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Covered Workers and Beneficiaries

Updated April 23, 2007

Historical Period Intermediate Assumptions Low Cost Assumptions High Cost Assumptions

Table IV.B2.- Covered Workers and Beneficiaries
Calendar Years 1945-2085
Calendar year   Covered
workers 1
(in thousands)		   Beneficiaries 2 (in thousands)   Covered
workers per
OASDI
beneficiary		   OASDI
beneficiaries
per 100
covered
workers
OASI   DI   OASDI

Historical:
1945   46,390   1,106   -   1,106   41.9   2
1950   48,280   2,930   -   2,930   16.5   6
1955   65,200   7,563   -   7,563   8.6   12
1956   67,610   8,374   -   8,374   8.1   12
1957   70,590   10,342   -   10,342   6.8   15
1958   69,770   11,705   200   11,905   5.9   17
1959   71,700   12,820   361   13,181   5.4   18
1960   72,530   13,740   522   14,262   5.1   20
1961   72,820   14,726   898   15,624   4.7   21
1962   74,280   16,129   1,152   17,280   4.3   23
1963   75,540   17,226   1,382   18,608   4.1   25
1964   77,430   17,954   1,516   19,470   4.0   25
1965   80,680   18,509   1,648   20,157   4.0   25
1966   84,600   19,851   1,887   21,737   3.9   26
1967   87,040   20,419   2,060   22,479   3.9   26
1968   89,380   21,161   2,258   23,419   3.8   26
1969   92,060   21,836   2,407   24,243   3.8   26
1970   93,090   22,618   2,568   25,186   3.7   27
1971   93,340   23,415   2,788   26,203   3.6   28
1972   96,240   24,308   3,091   27,399   3.5   28
1973   99,830   25,273   3,416   28,690   3.5   29
1974   101,330   26,218   3,691   29,909   3.4   30
1975   100,200   26,998   4,125   31,123   3.2   31
1976   102,620   27,739   4,533   32,272   3.2   31
1977   105,839   28,429   4,733   33,161   3.2   31
1978   110,488   29,063   4,861   33,924   3.3   31
1979   112,789   29,789   4,826   34,615   3.3   31
1980   113,649   30,384   4,734   35,117   3.2   31
1981   112,931   31,073   4,636   35,709   3.2   32
1982   111,929   31,207   4,184   35,391   3.2   32
1983   113,178   31,833   3,893   35,726   3.2   32
1984   118,205   32,250   3,789   36,039   3.3   30
1985   120,575   32,776   3,874   36,650   3.3   30
1986   123,415   33,350   3,972   37,322   3.3   30
1987   126,442   33,917   4,034   37,952   3.3   30
1988   130,400   34,343   4,077   38,420   3.4   29
1989   132,568   34,754   4,105   38,859   3.4   29
1990   133,559   35,266   4,204   39,471   3.4   30
1991   132,950   35,786   4,388   40,174   3.3   30
1992   133,935   36,313   4,716   41,029   3.3   31
1993   136,118   36,757   5,083   41,840   3.3   31
1994   139,184   37,082   5,435   42,517   3.3   31
1995   141,446   37,376   5,731   43,107   3.3   30
1996   143,909   37,521   5,977   43,498   3.3   30
1997   146,736   37,705   6,087   43,792   3.4   30
1998   149,692   37,825   6,250   44,075   3.4   29
1999   152,453   37,934   6,433   44,366   3.4   29
2000   155,295   38,560   6,606   45,166   3.4   29
2001   155,546   38,888   6,780   45,668   3.4   29
2002   154,894   39,116   7,060   46,176   3.4   30
2003   154,954   39,314   7,438   46,752   3.3   30
2004   156,900   39,557   7,810   47,367   3.3   30
2005   159,081   39,961   8,172   48,133   3.3   30
2006   161,852   40,435   8,428   48,863   3.3   30

