Annual Statistical Supplement, 2023

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance

Benefits Awarded

Retired Workers

Table 6.B3 Number and percentage distribution of retired-worker awards by monthly benefit, and average monthly benefit: With and without reduction for early retirement, by sex, 2022
Sex and monthly benefit (dollars) Total With reduction for early retirement Without reduction for early retirement
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All retired workers 3,413,289 100.0 1,751,337 100.0 1,661,952 100.0
Less than 300.00 55,621 1.6 39,428 2.3 16,193 1.0
300.00–399.90 47,902 1.4 34,363 2.0 13,539 0.8
400.00–499.90 53,284 1.6 37,742 2.2 15,542 0.9
500.00–599.90 56,862 1.7 39,434 2.3 17,428 1.0
600.00–699.90 57,006 1.7 39,672 2.3 17,334 1.0
700.00–799.90 89,493 2.6 70,780 4.0 18,713 1.1
800.00–899.90 109,470 3.2 87,847 5.0 21,623 1.3
900.00–999.90 131,068 3.8 98,623 5.6 32,445 2.0
1,000.00–1,099.90 145,039 4.2 100,576 5.7 44,463 2.7
1,100.00–1,199.90 150,022 4.4 100,750 5.8 49,272 3.0
1,200.00–1,299.90 148,813 4.4 96,206 5.5 52,607 3.2
1,300.00–1,399.90 146,178 4.3 91,009 5.2 55,169 3.3
1,400.00–1,499.90 142,857 4.2 85,898 4.9 56,959 3.4
1,500.00–1,599.90 140,051 4.1 81,149 4.6 58,902 3.5
1,600.00–1,699.90 137,282 4.0 75,926 4.3 61,356 3.7
1,700.00–1,799.90 131,242 3.8 70,131 4.0 61,111 3.7
1,800.00–1,899.90 121,075 3.5 64,443 3.7 56,632 3.4
1,900.00–1,999.90 119,874 3.5 64,970 3.7 54,904 3.3
2,000.00–2,099.90 122,957 3.6 68,532 3.9 54,425 3.3
2,100.00–2,199.90 115,211 3.4 61,227 3.5 53,984 3.2
2,200.00–2,299.90 108,907 3.2 57,016 3.3 51,891 3.1
2,300.00–2,399.90 101,362 3.0 51,335 2.9 50,027 3.0
2,400.00–2,499.90 93,167 2.7 45,809 2.6 47,358 2.8
2,500.00–2,599.90 89,006 2.6 42,064 2.4 46,942 2.8
2,600.00–2,699.90 79,753 2.3 34,295 2.0 45,458 2.7
2,700.00–2,799.90 81,743 2.4 29,405 1.7 52,338 3.1
2,800.00–2,899.90 78,934 2.3 22,580 1.3 56,354 3.4
2,900.00–2,999.90 68,503 2.0 17,290 1.0 51,213 3.1
3,000.00–3,099.90 59,677 1.7 13,707 0.8 45,970 2.8
3,100.00–3,199.90 53,887 1.6 11,060 0.6 42,827 2.6
3,200.00–3,299.90 48,634 1.4 8,787 0.5 39,847 2.4
3,300.00 or more 328,409 9.6 9,283 0.5 319,126 19.2
Average benefit (dollars) 1,908.86 1,529.83 2,308.28
Men 1,718,532 100.0 862,298 100.0 856,234 100.0
Less than 300.00 21,127 1.2 14,869 1.7 6,258 0.7
300.00–399.90 19,296 1.1 13,764 1.6 5,532 0.6
400.00–499.90 21,123 1.2 14,713 1.7 6,410 0.7
500.00–599.90 22,304 1.3 15,198 1.8 7,106 0.8
600.00–699.90 21,902 1.3 14,949 1.7 6,953 0.8
700.00–799.90 34,269 2.0 26,968 3.1 7,301 0.9
800.00–899.90 41,420 2.4 32,983 3.8 8,437 1.0
900.00–999.90 47,752 2.8 36,146 4.2 11,606 1.4
1,000.00–1,099.90 53,042 3.1 36,508 4.2 16,534 1.9
1,100.00–1,199.90 55,670 3.2 36,975 4.3 18,695 2.2
1,200.00–1,299.90 56,860 3.3 36,864 4.3 19,996 2.3
1,300.00–1,399.90 58,321 3.4 37,277 4.3 21,044 2.5
1,400.00–1,499.90 58,893 3.4 37,175 4.3 21,718 2.5
1,500.00–1,599.90 59,880 3.5 37,199 4.3 22,681 2.6
1,600.00–1,699.90 60,186 3.5 36,861 4.3 23,325 2.7
