,879	33,346	3,972	37,318	3.3	30
1987	125,985	33,914	4,034	37,948	3.3	30
1988	129,883	34,336	4,077	38,413	3.4	30
1989	132,172	34,741	4,105	38,846	3.4	29
1990	133,159	35,255	4,204	39,459	3.4	30
1991	132,533	35,773	4,388	40,161	3.3	30
1992	133,449	36,299	4,716	41,014	3.3	31
1993	135,637	36,743	5,083	41,826	3.2	31
1994	138,716	37,070	5,435	42,504	3.3	31
1995	140,997	37,364	5,731	43,096	3.3	31
1996	143,453	37,509	5,977	43,486	3.3	30
1997	146,312	37,696	6,087	43,783	3.3	30
1998	149,283	37,818	6,250	44,068	3.4	30
1999	152,034	37,926	6,433	44,359	3.4	29
2000	154,912	38,556	6,606	45,162	3.4	29
2001	155,313	38,888	6,780	45,668	3.4	29
2002	154,742	39,117	7,060	46,176	3.4	30
2003	154,957	39,315	7,438	46,753	3.3	30
2004	156,742	39,558	7,810	47,368	3.3	30
2005	159,184	39,961	8,172	48,133	3.3	30
2006	161,726	40,435	8,428	48,863	3.3	30
2007	163,489	40,863	8,739	49,603	3.3	30
2008	162,886	41,355	9,065	50,420	3.2	31
2009	157,877	42,385	9,475	51,860	3.0	33
2010	157,329	43,440	9,958	53,398	2.9	34
2011	158,956	44,388	10,428	54,816	2.9	34
2012	161,261	45,377	10,799	56,176	2.9	35
2013	163,355	46,517	10,954	57,471	2.8	35
2014	165,603	47,603	10,971	58,574	2.8	35
Intermediate:
2015	167,638	49,045	10,986	60,031	2.8	36
2016	170,209	50,661	11,084	61,745	2.8	36
2017	172,840	52,338	11,197	63,535	2.7	37
2018	174,981	54,078	11,308	65,386	2.7	37
2019	176,892	55,850	11,420	67,270	2.6	38
2020	178,641	57,636	11,510	69,146	2.6	39
2021	180,154	59,146	11,655	70,801	2.5	39
2022	181,464	60,739	11,765	72,504	2.5	40
2023	182,558	62,332	11,864	74,197	2.5	41
2024	183,592	64,198	11,850	76,048	2.4	41
2025	184,560	65,244	12,049	77,293	2.4	42
2026	185,551	66,727	12,159	78,886	2.4	43
2027	186,412	68,224	12,207	80,431	2.3	43
2028	187,102	69,712	12,203	81,914	2.3	44
2029	187,738	71,114	12,211	83,326	2.3	44
2030	188,384	72,439	12,232	84,672	2.2	45
2031	189,017	73,673	12,266	85,938	2.2	45
2032	189,649	74,805	12,324	87,130	2.2	46
2033	190,353	75,809	12,416	88,225	2.2	46
2034	191,137	76,656	12,525	89,181	2.1	47
2035	192,010	77,398	12,629	90,027	2.1	47
2036	192,881	78,095	12,714	90,809	2.1	47
2037	193,832	78,730	12,778	91,508	2.1	47
2038	194,884	79,251	12,844	92,095	2.1	47
2039	195,925	79,662	12,942	92,604	2.1	47
2040	196,985	79,983	13,076	93,059	2.1	47
2041	198,065	80,254	13,226	93,480	2.1	47
2042	199,114	80,521	13,376	93,896	2.1	47
2043	200,188	80,787	13,527	94,314	2.1	47
2044	201,261	81,069	13,671	94,741	2.1	47
2045	202,242	81,376	13,809	95,185	2.1	47
2046	203,282	81,702	13,937	95,639	2.1	47
2047	204,293	82,060	14,042	96,101	2.1	47
2048	205,257	82,426	14,141	96,567	2.1	47
2049	206,220	82,800	14,240	97,040	2.1	47
2050	207,170	83,194	14,342	97,536	2.1	47
2051	208,103	83,616	14,452	98,068	2.1	47
2052	209,038	84,093	14,554	98,647	2.1	47
2053	209,953	84,615	14,650	99,266	2.1	47
2054	210,866	85,170	14,744	99,914	2.1	47
2055	211,781	85,761	14,826	100,587	2.1	47