Intermediate:
2007   163,106   40,870   8,760   49,630   3.3   30
2008   164,679   41,404   9,054   50,457   3.3   31
2009   166,293   42,346   9,328   51,674   3.2   31
2010   167,664   43,380   9,563   52,942   3.2   32
2011   169,016   44,424   9,809   54,233   3.1   32
2012   169,868   45,591   10,030   55,620   3.1   33
2013   170,643   46,956   10,203   57,159   3.0   33
2014   171,481   48,383   10,361   58,743   2.9   34
2015   172,465   49,838   10,524   60,362   2.9   35
2016   173,440   51,353   10,682   62,035   2.8   36
2017   174,259   52,715   10,776   63,491   2.7   36
2018   175,038   54,312   10,907   65,219   2.7   37
2019   175,759   55,944   11,024   66,968   2.6   38
2020   176,602   57,595   11,128   68,723   2.6   39
2021   177,454   59,175   11,267   70,442   2.5   40
2022   177,990   60,674   11,443   72,117   2.5   41
2023   178,547   62,158   11,610   73,768   2.4   41
2024   179,169   63,616   11,771   75,387   2.4   42
2025   179,816   65,043   11,926   76,969   2.3   43
2026   180,504   66,418   12,076   78,494   2.3   43
2027   180,982   67,830   12,158   79,988   2.3   44
2028   181,498   69,254   12,174   81,428   2.2   45
2029   182,071   70,565   12,188   82,753   2.2   45
2030   182,708   71,782   12,200   83,982   2.2   46
2031   183,369   72,922   12,215   85,136   2.2   46
2032   183,877   73,973   12,245   86,218   2.1   47
2033   184,482   74,901   12,300   87,201   2.1   47
2034   185,152   75,694   12,367   88,061   2.1   48
2035   185,889   76,370   12,436   88,806   2.1   48
2036   186,592   76,973   12,498   89,471   2.1   48
2037   187,160   77,523   12,548   90,070   2.1   48
2038   187,780   77,998   12,598   90,597   2.1   48
2039   188,455   78,390   12,671   91,062   2.1   48
2040   189,189   78,712   12,772   91,483   2.1   48
2041   189,926   79,002   12,886   91,888   2.1   48
2042   190,591   79,292   13,003   92,295   2.1   48
2043   191,231   79,578   13,122   92,700   2.1   48
2044   191,873   79,872   13,235   93,107   2.1   49
2045   192,566   80,177   13,339   93,516   2.1   49
2046   193,234   80,493   13,431   93,924   2.1   49
2047   193,826   80,831   13,510   94,341   2.1   49
2048   194,399   81,179   13,581   94,760   2.1   49
2049   194,965   81,528   13,650   95,178   2.0   49
2050   195,597   81,884   13,723   95,607   2.0   49
2051   196,227   82,265   13,802   96,067   2.0   49
2052   196,790   82,684   13,880   96,565   2.0   49
2053   197,352   83,130   13,958   97,088   2.0   49
2054   197,898   83,598   14,033   97,631   2.0   49
2055   198,487   84,090   14,099   98,188   2.0   49
2056   199,085   84,610   14,148   98,757   2.0   50
2057   199,649   85,153   14,178   99,331   2.0   50
2058   200,233   85,696   14,199   99,895   2.0   50
2059   200,801   86,227   14,222   100,449   2.0   50
2060   201,387   86,747   14,252   100,999   2.0   50
2061   201,973   87,260   14,290   101,550   2.0   50
2062   202,550   87,775   14,336   102,110   2.0   50
2063   203,137   88,276   14,388   102,665   2.0   51
2064   203,732   88,764   14,445   103,209   2.0   51
2065   204,340   89,249   14,502   103,751   2.0   51
2066   204,940   89,733   14,557   104,290   2.0   51
2067   205,536   90,218   14,610   104,828   2.0   51
2068   206,103   90,693   14,667   105,360   2.0   51
2069   206,632   91,160   14,729   105,889   2.0   51
2070   207,208   91,631   14,789   106,420   1.9   51
2071   207,782   92,109   14,844   106,952   1.9   51
2072   208,362   92,572   14,904   107,476   1.9   52
2073   208,942   93,022   14,972   107,994   1.9   52
2074   209,536   93,477   15,039   108,516   1.9   52
2075   210,101   93,935   15,106   109,042   1.9   52
2076   210,660   94,397   15,171   109,568   1.9   52
2077   211,227   94,863   15,235   110,098   1.9   52
2078   211,775   95,337   15,295   110,633   1.9   52
2079   212,327   95,819   15,353   111,172   1.9   52
2080   212,880   96,307   15,409   111,716   1.9   52
2081   213,438   96,800   15,463   112,263   1.9   53
2082   213,990   97,299   15,515   112,814   1.9   53
2083   214,541   97,801   15,565   113,366   1.9   53
2084   215,093   98,305   15,614   113,919   1.9   53
2085   215,638   98,812   15,661   114,473   1.9   53