1,700.00–1,799.90 59,901 3.5 36,195 4.2 23,706 2.8
1,800.00–1,899.90 59,451 3.5 35,302 4.1 24,149 2.8
1,900.00–1,999.90 62,418 3.6 37,879 4.4 24,539 2.9
2,000.00–2,099.90 67,717 3.9 42,557 4.9 25,160 2.9
2,100.00–2,199.90 65,428 3.8 39,561 4.6 25,867 3.0
2,200.00–2,299.90 63,296 3.7 37,773 4.4 25,523 3.0
2,300.00–2,399.90 60,161 3.5 34,907 4.0 25,254 2.9
2,400.00–2,499.90 56,296 3.3 31,745 3.7 24,551 2.9
2,500.00–2,599.90 54,606 3.2 29,248 3.4 25,358 3.0
2,600.00–2,699.90 48,813 2.8 23,749 2.8 25,064 2.9
2,700.00–2,799.90 51,306 3.0 21,120 2.4 30,186 3.5
2,800.00–2,899.90 50,088 2.9 16,509 1.9 33,579 3.9
2,900.00–2,999.90 44,093 2.6 12,923 1.5 31,170 3.6
3,000.00–3,099.90 38,989 2.3 10,585 1.2 28,404 3.3
3,100.00–3,199.90 35,766 2.1 8,797 1.0 26,969 3.1
3,200.00–3,299.90 33,040 1.9 7,271 0.8 25,769 3.0
3,300.00 or more 235,118 13.7 7,728 0.9 227,390 26.6
Average benefit (dollars) 2,131.04 1,710.67 2,554.38
Women 1,694,757 100.0 889,039 100.0 805,718 100.0
Less than 300.00 34,494 2.0 24,559 2.8 9,935 1.2
300.00–399.90 28,606 1.7 20,599 2.3 8,007 1.0
400.00–499.90 32,161 1.9 23,029 2.6 9,132 1.1
500.00–599.90 34,558 2.0 24,236 2.7 10,322 1.3
600.00–699.90 35,104 2.1 24,723 2.8 10,381 1.3
700.00–799.90 55,224 3.3 43,812 4.9 11,412 1.4
800.00–899.90 68,050 4.0 54,864 6.2 13,186 1.6
900.00–999.90 83,316 4.9 62,477 7.0 20,839 2.6
1,000.00–1,099.90 91,997 5.4 64,068 7.2 27,929 3.5
1,100.00–1,199.90 94,352 5.6 63,775 7.2 30,577 3.8
1,200.00–1,299.90 91,953 5.4 59,342 6.7 32,611 4.0
1,300.00–1,399.90 87,857 5.2 53,732 6.0 34,125 4.2
1,400.00–1,499.90 83,964 5.0 48,723 5.5 35,241 4.4
1,500.00–1,599.90 80,171 4.7 43,950 4.9 36,221 4.5
1,600.00–1,699.90 77,096 4.5 39,065 4.4 38,031 4.7
1,700.00–1,799.90 71,341 4.2 33,936 3.8 37,405 4.6
1,800.00–1,899.90 61,624 3.6 29,141 3.3 32,483 4.0
1,900.00–1,999.90 57,456 3.4 27,091 3.0 30,365 3.8
2,000.00–2,099.90 55,240 3.3 25,975 2.9 29,265 3.6
2,100.00–2,199.90 49,783 2.9 21,666 2.4 28,117 3.5
2,200.00–2,299.90 45,611 2.7 19,243 2.2 26,368 3.3
2,300.00–2,399.90 41,201 2.4 16,428 1.8 24,773 3.1
2,400.00–2,499.90 36,871 2.2 14,064 1.6 22,807 2.8
2,500.00–2,599.90 34,400 2.0 12,816 1.4 21,584 2.7
2,600.00–2,699.90 30,940 1.8 10,546 1.2 20,394 2.5
2,700.00–2,799.90 30,437 1.8 8,285 0.9 22,152 2.7
2,800.00–2,899.90 28,846 1.7 6,071 0.7 22,775 2.8
2,900.00–2,999.90 24,410 1.4 4,367 0.5 20,043 2.5
3,000.00–3,099.90 20,688 1.2 3,122 0.4 17,566 2.2
3,100.00–3,199.90 18,121 1.1 2,263 0.3 15,858 2.0
3,200.00–3,299.90 15,594 0.9 1,516 0.2 14,078 1.7
3,300.00 or more 93,291 5.5 1,555 0.2 91,736 11.4
Average benefit (dollars) 1,683.57 1,354.43 2,046.75
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Benefits awarded before the December cost-of-living increase are converted to the December rates before percentages are computed.
Because of differences in data sources and calculation methods, statistics reported in this table may differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary.
Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 6.B4 Number and percentage distribution of retired-worker awards by primary insurance amount, and average primary insurance amount: With and without reduction for early retirement, by sex, 2022
Sex and primary insurance amount (dollars) Total With reduction for early retirement Without reduction for early retirement
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All retired workers 3,413,289 100.0 1,751,337 100.0 1,661,952 100.0
Less than 300.00 44,209 1.3 24,000 1.4 20,209 1.2
300.00–399.90 43,530 1.3 26,945 1.5 16,585 1.0
400.00–499.90 50,233 1.5 31,053 1.8 19,180 1.2
500.00–599.90 52,900 1.5 32,343 1.8 20,557 1.2
600.00–699.90 53,327 1.6 32,912 1.9 20,415 1.2
700.00–799.90 54,450 1.6 32,475 1.9 21,975 1.3
800.00–899.90 56,654 1.7 31,928 1.8 24,726 1.5
900.00–999.90 75,134 2.2 33,909 1.9 41,225 2.5
1,000.00–1,099.90 136,133 4.0 79,666 4.5 56,467 3.4
1,100.00–1,199.90 141,586 4.1 83,274 4.8 58,312 3.5
1,200.00–1,299.90 141,048 4.1 81,764 4.7 59,284 3.6
1,300.00–1,399.90 140,653 4.1 80,009 4.6 60,644 3.6
1,400.00–1,499.90 139,824 4.1 78,640 4.5 61,184 3.7
1,500.00–1,599.90 138,056 4.0 76,333 4.4 61,723 3.7
1,600.00–1,699.90 136,548 4.0 75,083 4.3 61,465 3.7
1,700.00–1,799.90 133,609 3.9 73,054 4.2 60,555 3.6
1,800.00–1,899.90 129,272 3.8 69,837 4.0 59,435 3.6
1,900.00–1,999.90 123,946 3.6 66,197 3.8 57,749 3.5
2,000.00–2,099.90 119,365 3.5 62,820 3.6 56,545 3.4
2,100.00–2,199.90 115,087 3.4 59,450 3.4 55,637 3.3
2,200.00–2,299.90 108,789 3.2 56,170 3.2 52,619 3.2
2,300.00–2,399.90 103,195 3.0 53,003 3.0 50,192 3.0
2,400.00–2,499.90 97,009 2.8 49,635 2.8 47,374 2.9
2,500.00–2,599.90 94,470 2.8 45,959 2.6 48,511 2.9
2,600.00–2,699.90 99,276 2.9 42,898 2.4 56,378 3.4
2,700.00–2,799.90 114,492 3.4 48,808 2.8 65,684 4.0
2,800.00–2,899.90 134,433 3.9 65,742 3.8 68,691 4.1
2,900.00–2,999.90 118,669 3.5 57,967 3.3 60,702 3.7
3,000.00–3,099.90 100,967 3.0 46,672 2.7 54,295 3.3
3,100.00–3,199.90 88,177 2.6 37,720 2.2 50,457 3.0
3,200.00–3,299.90 81,618 2.4 31,161 1.8 50,457 3.0
3,300.00 or more 246,630 7.2 83,910 4.8 162,720 9.8
Average primary insurance amount (dollars) 1,984.09 1,878.40 2,095.47
Men 1,718,532 100.0 862,298 100.0 856,234 100.0
Less than 300.00 15,170 0.9 7,673 0.9 7,497 0.9
300.00–399.90 15,289 0.9 9,061 1.1 6,228 0.7
400.00–499.90 17,883 1.0 10,868 1.3 7,015 0.8
500.00–599.90 19,119 1.1 11,455 1.3 7,664 0.9
600.00–699.90 18,929 1.1 11,578 1.3 7,351 0.9
700.00–799.90 19,480 1.1 11,672 1.4 7,808 0.9
800.00–899.90 20,071 1.2 11,347 1.3 8,724 1.0
900.00–999.90 25,708 1.5 12,108 1.4 13,600 1.6
1,000.00–1,099.90 47,426 2.8 28,343 3.3 19,083 2.2
1,100.00–1,199.90 49,792 2.9 29,646 3.4 20,146 2.4
1,200.00–1,299.90 50,179 2.9 29,347 3.4 20,832 2.4
1,300.00–1,399.90 51,064 3.0 29,241 3.4 21,823 2.5
1,400.00–1,499.90 52,284 3.0 29,588 3.4 22,696 2.7
1,500.00–1,599.90 53,510 3.1 29,859 3.5 23,651 2.8
1,600.00–1,699.90 55,011 3.2 30,523 3.5 24,488 2.9
1,700.00–1,799.90 56,442 3.3 31,265 3.6 25,177 2.9
1,800.00–1,899.90 57,174 3.3 31,391 3.6 25,783 3.0
1,900.00–1,999.90 57,947 3.4 31,726 3.7 26,221 3.1
2,000.00–2,099.90 58,652 3.4 31,697 3.7 26,955 3.1
2,100.00–2,199.90 59,292 3.5 31,508 3.7 27,784 3.2
2,200.00–2,299.90 58,214 3.4 31,061 3.6 27,153 3.2
2,300.00–2,399.90 57,231 3.3 30,365 3.5 26,866 3.1
2,400.00–2,499.90 55,359 3.2 29,330 3.4 26,029 3.0
