Covered Workers and Beneficiaries — 2021 OASDI Trustees Report

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Table IV.B3.—Covered Workers and Beneficiaries,
Calendar Years 1945-2100
Calendar year   Covered
workers a
(in thousands)		   Beneficiaries b (in thousands)   Covered
workers per
OASDI
beneficiary		   OASDI
beneficiaries
per 100
covered
workers
OASI   DI   OASDI c

Historical data:
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   112,951   31,073   4,636   35,709   3.2   32
1982   111,448   31,207   4,184   35,391   3.1   32
1983   112,528   31,833   3,893   35,726   3.1   32
1984   116,889   32,238   3,789   36,026   3.2   31
1985   120,441   32,763   3,874   36,636   3.3   30
1986   122,936   33,346   3,972   37,318   3.3   30
1987   125,972   33,914   4,034   37,948   3.3   30
1988   129,766   34,336   4,077   38,413   3.4   30
1989   132,012   34,741   4,105   38,846   3.4   29
1990   133,008   35,255   4,204   39,459   3.4   30
1991   132,420   35,773   4,388   40,161   3.3   30
1992   133,346   36,299   4,716   41,014   3.3   31
1993   135,541   36,743   5,083   41,826   3.2   31
1994   138,536   37,070   5,435   42,504   3.3   31
1995   140,804   37,364   5,731   43,096   3.3   31
1996   143,255   37,509   5,977   43,486   3.3   30
1997   146,106   37,696   6,087   43,783   3.3   30
1998   149,082   37,818   6,250   44,068   3.4   30
1999   151,810   37,926   6,433   44,359   3.4   29
2000   154,713   38,556   6,606   45,162   3.4   29
2001   155,135   38,888   6,780   45,668   3.4   29
2002   154,569   39,117   7,060   46,176   3.3   30
2003   154,796   39,315   7,438   46,753   3.3   30
2004   156,589   39,558   7,810   47,368   3.3   30
2005   159,045   39,961   8,172   48,133   3.3   30
2006   161,583   40,435   8,428   48,863   3.3   30
2007   163,345   40,863   8,739   49,603   3.3   30
2008   162,711   41,355   9,065   50,420   3.2   31
2009   157,704   42,385   9,475   51,860   3.0   33
2010   157,079   43,440   9,958   53,398   2.9   34
2011   158,622   44,388   10,428   54,816   2.9   35
2012   160,783   45,377   10,799   56,176   2.9   35
2013   163,092   46,517   10,954   57,471   2.8   35
2014   165,484   47,603   10,971   58,574   2.8   35
2015   168,218   48,663   10,881   59,543   2.8   35
2016   170,738   49,811   10,728   60,539   2.8   35
2017   172,966   50,962   10,517   61,480   2.8   36
2018   175,440   52,168   10,296   62,464   2.8   36
2019   176,847   53,508   10,063   63,570   2.8   36
2020   174,836   54,843   9,844   64,686   2.7   37

Intermediate:
2021   175,723   55,738   9,563   65,301   2.7   37
2022   178,115   56,805   9,611   66,415   2.7   37
2023   179,650   58,037   9,697   67,734   2.7   38
2024   181,077   59,518   9,645   69,163   2.6   38
2025   182,182   60,844   9,708   70,552   2.6   39
2026   183,040   62,138   9,790   71,928   2.5   39
2027   183,659   63,428   9,874   73,301   2.5   40
2028   184,261   64,837   9,867   74,704   2.5   41
2029   184,833   66,163   9,871   76,035   2.4   41
2030   185,390   67,410   9,890   77,300   2.4   42
2031   185,922   68,326   9,978   78,304   2.4   42
2032   186,409   69,331   10,036   79,366   2.3   43
2033   186,882   70,205   10,121   80,326   2.3   43
2034   187,312   70,953   10,223   81,176   2.3   43
2035   187,712   71,598   10,332   81,930   2.3   44
2036   188,059   72,168   10,437   82,605   2.3   44
2037   188,343   72,696   10,530   83,226   2.3   44
2038   188,612   73,161   10,630   83,790   2.3   44
2039   188,869   73,530   10,769   84,299   2.2   45
2040   189,142   73,804   10,948   84,752   2.2   45
2041   189,482   74,013   11,136   85,150   2.2   45
2042   189,949   74,180   11,316   85,497   2.2   45
2043   190,494   74,307   11,492   85,800   2.2   45
2044   191,070   74,444   11,657   86,101   2.2   45
2045   191,692   74,609   11,815   86,424   2.2   45
2046   192,329   74,799   11,964   86,764   2.2   45
