Monthly Statistical Snapshot, October 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, October 2025 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	74,726	67,333	4,846	2,547
Aged 65 or older	58,039	55,535	1,080	1,424
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	11,140	6,251	3,766	1,123
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, October 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	70,295	100.0	131,327	1,868.24
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	62,108	88.4	119,443	1,923.16
Retirement benefits	56,265	80.0	110,235	1,959.22
Retired workers	53,456	76.0	107,570	2,012.30
Spouses of retired workers	2,081	3.0	1,990	956.32
Children of retired workers	728	1.0	675	927.81
Survivor benefits	5,843	8.3	9,208	1,575.89
Children of deceased workers	2,023	2.9	2,305	1,139.91
Widowed mothers and fathers	100	0.1	134	1,334.57
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,527	5.0	6,584	1,866.54
Disabled widow(er)s	192	0.3	184	954.92
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,696.26
Disability Insurance	8,187	11.6	11,884	1,451.61
Disabled workers	7,150	10.2	11,357	1,588.44
Spouses of disabled workers	90	0.1	40	448.26
Children of disabled workers	947	1.3	487	513.92
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, October 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	7,393	100.0	5,617	717.51
Under 18	1,008	13.6	917	837.13
18–64	3,881	52.5	3,202	765.38
65 or older	2,504	33.9	1,498	595.66
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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