2,500.00–2,599.90 55,473 3.2 27,924 3.2 27,549 3.2
2,600.00–2,699.90 58,822 3.4 26,690 3.1 32,132 3.8
2,700.00–2,799.90 70,840 4.1 31,469 3.6 39,371 4.6
2,800.00–2,899.90 86,497 5.0 43,454 5.0 43,043 5.0
2,900.00–2,999.90 79,022 4.6 39,677 4.6 39,345 4.6
3,000.00–3,099.90 69,418 4.0 33,057 3.8 36,361 4.2
3,100.00–3,199.90 62,846 3.7 27,534 3.2 35,312 4.1
3,200.00–3,299.90 60,393 3.5 23,409 2.7 36,984 4.3
3,300.00 or more 203,995 11.9 68,432 7.9 135,563 15.8
Average primary insurance amount (dollars) 2,230.79 2,115.73 2,346.65
Women 1,694,757 100.0 889,039 100.0 805,718 100.0
Less than 300.00 29,039 1.7 16,327 1.8 12,712 1.6
300.00–399.90 28,241 1.7 17,884 2.0 10,357 1.3
400.00–499.90 32,350 1.9 20,185 2.3 12,165 1.5
500.00–599.90 33,781 2.0 20,888 2.3 12,893 1.6
600.00–699.90 34,398 2.0 21,334 2.4 13,064 1.6
700.00–799.90 34,970 2.1 20,803 2.3 14,167 1.8
800.00–899.90 36,583 2.2 20,581 2.3 16,002 2.0
900.00–999.90 49,426 2.9 21,801 2.5 27,625 3.4
1,000.00–1,099.90 88,707 5.2 51,323 5.8 37,384 4.6
1,100.00–1,199.90 91,794 5.4 53,628 6.0 38,166 4.7
1,200.00–1,299.90 90,869 5.4 52,417 5.9 38,452 4.8
1,300.00–1,399.90 89,589 5.3 50,768 5.7 38,821 4.8
1,400.00–1,499.90 87,540 5.2 49,052 5.5 38,488 4.8
1,500.00–1,599.90 84,546 5.0 46,474 5.2 38,072 4.7
1,600.00–1,699.90 81,537 4.8 44,560 5.0 36,977 4.6
1,700.00–1,799.90 77,167 4.6 41,789 4.7 35,378 4.4
1,800.00–1,899.90 72,098 4.3 38,446 4.3 33,652 4.2
1,900.00–1,999.90 65,999 3.9 34,471 3.9 31,528 3.9
2,000.00–2,099.90 60,713 3.6 31,123 3.5 29,590 3.7
2,100.00–2,199.90 55,795 3.3 27,942 3.1 27,853 3.5
2,200.00–2,299.90 50,575 3.0 25,109 2.8 25,466 3.2
2,300.00–2,399.90 45,964 2.7 22,638 2.5 23,326 2.9
2,400.00–2,499.90 41,650 2.5 20,305 2.3 21,345 2.6
2,500.00–2,599.90 38,997 2.3 18,035 2.0 20,962 2.6
2,600.00–2,699.90 40,454 2.4 16,208 1.8 24,246 3.0
2,700.00–2,799.90 43,652 2.6 17,339 2.0 26,313 3.3
2,800.00–2,899.90 47,936 2.8 22,288 2.5 25,648 3.2
2,900.00–2,999.90 39,647 2.3 18,290 2.1 21,357 2.7
3,000.00–3,099.90 31,549 1.9 13,615 1.5 17,934 2.2
3,100.00–3,199.90 25,331 1.5 10,186 1.1 15,145 1.9
3,200.00–3,299.90 21,225 1.3 7,752 0.9 13,473 1.7
3,300.00 or more 42,635 2.5 15,478 1.7 27,157 3.4
Average primary insurance amount (dollars) 1,733.94 1,648.21 1,828.54
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Primary insurance amounts awarded before the December cost-of-living increase are converted to the December rates before percentages are computed.
Because of differences in data sources and calculation methods, statistics reported in this table may differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary.
Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 6.B5 Number and average age of retired-worker awardees, and percentage distribution by age: By sex and year of award action, selected years 1940–2022
Year of award action a Number (thousands) Average age Percentage distribution by age b
Total, all ages 62 63 64 65 to FRA c FRA d FRA to 69 g 70–74 75 or older
Total Newly entitled e Disability conversions f
  Men
1940 117 68.1 100.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.1 17.1 . . . 58.8 16.5 7.6
1945 166 69.6 100.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.9 15.9 . . . 43.3 28.1 12.7
1950 444 68.7 100.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.9 21.9 . . . 47.3 21.0 9.8
1955 629 68.4 100.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.4 29.4 . . . 38.0 24.7 7.8