2047   192,979   75,045   12,091   87,136   2.2   45
2048   193,636   75,336   12,206   87,542   2.2   45
2049   194,353   75,660   12,315   87,975   2.2   45
2050   195,083   76,008   12,422   88,430   2.2   45
2051   195,812   76,367   12,532   88,898   2.2   45
2052   196,561   76,764   12,632   89,396   2.2   45
2053   197,326   77,195   12,725   89,920   2.2   46
2054   198,120   77,655   12,812   90,467   2.2   46
2055   198,939   78,164   12,884   91,048   2.2   46
2056   199,764   78,724   12,935   91,659   2.2   46
2057   200,600   79,337   12,962   92,299   2.2   46
2058   201,413   79,978   12,976   92,954   2.2   46
2059   202,201   80,621   12,990   93,612   2.2   46
2060   202,962   81,261   13,009   94,270   2.2   46
2061   203,720   81,888   13,036   94,924   2.1   47
2062   204,479   82,502   13,069   95,572   2.1   47
2063   205,236   83,105   13,107   96,213   2.1   47
2064   205,969   83,695   13,149   96,844   2.1   47
2065   206,690   84,289   13,189   97,478   2.1   47
2066   207,410   84,893   13,227   98,120   2.1   47
2067   208,138   85,505   13,263   98,768   2.1   47
2068   208,851   86,122   13,303   99,424   2.1   48
2069   209,536   86,738   13,351   100,090   2.1   48
2070   210,214   87,370   13,397   100,767   2.1   48
2071   210,912   88,008   13,436   101,444   2.1   48
2072   211,632   88,645   13,465   102,110   2.1   48
2073   212,376   89,289   13,479   102,767   2.1   48
2074   213,138   89,934   13,476   103,410   2.1   49
2075   213,932   90,551   13,468   104,019   2.1   49
2076   214,731   91,108   13,473   104,581   2.1   49
2077   215,554   91,603   13,496   105,098   2.1   49
2078   216,431   92,035   13,534   105,568   2.1   49
2079   217,359   92,403   13,581   105,985   2.1   49
2080   218,321   92,721   13,633   106,354   2.1   49
2081   219,305   93,000   13,685   106,685   2.1   49
2082   220,333   93,244   13,736   106,981   2.1   49
2083   221,402   93,433   13,794   107,228   2.1   48
2084   222,502   93,566   13,867   107,433   2.1   48
2085   223,629   93,662   13,960   107,622   2.1   48
2086   224,772   93,732   14,070   107,803   2.1   48
2087   225,933   93,776   14,202   107,977   2.1   48
2088   227,109   93,781   14,371   108,152   2.1   48
2089   228,302   93,806   14,552   108,358   2.1   47
2090   229,522   93,913   14,710   108,623   2.1   47
2091   230,753   94,105   14,839   108,944   2.1   47
2092   231,972   94,378   14,949   109,328   2.1   47
2093   233,161   94,724   15,050   109,774   2.1   47
2094   234,324   95,111   15,153   110,264   2.1   47
2095   235,468   95,534   15,258   110,792   2.1   47
2096   236,605   96,003   15,354   111,357   2.1   47
2097   237,727   96,510   15,442   111,952   2.1   47
2098   238,837   97,056   15,525   112,581   2.1   47
2099   239,920   97,639   15,606   113,245   2.1   47
2100   240,994   98,254   15,684   113,938   2.1   47

Low-cost:
2021   178,378   55,733   9,563   65,295   2.7   37
2022   180,191   56,788   9,546   66,333   2.7   37
2023   181,707   58,005   9,495   67,500   2.7   37
2024   184,004   59,462   9,319   68,781   2.7   37
2025   185,357   60,763   9,243   70,006   2.6   38
2026   186,497   62,027   9,171   71,198   2.6   38
2027   187,389   63,282   9,100   72,381   2.6   39
2028   188,237   64,643   8,947   73,591   2.6   39
2029   189,044   65,914   8,817   74,731   2.5   40
2030   189,804   67,098   8,714   75,812   2.5   40
2031   190,554   67,845   8,677   76,522   2.5   40
2032   191,266   68,747   8,620   77,367   2.5   40
2033   191,947   69,517   8,599   78,116   2.5   41
2034   192,589   70,157   8,604   78,760   2.4   41
2035   193,191   70,687   8,624   79,310   2.4   41
2036   193,734   71,136   8,650   79,786   2.4   41
2037   194,250   71,539   8,674   80,213   2.4   41
2038   194,789   71,873   8,710   80,584   2.4   41
2039   195,377   72,109   8,783   80,893   2.4   41
2040   196,045   72,247   8,892   81,139   2.4   41