Low Cost:
2007   163,667   40,866   8,718   49,583   3.3   30
2008   165,537   41,395   8,923   50,318   3.3   30
2009   167,443   42,341   9,101   51,442   3.3   31
2010   169,179   43,365   9,237   52,602   3.2   31
2011   170,916   44,399   9,387   53,785   3.2   31
2012   172,209   45,548   9,512   55,061   3.1   32
2013   173,523   46,891   9,596   56,487   3.1   33
2014   174,907   48,290   9,669   57,959   3.0   33
2015   176,192   49,713   9,752   59,465   3.0   34
2016   177,466   51,192   9,834   61,026   2.9   34
2017   178,510   52,417   9,894   62,311   2.9   35
2018   179,518   53,949   9,939   63,888   2.8   36
2019   180,442   55,512   9,970   65,482   2.8   36
2020   181,474   57,091   9,988   67,079   2.7   37
2021   182,531   58,597   10,036   68,633   2.7   38
2022   183,251   60,020   10,116   70,136   2.6   38
2023   184,006   61,425   10,187   71,613   2.6   39
2024   184,820   62,801   10,251   73,052   2.5   40
2025   185,658   64,137   10,309   74,446   2.5   40
2026   186,585   65,416   10,360   75,776   2.5   41
2027   187,317   66,728   10,354   77,082   2.4   41
2028   188,137   68,048   10,297   78,344   2.4   42
2029   189,004   69,249   10,246   79,495   2.4   42
2030   189,940   70,350   10,203   80,553   2.4   42
2031   190,945   71,366   10,170   81,536   2.3   43
2032   191,833   72,290   10,158   82,448   2.3   43
2033   192,854   73,094   10,171   83,265   2.3   43
2034   193,946   73,766   10,200   83,966   2.3   43
2035   195,126   74,320   10,235   84,555   2.3   43
2036   196,313   74,799   10,268   85,068   2.3   43
2037   197,413   75,220   10,296   85,516   2.3   43
2038   198,616   75,569   10,327   85,896   2.3   43
2039   199,869   75,840   10,380   86,220   2.3   43
2040   201,221   76,049   10,457   86,506   2.3   43
2041   202,591   76,233   10,547   86,780   2.3   43
2042   203,925   76,425   10,641   87,066   2.3   43
2043   205,257   76,624   10,738   87,362   2.3   43
2044   206,599   76,840   10,832   87,672   2.4   42
2045   208,014   77,075   10,920   87,995   2.4   42
2046   209,438   77,326   11,001   88,328   2.4   42
2047   210,830   77,605   11,073   88,678   2.4   42
2048   212,233   77,897   11,140   89,038   2.4   42
2049   213,631   78,197   11,207   89,404   2.4   42
2050   215,112   78,510   11,278   89,789   2.4   42
2051   216,606   78,856   11,356   90,212   2.4   42
2052   218,073   79,246   11,435   90,681   2.4   42
2053   219,541   79,674   11,515   91,189   2.4   42
2054   221,007   80,126   11,595   91,721   2.4   42
2055   222,535   80,602   11,670   92,272   2.4   41
2056   224,083   81,105   11,735   92,840   2.4   41
2057   225,618   81,630   11,788   93,418   2.4   41
2058   227,178   82,151   11,837   93,988   2.4   41
2059   228,759   82,657   11,890   94,548   2.4   41
2060   230,380   83,151   11,951   95,102   2.4   41
2061   232,031   83,636   12,020   95,656   2.4   41
2062   233,705   84,117   12,097   96,214   2.4   41
2063   235,397   84,584   12,182   96,766   2.4   41
2064   237,125   85,032   12,272   97,304   2.4   41
2065   238,897   85,473   12,366   97,839   2.4   41
2066   240,690   85,913   12,461   98,374   2.4   41
2067   242,500   86,348   12,557   98,905   2.5   41
2068   244,303   86,767   12,659   99,427   2.5   41
2069   246,121   87,179   12,768   99,947   2.5   41
2070   248,002   87,597   12,879   100,476   2.5   41
2071   249,885   88,025   12,991   101,016   2.5   40
2072   251,793   88,451   13,111   101,562   2.5   40
2073   253,706   88,877   13,241   102,118   2.5   40
2074   255,618   89,328   13,372   102,700   2.5   40
2075   257,544   89,806   13,503   103,309   2.5   40
2076   259,484   90,312   13,633   103,946   2.5   40
2077   261,431   90,851   13,763   104,614   2.5   40
2078   263,385   91,423   13,890   105,313   2.5   40
2079   265,345   92,027   14,016   106,043   2.5   40
2080   267,311   92,663   14,141   106,804   2.5   40
2081   269,286   93,329   14,265   107,593   2.5   40
2082   271,268   94,022   14,387   108,409   2.5   40
2083   273,258   94,744   14,508   109,252   2.5   40
2084   275,253   95,494   14,628   110,122   2.5   40
2085   277,257   96,266   14,746   111,012   2.5   40