1960 630 66.8 100.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.1 42.3 5.8 36.6 13.2 2.1
1965 743 65.7 100.0 15.6 10.0 6.0 . . . 31.6 25.8 5.8 25.9 7.7 3.2
1970 814 64.4 100.0 19.0 12.8 8.5 . . . 48.7 39.6 9.1 9.3 1.3 0.4
1975 902 64.0 100.0 25.8 14.1 9.0 . . . 43.6 32.0 11.6 6.5 0.7 0.2
1980 942 63.9 100.0 30.1 13.1 8.5 . . . 42.4 31.8 10.6 5.2 0.6 0.1
1985 986 63.7 100.0 45.5 8.2 11.6 . . . 31.2 18.2 13.1 2.9 0.5 0.2
1986 1,011 63.7 100.0 47.0 8.2 11.8 . . . 29.2 17.2 12.0 3.1 0.6 0.1
1987 970 63.6 100.0 47.6 8.1 11.4 . . . 28.8 16.8 12.0 3.4 0.6 0.1
1988 944 63.7 100.0 48.2 8.1 9.9 . . . 28.6 16.6 12.0 4.1 0.9 0.2
1989 983 63.7 100.0 48.0 7.1 9.3 . . . 30.1 17.5 12.6 4.6 0.7 0.2
1990 964 63.7 100.0 47.2 7.6 11.3 . . . 27.6 16.4 11.1 5.1 1.0 0.2
1991 996 63.7 100.0 46.8 8.1 10.9 . . . 27.9 17.2 10.7 5.1 0.9 0.2
1992 989 63.7 100.0 48.2 7.3 11.4 . . . 27.2 16.6 10.6 5.0 0.8 0.1
1993 980 63.7 100.0 48.7 8.0 11.0 . . . 26.7 16.1 10.5 4.5 0.9 0.2
1994 923 63.6 100.0 49.0 7.4 11.4 . . . 27.1 15.7 11.5 4.0 1.0 0.1
1995 916 63.7 100.0 49.3 7.3 10.5 . . . 27.5 15.8 11.8 4.0 1.1 0.3
1996 895 63.6 100.0 49.9 7.1 9.7 . . . 27.6 14.9 12.6 4.5 1.1 0.1
1997 h 904 63.7 100.0 50.5 6.6 9.7 . . . 26.9 14.9 12.0 4.7 1.3 0.2
1998 909 63.8 100.0 49.6 7.1 9.9 . . . 27.3 14.7 12.6 4.6 1.3 0.2
1999 940 63.7 100.0 49.3 7.3 9.8 . . . 27.4 14.8 12.6 4.7 1.3 0.2
2000 1,115 64.1 100.0 41.6 6.1 9.4 . . . 31.7 20.3 11.4 9.9 1.1 0.2
2001 992 63.7 100.0 46.8 6.7 12.1 . . . 30.8 18.1 12.7 2.8 0.7 0.2
2002 1,001 63.7 100.0 46.4 7.1 13.8 . . . 29.7 17.1 12.6 2.1 0.7 0.2
2003 969 63.6 100.0 49.5 6.9 13.2 3.7 23.3 11.7 11.6 2.7 0.5 0.1
2004 1,010 63.6 100.0 50.3 7.1 11.1 5.2 22.9 11.6 11.3 2.7 0.5 0.1
2005 1,061 63.6 100.0 50.2 7.2 9.6 7.2 22.4 11.2 11.2 2.7 0.5 0.2
2006 1,057 63.8 100.0 45.6 7.7 9.2 9.7 23.9 11.8 12.1 3.1 0.7 0.2
2007 1,075 64.0 100.0 42.4 7.4 9.3 12.1 24.6 12.0 12.1 3.2 0.7 0.2
2008 1,200 64.0 100.0 42.5 7.0 8.4 13.4 24.7 12.4 12.3 3.2 0.6 0.2
2009 1,452 64.0 100.0 44.3 7.2 7.4 11.7 25.3 12.7 12.6 3.4 0.6 0.1
2010 1,387 64.1 100.0 42.6 8.3 6.9 10.6 26.6 13.5 13.0 4.1 0.7 0.2
2011 1,340 64.0 100.0 41.4 7.2 7.5 10.3 27.8 14.3 13.6 4.7 0.9 0.2
2012 1,419 64.2 100.0 37.2 6.5 6.7 11.5 31.5 16.2 15.3 5.2 1.2 0.2
2013 1,447 64.3 100.0 34.8 6.0 6.1 10.8 34.7 17.8 16.9 5.8 1.6 0.2
2014 1,433 64.4 100.0 34.5 6.1 6.0 10.3 33.9 17.0 16.9 7.1 1.9 0.1
2015 1,475 64.5 100.0 31.9 6.2 5.9 10.1 34.3 17.6 16.8 9.0 2.4 0.2
2016 1,519 64.6 100.0 30.4 6.0 5.9 9.8 34.6 18.1 16.4 10.1 3.0 0.2
2017 1,531 64.7 100.0 29.0 6.0 6.0 10.4 35.4 18.5 17.0 9.0 4.1 0.2
2018 1,581 64.8 100.0 27.4 5.9 6.0 10.4 35.8 19.0 16.7 10.1 4.3 0.2
2019 1,620 64.9 100.0 25.7 5.7 6.0 10.5 36.0 19.4 16.6 11.0 5.0 0.2
2020 1,706 65.0 100.0 23.5 5.8 6.1 10.6 36.0 19.6 16.4 12.1 5.9 0.1
2021 1,607 65.1 100.0 24.1 6.3 6.5 11.8 30.2 15.8 14.4 13.3 7.5 0.1
2022 1,719 65.2 100.0 22.9 6.4 6.7 13.3 28.4 15.0 13.4 13.8 8.4 0.2
  Women
1940 15 67.4 100.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.8 20.8 . . . 62.3 12.5 4.3
1945 20 68.5 100.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 24.0 . . . 45.0 23.6 7.3
1950 123 68.0 100.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.3 22.3 . . . 53.6 19.6 4.4
1955 281 67.8 100.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.6 36.6 . . . 38.7 18.1 6.6