2056	212,686	86,386	14,892	101,277	2.1	48
2057	213,573	87,038	14,938	101,976	2.1	48
2058	214,452	87,698	14,979	102,677	2.1	48
2059	215,333	88,352	15,027	103,379	2.1	48
2060	216,212	88,998	15,087	104,085	2.1	48
2061	217,096	89,634	15,162	104,796	2.1	48
2062	217,993	90,270	15,247	105,516	2.1	48
2063	218,904	90,910	15,337	106,247	2.1	49
2064	219,838	91,554	15,430	106,983	2.1	49
2065	220,784	92,216	15,519	107,734	2.0	49
2066	221,744	92,901	15,603	108,503	2.0	49
2067	222,719	93,605	15,681	109,286	2.0	49
2068	223,701	94,320	15,761	110,080	2.0	49
2069	224,701	95,039	15,847	110,886	2.0	49
2070	225,721	95,771	15,928	111,699	2.0	49
2071	226,754	96,487	16,003	112,490	2.0	50
2072	227,803	97,170	16,073	113,242	2.0	50
2073	228,859	97,827	16,131	113,958	2.0	50
2074	229,913	98,454	16,178	114,632	2.0	50
2075	230,962	99,029	16,226	115,255	2.0	50
2076	232,005	99,529	16,298	115,827	2.0	50
2077	233,045	99,969	16,398	116,367	2.0	50
2078	234,088	100,371	16,523	116,894	2.0	50
2079	235,140	100,759	16,665	117,425	2.0	50
2080	236,193	101,158	16,816	117,974	2.0	50
2081	237,243	101,587	16,967	118,554	2.0	50
2082	238,296	102,071	17,111	119,183	2.0	50
2083	239,339	102,615	17,245	119,860	2.0	50
2084	240,375	103,218	17,365	120,583	2.0	50
2085	241,405	103,873	17,470	121,343	2.0	50
2086	242,430	104,567	17,562	122,128	2.0	50
2087	243,450	105,291	17,640	122,931	2.0	50
2088	244,463	106,039	17,707	123,746	2.0	51
2089	245,470	106,799	17,765	124,564	2.0	51
2090	246,472	107,557	17,822	125,379	2.0	51
Low-cost:
2015	168,572	49,039	10,927	59,966	2.8	36
2016	172,461	50,640	10,899	61,539	2.8	36
2017	175,817	52,294	10,872	63,166	2.8	36
2018	178,389	54,004	10,841	64,845	2.8	36
2019	180,574	55,739	10,816	66,555	2.7	37
2020	182,421	57,481	10,777	68,258	2.7	37
2021	183,813	58,952	10,803	69,755	2.6	38
2022	185,181	60,499	10,804	71,303	2.6	39
2023	186,460	62,042	10,800	72,842	2.6	39
2024	187,651	63,842	10,690	74,532	2.5	40
2025	188,767	64,794	10,787	75,580	2.5	40
2026	189,916	66,204	10,793	76,997	2.5	41
2027	190,924	67,618	10,748	78,365	2.4	41
2028	191,756	69,010	10,659	79,669	2.4	42
2029	192,539	70,308	10,586	80,894	2.4	42
2030	193,329	71,519	10,527	82,047	2.4	42
2031	194,121	72,637	10,483	83,120	2.3	43
2032	194,936	73,651	10,464	84,114	2.3	43
2033	195,849	74,535	10,475	85,010	2.3	43
2034	196,872	75,267	10,503	85,770	2.3	44
2035	198,016	75,897	10,528	86,425	2.3	44
2036	199,198	76,476	10,541	87,017	2.3	44
2037	200,489	76,983	10,542	87,524	2.3	44
2038	201,911	77,375	10,549	87,924	2.3	44
2039	203,364	77,660	10,589	88,249	2.3	43
2040	204,873	77,869	10,660	88,529	2.3	43
2041	206,430	78,034	10,747	88,781	2.3	43
2042	207,983	78,195	10,837	89,032	2.3	43
2043	209,594	78,358	10,932	89,290	2.3	43
2044	211,221	78,547	11,023	89,569	2.4	42
2045	212,767	78,766	11,111	89,877	2.4	42
2046	214,383	79,007	11,193	90,200	2.4	42
2047	215,968	79,283	11,261	90,544	2.4	42