2041   196,829   72,321   9,011   81,332   2.4   41
2042   197,796   72,354   9,126   81,479   2.4   41
2043   198,863   72,345   9,239   81,584   2.4   41
2044   199,998   72,344   9,346   81,689   2.4   41
2045   201,194   72,372   9,449   81,820   2.5   41
2046   202,431   72,426   9,548   81,973   2.5   40
2047   203,698   72,535   9,631   82,166   2.5   40
2048   204,991   72,693   9,706   82,399   2.5   40
2049   206,349   72,887   9,779   82,666   2.5   40
2050   207,730   73,110   9,852   82,962   2.5   40
2051   209,122   73,348   9,928   83,276   2.5   40
2052   210,537   73,626   9,999   83,625   2.5   40
2053   211,967   73,943   10,065   84,008   2.5   40
2054   213,433   74,292   10,129   84,421   2.5   40
2055   214,918   74,693   10,183   84,876   2.5   39
2056   216,405   75,150   10,222   85,372   2.5   39
2057   217,895   75,658   10,244   85,902   2.5   39
2058   219,359   76,195   10,259   86,454   2.5   39
2059   220,796   76,738   10,275   87,013   2.5   39
2060   222,208   77,279   10,296   87,575   2.5   39
2061   223,618   77,807   10,325   88,132   2.5   39
2062   225,034   78,323   10,360   88,683   2.5   39
2063   226,452   78,826   10,401   89,227   2.5   39
2064   227,866   79,317   10,446   89,763   2.5   39
2065   229,275   79,812   10,493   90,305   2.5   39
2066   230,699   80,316   10,540   90,855   2.5   39
2067   232,149   80,823   10,587   91,411   2.5   39
2068   233,604   81,332   10,640   91,972   2.5   39
2069   235,046   81,838   10,701   92,539   2.5   39
2070   236,506   82,353   10,761   93,115   2.5   39
2071   238,016   82,872   10,818   93,691   2.5   39
2072   239,572   83,386   10,871   94,257   2.5   39
2073   241,178   83,903   10,915   94,818   2.5   39
2074   242,839   84,416   10,951   95,367   2.5   39
2075   244,559   84,900   10,985   95,885   2.6   39
2076   246,310   85,326   11,031   96,357   2.6   39
2077   248,111   85,690   11,093   96,783   2.6   39
2078   249,993   85,993   11,168   97,161   2.6   39
2079   251,958   86,236   11,252   97,488   2.6   39
2080   253,988   86,430   11,343   97,773   2.6   38
2081   256,066   86,588   11,438   98,026   2.6   38
2082   258,202   86,717   11,537   98,254   2.6   38
2083   260,396   86,806   11,645   98,451   2.6   38
2084   262,635   86,854   11,769   98,623   2.7   38
2085   264,902   86,883   11,911   98,794   2.7   37
2086   267,189   86,910   12,071   98,981   2.7   37
2087   269,501   86,948   12,244   99,192   2.7   37
2088   271,813   87,007   12,437   99,444   2.7   37
2089   274,133   87,140   12,632   99,772   2.7   36
2090   276,474   87,396   12,805   100,201   2.8   36
2091   278,803   87,774   12,955   100,729   2.8   36
2092   281,094   88,266   13,088   101,354   2.8   36
2093   283,338   88,860   13,211   102,071   2.8   36
2094   285,541   89,528   13,333   102,860   2.8   36
2095   287,718   90,253   13,454   103,707   2.8   36
2096   289,881   91,038   13,568   104,606   2.8   36
2097   292,033   91,870   13,675   105,545   2.8   36
2098   294,175   92,743   13,779   106,523   2.8   36
2099   296,292   93,659   13,882   107,541   2.8   36
2100   298,416   94,611   13,983   108,594   2.7   36

High-cost:
2021   174,775   55,746   9,559   65,305   2.7   37
2022   170,447   56,831   9,666   66,497   2.6   39
2023   170,787   58,087   9,889   67,976   2.5   40
2024   173,659   59,603   9,992   69,595   2.5   40
2025   175,998   60,967   10,200   71,168   2.5   40
2026   177,764   62,308   10,435   72,742   2.4   41
2027   179,148   63,650   10,675   74,325   2.4   41
2028   180,090   65,129   10,813   75,942   2.4   42
2029   180,669   66,535   10,952   77,487   2.3   43
2030   181,089   67,873   11,090   78,963   2.3   44
2031   181,441   69,008   11,339   80,346   2.3   44
2032   181,737   70,123   11,517   81,640   2.2   45
2033   182,035   71,125   11,714   82,840   2.2   46
2034   182,309   72,014   11,918   83,932   2.2   46