1960 351 65.2 100.0 27.1 13.3 8.1 . . . 18.4 17.4 1.0 22.2 8.2 2.7
1965 440 65.3 100.0 32.6 12.1 6.0 . . . 19.9 16.9 3.0 17.4 6.7 5.4
1970 524 63.9 100.0 35.8 14.3 7.2 . . . 31.3 25.7 5.5 9.2 1.7 0.6
1975 603 63.7 100.0 41.6 13.7 7.0 . . . 29.3 22.0 7.3 6.8 1.2 0.4
1980 671 63.5 100.0 45.9 11.5 6.5 . . . 29.9 22.1 7.7 5.0 0.9 0.2
1985 697 63.4 100.0 57.9 7.4 9.8 . . . 21.3 12.2 9.1 2.6 0.8 0.2
1986 713 63.4 100.0 57.5 7.0 10.4 . . . 21.6 12.6 8.9 2.5 0.9 0.2
1987 681 63.3 100.0 58.9 7.2 9.6 . . . 20.8 11.8 9.0 2.6 0.7 0.2
1988 667 63.3 100.0 59.4 6.9 7.9 . . . 21.8 12.8 9.0 3.1 0.7 0.2
1989 674 63.4 100.0 57.9 6.5 9.4 . . . 21.6 12.8 8.8 3.3 1.0 0.3
1990 679 63.5 100.0 55.9 7.2 9.8 . . . 21.5 12.7 8.9 4.1 1.0 0.5
1991 685 63.5 100.0 56.1 7.1 9.5 . . . 22.3 13.9 8.4 3.8 0.9 0.3
1992 708 63.5 100.0 56.7 6.9 9.8 . . . 21.5 12.5 9.0 3.7 1.1 0.3
1993 704 63.5 100.0 56.0 6.8 10.2 . . . 22.4 13.6 8.8 3.1 1.1 0.3
1994 690 63.4 100.0 57.6 6.7 10.2 . . . 21.0 11.8 9.1 3.3 1.0 0.3
1995 684 63.5 100.0 55.4 6.6 10.1 . . . 22.6 12.8 9.7 3.5 1.4 0.4
1996 684 63.4 100.0 57.4 5.9 9.4 . . . 22.7 12.5 10.2 3.4 1.0 0.3
1997 h 809 65.4 100.0 48.2 5.5 7.5 . . . 19.5 10.5 8.9 4.4 6.4 8.5
1998 733 64.0 100.0 53.1 7.0 8.9 . . . 22.0 12.4 9.6 4.1 2.4 2.5
1999 737 63.6 100.0 55.1 6.8 9.2 . . . 22.6 12.5 10.1 3.8 1.8 0.7
2000 854 63.8 100.0 52.2 5.9 9.3 . . . 23.6 13.9 9.7 6.5 2.2 0.4
2001 795 63.7 100.0 51.3 7.1 11.5 . . . 23.7 12.8 10.9 3.1 2.6 0.6
2002 811 63.6 100.0 52.9 6.6 12.2 . . . 23.9 12.7 11.2 2.3 1.8 0.3
2003 822 63.6 100.0 54.3 6.4 12.2 3.1 18.0 7.8 10.2 3.7 1.9 0.4
2004 874 63.6 100.0 55.0 6.7 10.6 4.5 17.6 7.5 10.1 3.8 1.6 0.3
2005 939 63.6 100.0 54.3 6.9 9.5 6.2 17.1 7.4 9.7 3.8 1.8 0.3
2006 942 63.8 100.0 50.2 7.5 9.4 8.4 18.2 7.7 10.5 4.0 2.0 0.4
2007 961 63.9 100.0 47.6 7.3 10.0 10.6 18.9 7.8 11.1 3.7 1.6 0.2
2008 1,079 63.9 100.0 48.3 6.9 9.0 11.6 18.9 7.7 11.2 3.2 1.5 0.7
2009 1,288 63.9 100.0 49.8 6.5 7.2 10.2 20.5 8.6 11.9 3.9 1.5 0.5
2010 1,248 63.9 100.0 47.9 8.1 7.0 9.8 21.6 9.3 12.2 3.8 1.6 0.2
2011 1,238 63.8 100.0 46.5 7.3 8.0 9.8 22.1 9.7 12.4 4.2 1.8 0.2
2012 1,316 64.0 100.0 42.4 6.9 7.5 11.4 25.2 11.2 14.1 4.5 2.0 0.2
2013 1,347 64.2 100.0 40.2 6.4 6.9 10.7 27.8 12.3 15.4 4.9 3.0 0.2
2014 1,339 64.2 100.0 39.7 6.6 6.9 10.3 27.5 11.9 15.5 5.7 3.1 0.2
2015 1,364 64.4 100.0 37.4 6.6 6.8 10.0 27.9 12.3 15.7 6.7 4.1 0.5
2016 1,392 64.5 100.0 35.5 6.5 6.8 9.9 28.7 12.8 15.9 7.4 5.0 0.2
2017 1,444 64.6 100.0 32.9 6.3 6.8 10.3 29.9 13.6 16.3 7.7 5.9 0.2
2018 1,501 64.7 100.0 31.0 6.4 6.9 10.3 30.5 14.3 16.2 8.4 6.3 0.2
2019 1,554 64.8 100.0 28.9 6.2 7.1 10.6 30.8 14.6 16.2 9.0 7.2 0.2
2020 1,662 65.0 100.0 25.7 6.0 6.9 10.7 33.0 17.1 15.9 10.0 7.5 0.1
2021 1,579 65.0 100.0 26.1 6.4 7.2 12.0 28.1 14.1 14.0 11.5 8.6 0.1
2022 1,695 65.1 100.0 24.5 6.6 7.3 13.4 26.5 13.4 13.1 12.2 9.3 0.2
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record. Data for 1985–2001 are based on a 1 percent sample. All other years are 100 percent data.
NOTES: Percentage distributions for 2003–2009 differ slightly from those in prior editions of this table because of changes in the methodology of calculating age (see footnote b) and in the presentation of legislated FRA (see footnotes c–g).
Because of differences in data sources and calculation methods, statistics reported in this table may differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary.
Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
FRA = full retirement age; . . . = not applicable.
a. Reflects the date the award action was posted on the Master Beneficiary Record. Entitlement can be retroactive and thus precede the date of award. For data by year of entitlement, see table 6.B5.1.
b. Age on birthday in year of award for 1940–1980. Age in month of award for 1985–2002. Age in month of entitlement for 2003 and later. (In previous editions of this table, the transition from age in month of award to age in month of entitlement did not take effect until 2006.)
c. Workers entitled in the period between attainment of age 65 and the month prior to attaining FRA.
d. FRA is 65 for workers attaining age 65 before 2003. It increases in 2-month increments for workers attaining age 65 in each of the years 2003 through 2008. It is 66 for workers attaining age 65 in the years 2008 through 2019. It again increases in 2-month increments for workers attaining age 65 in the years 2020 through 2025. It is 67 for workers attaining age 65 in 2025 or later.
e. For 1940–2002, includes workers entitled in the period between attainment of age 65 and the month prior to attaining age 66. Beginning with 2003, includes workers entitled only in the month they attain FRA.
f. Disabled-worker benefit automatically converts to a retired-worker benefit in the month the worker attains FRA.
g. For 1940–2002, includes workers entitled in the period between attainment of age 66 and the month prior to attaining age 70. Beginning with 2003, includes workers entitled in the period between the month after attaining FRA and the month prior to attaining age 70.
h. In response to a March 1997 audit by the Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Inspector General, notifications of eligibility for higher benefits were mailed to approximately 200,000 surviving spouses, resulting in higher numbers for 1997. SSA subsequently initiated the Widow(er)'s Insurance Benefits/Retirement Insurance Benefits (WIB/RIB) outreach program to identify and notify surviving spouses who are eligible for higher retirement benefits at FRA and age 70.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 6.B5.1 Number and average age of retired-worker awardees, and percentage distribution by age at entitlement: By sex and year of entitlement, 1998–2022
Year of entitlement Number (thousands) Average age Percentage distribution by age at month of entitlement
Total, all ages 62 63 64 65 a 66 a Disability conversions b 67–69 70 or older
Before FRA At FRA After FRA Before FRA At FRA After FRA
  Men
1998 902 63.4 100.0 50.8 6.7 10.6 . . . 12.1 2.5 . . . . . . 1.4 12.7 2.1 1.1
1999 964 63.5 100.0 49.0 6.8 10.8 . . . 12.3 3.2 . . . . . . 1.8 12.3 2.7 1.2
2000 1,092 63.6 100.0 44.8 6.1 9.7 . . . 15.5 4.5 . . . . . . 2.8 11.6 4.2 0.8
2001 977 63.4 100.0 48.3 6.6 12.3 . . . 16.2 1.3 . . . . . . 0.7 12.9 1.1 0.7
2002 998 63.4 100.0 47.7 6.8 13.6 . . . 15.8 1.2 . . . . . . 0.6 12.6 0.9 0.6
2003 973 63.3 100.0 49.6 6.9 13.1 3.8 11.5 1.2 . . . . . . 0.6 11.7 0.9 0.6
2004 1,012 63.3 100.0 50.3 7.2 11.1 5.3 11.5 1.1 . . . . . . 0.7 11.3 0.9 0.7
2005 1,058 63.4 100.0 49.6 7.1 9.5 7.3 11.4 1.0 . . . . . . 0.9 10.9 1.2 1.0
2006 1,042 63.5 100.0 45.7 7.8 9.3 9.9 11.3 0.8 . . . . . . 1.0 12.3 1.1 0.8
2007 1,069 63.6 100.0 42.6 7.5 9.4 12.2 11.8 0.6 . . . . . . 1.4 12.5 1.3 0.8
2008 1,191 63.6 100.0 42.6 7.1 8.4 13.5 12.0 0.3 . . . . . . 1.7 12.4 1.4 0.7
2009 1,454 63.8 100.0 44.0 7.2 7.3 11.7 . . . . . . . . . 13.5 1.9 12.1 1.5 0.8
2010 1,384 63.9 100.0 42.6 8.3 6.9 10.6 . . . . . . . . . 13.5 2.2 13.0 2.0 0.9
2011 1,348 64.0 100.0 41.3 7.1 7.5 10.3 . . . . . . . . . 14.3 2.4 13.4 2.4 1.2
2012 1,422 64.2 100.0 37.0 6.4 6.6 11.4 . . . . . . . . . 16.5 2.6 15.3 2.7 1.4
2013 1,459 64.3 100.0 34.7 6.0 6.1 10.7 . . . . . . . . . 17.7 3.2 16.8 3.0 1.7
2014 1,443 64.4 100.0 34.2 6.1 5.9 10.2 . . . . . . . . . 17.0 3.5 16.9 4.0 2.2