2048	217,508	79,578	11,327	90,904	2.4	42
2049	219,047	79,886	11,395	91,282	2.4	42
2050	220,580	80,222	11,469	91,692	2.4	42
2051	222,095	80,594	11,551	92,145	2.4	41
2052	223,614	81,025	11,629	92,654	2.4	41
2053	225,120	81,508	11,704	93,213	2.4	41
2054	226,631	82,029	11,780	93,809	2.4	41
2055	228,146	82,590	11,849	94,439	2.4	41
2056	229,660	83,186	11,907	95,093	2.4	41
2057	231,172	83,808	11,954	95,762	2.4	41
2058	232,689	84,439	11,999	96,438	2.4	41
2059	234,221	85,062	12,053	97,115	2.4	41
2060	235,768	85,677	12,118	97,795	2.4	41
2061	237,339	86,285	12,197	98,482	2.4	41
2062	238,944	86,896	12,285	99,181	2.4	42
2063	240,583	87,510	12,379	99,888	2.4	42
2064	242,271	88,121	12,476	100,597	2.4	42
2065	243,993	88,747	12,572	101,320	2.4	42
2066	245,752	89,394	12,667	102,061	2.4	42
2067	247,549	90,054	12,759	102,814	2.4	42
2068	249,382	90,720	12,854	103,574	2.4	42
2069	251,257	91,392	12,956	104,348	2.4	42
2070	253,176	92,070	13,057	105,127	2.4	42
2071	255,129	92,729	13,155	105,883	2.4	42
2072	257,122	93,350	13,251	106,601	2.4	41
2073	259,145	93,940	13,342	107,282	2.4	41
2074	261,186	94,492	13,427	107,919	2.4	41
2075	263,238	94,987	13,518	108,505	2.4	41
2076	265,302	95,412	13,628	109,041	2.4	41
2077	267,377	95,783	13,764	109,547	2.4	41
2078	269,461	96,129	13,921	110,050	2.4	41
2079	271,555	96,475	14,095	110,570	2.5	41
2080	273,656	96,848	14,279	111,127	2.5	41
2081	275,757	97,273	14,467	111,740	2.5	41
2082	277,855	97,777	14,652	112,430	2.5	40
2083	279,942	98,370	14,829	113,199	2.5	40
2084	282,020	99,054	14,995	114,049	2.5	40
2085	284,091	99,828	15,149	114,977	2.5	40
2086	286,152	100,678	15,290	115,969	2.5	41
2087	288,206	101,594	15,420	117,014	2.5	41
2088	290,256	102,565	15,539	118,104	2.5	41
2089	292,306	103,579	15,649	119,228	2.5	41
2090	294,357	104,622	15,754	120,376	2.4	41
High-cost:
2015	166,997	49,049	11,044	60,093	2.8	36
2016	168,254	50,675	11,271	61,946	2.7	37
2017	170,067	52,367	11,534	63,901	2.7	38
2018	171,814	54,127	11,793	65,920	2.6	38
2019	173,414	55,926	12,041	67,967	2.6	39
2020	174,791	57,747	12,262	70,009	2.5	40
2021	175,683	59,294	12,533	71,827	2.4	41
2022	176,635	60,935	12,761	73,696	2.4	42
2023	177,935	62,582	12,964	75,547	2.4	42
2024	179,045	64,521	13,037	77,558	2.3	43
2025	179,921	65,697	13,313	79,010	2.3	44
2026	180,784	67,255	13,526	80,781	2.2	45
2027	181,535	68,841	13,668	82,509	2.2	45
2028	182,121	70,440	13,748	84,188	2.2	46
2029	182,656	71,963	13,839	85,801	2.1	47
2030	183,207	73,410	13,940	87,350	2.1	48
2031	183,741	74,770	14,050	88,820	2.1	48
2032	184,258	76,033	14,185	90,217	2.0	49
2033	184,817	77,167	14,355	91,521	2.0	50
2034	185,423	78,140	14,544	92,684	2.0	50
2035	186,078	79,007	14,727	93,734	2.0	50
2036	186,691	79,837	14,884	94,721	2.0	51
2037	187,336	80,615	15,010	95,625	2.0	51
2038	188,032	81,283	15,135	96,418	2.0	51
2039	188,692	81,839	15,295	97,134	1.9	51