High Cost:
2007   161,540   40,871   8,843   49,715   3.2   31
2008   162,229   41,408   9,300   50,708   3.2   31
2009   164,103   42,358   9,744   52,102   3.1   32
2010   164,656   43,403   10,146   53,548   3.1   33
2011   164,694   44,463   10,554   55,017   3.0   33
2012   166,425   45,651   10,931   56,582   2.9   34
2013   167,510   47,045   11,249   58,294   2.9   35
2014   168,316   48,506   11,542   60,048   2.8   36
2015   169,296   50,001   11,834   61,835   2.7   37
2016   170,200   51,563   12,112   63,675   2.7   37
2017   170,907   53,039   12,430   65,469   2.6   38
2018   171,545   54,714   12,676   67,389   2.5   39
2019   172,168   56,427   12,896   69,323   2.5   40
2020   172,920   58,163   13,092   71,255   2.4   41
2021   173,686   59,829   13,321   73,149   2.4   42
2022   174,143   61,413   13,585   74,998   2.3   43
2023   174,614   62,991   13,831   76,822   2.3   44
2024   175,158   64,551   14,062   78,613   2.2   45
2025   175,712   66,087   14,281   80,369   2.2   46
2026   176,277   67,581   14,489   82,069   2.1   47
2027   176,623   69,127   14,610   83,737   2.1   47
2028   177,012   70,708   14,646   85,353   2.1   48
2029   177,473   72,188   14,674   86,862   2.0   49
2030   177,908   73,583   14,698   88,281   2.0   50
2031   178,354   74,908   14,722   89,630   2.0   50
2032   178,615   76,150   14,762   90,912   2.0   51
2033   178,909   77,271   14,827   92,098   1.9   51
2034   179,324   78,256   14,906   93,162   1.9   52
2035   179,730   79,128   14,986   94,114   1.9   52
2036   180,080   79,933   15,055   94,988   1.9   53
2037   180,286   80,687   15,108   95,795   1.9   53
2038   180,492   81,369   15,160   96,529   1.9   53
2039   180,772   81,963   15,239   97,203   1.9   54
2040   181,026   82,481   15,351   97,833   1.9   54
2041   181,243   82,966   15,479   98,445   1.8   54
2042   181,408   83,445   15,611   99,056   1.8   55
2043   181,541   83,915   15,743   99,658   1.8   55
2044   181,695   84,384   15,867   100,252   1.8   55
2045   181,796   84,855   15,981   100,836   1.8   55
2046   181,869   85,334   16,079   101,413   1.8   56
2047   181,843   85,834   16,158   101,992   1.8   56
2048   181,760   86,337   16,227   102,563   1.8   56
2049   181,682   86,833   16,292   103,125   1.8   57
2050   181,611   87,335   16,361   103,696   1.8   57
2051   181,549   87,859   16,436   104,295   1.7   57
2052   181,466   88,412   16,509   104,920   1.7   58
2053   181,350   88,983   16,577   105,560   1.7   58
2054   181,228   89,564   16,640   106,204   1.7   59
2055   181,099   90,159   16,690   106,850   1.7   59
2056   180,955   90,782   16,716   107,498   1.7   59
2057   180,780   91,429   16,714   108,143   1.7   60
2058   180,584   92,076   16,699   108,775   1.7   60
2059   180,389   92,712   16,685   109,397   1.6   61
2060   180,145   93,339   16,675   110,015   1.6   61
2061   179,935   93,964   16,672   110,636   1.6   61
2062   179,724   94,595   16,674   111,269   1.6   62
2063   179,466   95,215   16,682   111,897   1.6   62
2064   179,221   95,822   16,691   112,513   1.6   63
2065   178,936   96,428   16,698   113,127   1.6   63
2066   178,613   97,035   16,699   113,734   1.6   64
2067   178,305   97,647   16,692   114,340   1.6   64
2068   177,952   98,257   16,686   114,943   1.5   65
2069   177,574   98,860   16,681   115,541   1.5   65
2070   177,234   99,465   16,669   116,133   1.5   66
2071   176,886   100,071   16,646   116,717   1.5   66
2072   176,556   100,655   16,624   117,280   1.5   66
2073   176,186   101,212   16,606   117,818   1.5   67
2074   175,792   101,756   16,582   118,338   1.5   67
2075   175,410   102,281   16,557   118,838   1.5   68
2076   175,011   102,784   16,531   119,315   1.5   68
2077   174,581   103,270   16,502   119,771   1.5   69
2078   174,137   103,740   16,470   120,210   1.4   69
2079   173,697   104,193   16,436   120,628   1.4   69
2080   173,278   104,625   16,399   121,025   1.4   70
2081   172,882   105,039   16,361   121,400   1.4   70
2082   172,478   105,431   16,320   121,751   1.4   71
2083   172,072   105,801   16,277   122,078   1.4   71
2084   171,653   106,149   16,231   122,380   1.4   71
2085   171,222   106,473   16,185   122,658   1.4   72
1 Workers who are paid at some time during the year for employment on which OASDI taxes are due.
2 Beneficiaries with monthly benefits in current-payment status as of June 30.

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

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