2015 1,488 64.6 100.0 31.6 6.1 5.8 10.0 . . . . . . . . . 17.6 4.3 16.7 5.4 2.5
2016 1,508 64.6 100.0 30.7 6.1 6.0 9.9 . . . . . . . . . 18.1 4.1 16.5 5.3 3.3
2017 1,539 64.7 100.0 28.9 5.9 6.0 10.4 . . . . . . . . . 18.5 4.1 16.8 5.2 4.2
2018 1,599 64.8 100.0 27.2 5.9 6.0 10.3 . . . . . . . . . 19.1 4.4 16.6 6.0 4.6
2019 1,631 64.9 100.0 25.6 5.7 6.0 10.5 . . . . . . . . . 19.4 4.5 16.6 6.6 5.1
2020 1,700 65.0 100.0 23.5 5.8 6.1 10.6 . . . . . . . . . 19.5 5.0 16.4 7.0 6.1
2021 1,626 65.1 100.0 24.0 6.3 6.6 10.8 . . . . . . 1.1 15.8 5.6 14.2 7.8 7.8
2022 1,580 65.1 100.0 23.8 6.6 6.8 11.7 . . . . . . 2.1 14.5 4.9 14.5 7.0 8.1
  Women
1998 727 63.5 100.0 55.9 6.0 9.6 . . . 9.7 1.9 . . . . . . 1.2 9.7 2.6 3.4
1999 755 63.3 100.0 55.4 6.2 10.0 . . . 10.3 2.2 . . . . . . 1.4 9.9 2.5 2.1
2000 837 63.5 100.0 52.7 6.0 9.5 . . . 11.6 3.1 . . . . . . 1.8 9.8 3.3 2.1
2001 785 63.3 100.0 54.6 6.1 11.4 . . . 11.4 1.1 . . . . . . 0.7 11.0 1.8 1.8
2002 817 63.4 100.0 53.3 6.2 12.5 . . . 11.2 1.2 . . . . . . 0.6 11.1 1.6 2.2
2003 823 63.3 100.0 54.5 6.5 12.3 3.2 7.7 1.1 . . . . . . 0.7 10.3 1.8 2.0
2004 879 63.3 100.0 54.9 6.7 10.6 4.5 7.5 1.0 . . . . . . 0.8 10.0 2.0 1.9
2005 939 63.4 100.0 54.1 6.8 9.5 6.2 7.5 0.8 . . . . . . 0.9 9.7 2.1 2.3
2006 938 63.5 100.0 50.4 7.6 9.5 8.5 7.6 0.7 . . . . . . 1.0 10.6 2.2 2.0
2007 965 63.6 100.0 47.5 7.3 10.0 10.6 7.5 0.5 . . . . . . 1.2 11.1 2.0 2.2
2008 1,077 63.6 100.0 48.0 6.8 8.8 11.6 7.5 0.2 . . . . . . 1.6 11.2 1.9 2.4
2009 1,280 63.7 100.0 49.9 6.5 7.2 10.2 . . . . . . . . . 9.3 1.6 11.5 2.0 1.6
2010 1,246 63.7 100.0 47.9 8.1 7.0 9.8 . . . . . . . . . 9.3 1.7 12.3 2.1 1.8
2011 1,245 63.8 100.0 46.5 7.2 8.0 9.8 . . . . . . . . . 9.9 1.9 12.3 2.4 2.1
2012 1,323 64.0 100.0 42.1 6.8 7.4 11.3 . . . . . . . . . 11.3 2.0 14.0 2.6 2.5
2013 1,353 64.1 100.0 40.2 6.4 6.9 10.7 . . . . . . . . . 12.4 2.4 15.4 2.7 2.9
2014 1,357 64.3 100.0 39.2 6.6 6.8 10.2 . . . . . . . . . 11.9 2.5 15.4 3.3 4.1
2015 1,361 64.3 100.0 37.3 6.6 6.8 10.1 . . . . . . . . . 12.3 2.8 15.8 4.1 4.1
2016 1,393 64.5 100.0 35.6 6.5 6.8 9.9 . . . . . . . . . 12.8 2.9 15.8 4.5 5.2
2017 1,449 64.6 100.0 32.7 6.3 6.8 10.2 . . . . . . . . . 13.7 3.1 16.1 4.8 6.2
2018 1,519 64.7 100.0 30.7 6.3 6.9 10.2 . . . . . . . . . 14.4 3.4 16.1 5.3 6.6
2019 1,563 64.8 100.0 28.8 6.2 7.1 10.6 . . . . . . . . . 14.6 3.5 16.2 5.6 7.4
2020 1,660 65.0 100.0 25.7 6.0 6.9 10.8 . . . . . . . . . 17.2 4.1 15.9 5.8 7.6
2021 1,602 65.0 100.0 25.9 6.4 7.2 11.0 . . . . . . 1.0 14.1 4.9 13.8 6.8 9.0
2022 1,563 65.0 100.0 25.6 6.8 7.4 12.0 . . . . . . 2.0 13.0 4.2 14.1 6.2 8.8
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: The data in this table differ from those in table 6.B5 because awards are summarized here by the year in which entitlement began rather than by the year the award action was posted on the Master Beneficiary Record. The year of entitlement often precedes the year of action because of retroactive entitlements, delayed award actions, and other reasons. Because entitlements can be awarded retroactively, data for current and prior years are subject to revision with each annual update of this table.
Because of differences in data sources and calculation methods, statistics reported in this table may differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary.
Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
FRA = full retirement age; . . . = not applicable.
a. FRA is 65 for workers attaining age 65 before 2003. It increases in 2-month increments for workers attaining age 65 in each of the years 2003 through 2008. It is 66 for workers attaining age 65 in the years 2008 through 2019. It again increases in 2-month increments for workers attaining age 65 in the years 2020 through 2025. It is 67 for workers attaining age 65 in 2025 or later.
b. Disabled-worker benefit automatically converts to a retired-worker benefit in the month the worker attains FRA.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.