2040	189,357	82,301	15,494	97,795	1.9	52
2041	190,032	82,707	15,709	98,415	1.9	52
2042	190,671	83,106	15,919	99,025	1.9	52
2043	191,334	83,498	16,127	99,625	1.9	52
2044	191,989	83,901	16,322	100,222	1.9	52
2045	192,533	84,321	16,504	100,825	1.9	52
2046	193,116	84,755	16,670	101,425	1.9	53
2047	193,643	85,220	16,805	102,025	1.9	53
2048	194,091	85,685	16,930	102,615	1.9	53
2049	194,518	86,147	17,053	103,200	1.9	53
2050	194,925	86,622	17,179	103,801	1.9	53
2051	195,304	87,114	17,314	104,428	1.9	53
2052	195,677	87,656	17,436	105,092	1.9	54
2053	196,028	88,237	17,547	105,784	1.9	54
2054	196,374	88,838	17,653	106,492	1.8	54
2055	196,717	89,471	17,742	107,213	1.8	55
2056	197,048	90,136	17,806	107,943	1.8	55
2057	197,357	90,831	17,843	108,674	1.8	55
2058	197,650	91,531	17,869	109,400	1.8	55
2059	197,933	92,219	17,901	110,120	1.8	56
2060	198,198	92,897	17,945	110,843	1.8	56
2061	198,455	93,563	18,005	111,568	1.8	56
2062	198,712	94,227	18,075	112,302	1.8	57
2063	198,969	94,896	18,148	113,044	1.8	57
2064	199,234	95,568	18,221	113,789	1.8	57
2065	199,493	96,262	18,287	114,549	1.7	57
2066	199,750	96,986	18,342	115,328	1.7	58
2067	200,004	97,735	18,388	116,123	1.7	58
2068	200,248	98,497	18,431	116,928	1.7	58
2069	200,486	99,269	18,480	117,749	1.7	59
2070	200,729	100,058	18,520	118,578	1.7	59
2071	200,973	100,832	18,547	119,379	1.7	59
2072	201,222	101,574	18,563	120,137	1.7	60
2073	201,465	102,301	18,561	120,861	1.7	60
2074	201,698	103,006	18,539	121,545	1.7	60
2075	201,908	103,661	18,515	122,175	1.7	61
2076	202,097	104,241	18,515	122,756	1.6	61
2077	202,277	104,757	18,546	123,302	1.6	61
2078	202,450	105,219	18,601	123,821	1.6	61
2079	202,623	105,650	18,674	124,324	1.6	61
2080	202,796	106,076	18,749	124,825	1.6	62
2081	202,965	106,512	18,819	125,331	1.6	62
2082	203,129	106,973	18,879	125,852	1.6	62
2083	203,286	107,453	18,927	126,380	1.6	62
2084	203,436	107,955	18,963	126,918	1.6	62
2085	203,582	108,474	18,987	127,461	1.6	63
2086	203,724	108,996	19,000	127,996	1.6	63
2087	203,862	109,520	19,003	128,523	1.6	63
2088	204,000	110,042	18,998	129,040	1.6	63
2089	204,138	110,552	18,988	129,540	1.6	63
2090	204,272	111,044	18,976	130,020	1.6	64

^a Workers who are paid at some time during the year for employment on which OASDI taxes are due.
^b Beneficiaries with monthly benefits in current-payment status as of June 30.
^c This column is the sum of OASI and DI beneficiaries. A small number of beneficiaries receive benefits from both funds.

Notes:
1. The number of beneficiaries does not include uninsured individuals who receive benefits under Section 228 of the Social Security Act. The General Fund of the Treasury reimburses the trust funds for the costs of most of these individuals.
2. Historical covered worker and beneficiary data are subject to revision.
3. Totals do not necessarily equal the sums of rounded components.