2035   182,554   72,806   12,118   84,925   2.1   47
2036   182,721   73,538   12,303   85,841   2.1   47
2037   182,799   74,240   12,460   86,700   2.1   47
2038   182,803   74,884   12,617   87,501   2.1   48
2039   182,722   75,442   12,816   88,258   2.1   48
2040   182,596   75,915   13,057   88,972   2.1   49
2041   182,445   76,334   13,307   89,641   2.0   49
2042   182,365   76,719   13,544   90,263   2.0   49
2043   182,323   77,057   13,775   90,832   2.0   50
2044   182,285   77,401   13,991   91,393   2.0   50
2045   182,252   77,776   14,197   91,973   2.0   50
2046   182,202   78,169   14,391   92,560   2.0   51
2047   182,132   78,608   14,555   93,163   2.0   51
2048   182,066   79,090   14,702   93,792   1.9   52
2049   182,037   79,611   14,840   94,451   1.9   52
2050   182,012   80,154   14,973   95,127   1.9   52
2051   181,978   80,695   15,109   95,804   1.9   53
2052   181,953   81,263   15,232   96,495   1.9   53
2053   181,932   81,859   15,342   97,201   1.9   53
2054   181,943   82,472   15,444   97,916   1.9   54
2055   181,983   83,126   15,525   98,651   1.8   54
2056   182,036   83,827   15,576   99,403   1.8   55
2057   182,098   84,578   15,593   100,171   1.8   55
2058   182,147   85,355   15,591   100,946   1.8   55
2059   182,168   86,128   15,587   101,716   1.8   56
2060   182,157   86,896   15,587   102,483   1.8   56
2061   182,138   87,650   15,594   103,244   1.8   57
2062   182,111   88,389   15,605   103,994   1.8   57
2063   182,066   89,117   15,618   104,735   1.7   58
2064   181,983   89,830   15,632   105,462   1.7   58
2065   181,883   90,547   15,640   106,187   1.7   58
2066   181,772   91,273   15,640   106,913   1.7   59
2067   181,652   92,012   15,632   107,644   1.7   59
2068   181,500   92,757   15,626   108,384   1.7   60
2069   181,305   93,505   15,627   109,132   1.7   60
2070   181,079   94,268   15,620   109,889   1.6   61
2071   180,834   95,033   15,599   110,632   1.6   61
2072   180,593   95,794   15,563   111,357   1.6   62
2073   180,351   96,569   15,501   112,069   1.6   62
2074   180,095   97,351   15,412   112,762   1.6   63
2075   179,837   98,111   15,311   113,422   1.6   63
2076   179,561   98,809   15,222   114,031   1.6   64
2077   179,282   99,438   15,151   114,589   1.6   64
2078   179,030   99,999   15,092   115,091   1.6   64
2079   178,799   100,490   15,040   115,531   1.5   65
2080   178,572   100,929   14,986   115,915   1.5   65
2081   178,346   101,327   14,925   116,251   1.5   65
2082   178,154   101,678   14,853   116,531   1.5   65
2083   177,990   101,951   14,778   116,730   1.5   66
2084   177,844   102,147   14,712   116,859   1.5   66
2085   177,715   102,284   14,661   116,944   1.5   66
2086   177,591   102,363   14,621   116,984   1.5   66
2087   177,478   102,352   14,614   116,966   1.5   66
2088   177,378   102,212   14,676   116,888   1.5   66
2089   177,292   102,012   14,770   116,782   1.5   66
2090   177,226   101,831   14,844   116,674   1.5   66
2091   177,194   101,678   14,892   116,570   1.5   66
2092   177,180   101,557   14,923   116,480   1.5   66
2093   177,164   101,464   14,951   116,415   1.5   66
2094   177,145   101,372   14,988   116,359   1.5   66
2095   177,119   101,277   15,032   116,309   1.5   66
2096   177,095   101,201   15,068   116,269   1.5   66
2097   177,067   101,148   15,093   116,241   1.5   66
2098   177,039   101,122   15,113   116,235   1.5   66
2099   176,996   101,122   15,129   116,252   1.5   66
2100   176,932   101,142   15,142   116,284   1.5   66
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 received benefits under Section 228 of the Social Security Act. The General Fund of the Treasury reimbursed the trust funds for the costs of most of these individuals.
2. Historical covered worker and beneficiary data are subject to revision.
3. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.