Annual Statistical Supplement, 2024

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance

Benefits in Current-Payment Status

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Related Content: Statistics by Race

In earlier years, 12 of this section's 20 tables included breakdowns by race. Concerns about data quality and consistency led to the removal of race breakdowns from this section beginning in the 2011 Supplement.

Although the data quality issues are not yet resolved, those 12 tables are available in an expanded summary. Users are advised to interpret statistics by race with caution.

For more information, see "Why Researchers Now Rely on Surveys for Race Data on OASDI and SSI Programs: A Comparison of Four Major Surveys."

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A note about benefit and beneficiary types

Beneficiary-type category names reflect Social Security Act language. Although some are unambiguous, please note the following clarifications:

  • Unless otherwise specified, the “wives,” “husbands,” and “spouses” categories include divorced ex-spouses, who may qualify for benefits if the marriage lasted 10 or more years.
  • The “widow(er)s,” “nondisabled widow(er)s,” and “disabled widow(er)s” categories likewise include qualifying surviving divorced ex-spouses.
  • “Widowed mothers and fathers” are entitled to benefits because they care for a deceased worker's child (if the child is younger than 16 or disabled), whereas “parents” are entitled because they are the dependent survivors of a deceased worker.
  • Unless otherwise specified, the “widowed mothers and fathers” category includes surviving divorced ex-spouses caring for the deceased worker's child.
  • “Children” refers to the offspring of beneficiaries or deceased workers; it does not necessarily mean minors. (Children's benefits may be paid to students aged 18–19 or to disabled adult children as well as to minors.)
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Table 5.A1 All beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by type of benefit and sex, December 2023
Type of benefit All Male Female
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total, OASDI 67,076,966 1,767.03 30,469,323 1,966.39 36,607,643 1,601.10
OASI 58,563,242 1,821.04 26,222,470 2,037.31 32,340,772 1,645.69
Retirement benefits 52,729,819 1,856.38 24,962,836 2,081.74 27,766,983 1,653.79
Retired workers 50,147,679 1,905.31 24,479,758 2,106.40 25,667,921 1,713.52
Spouses of retired workers 1,896,329 912.03 109,583 638.01 1,786,746 928.83
Children of retired workers 685,811 890.11 373,495 888.82 312,316 891.65
Survivor benefits 5,833,423 1,501.60 1,259,634 1,156.84 4,573,789 1,596.55
Children of deceased workers 2,036,739 1,103.06 1,075,245 1,103.58 961,494 1,102.47
Widowed mothers and fathers 107,591 1,278.40 8,694 1,125.91 98,897 1,291.80
Nondisabled widow(er)s 3,487,630 1,774.33 158,199 1,568.24 3,329,431 1,784.13
Disabled widow(er)s 200,644 925.78 17,390 720.63 183,254 945.25
Parents of deceased workers 819 1,589.77 106 1,494.09 713 1,603.99
DI 8,513,724 1,395.49 4,246,853 1,528.52 4,266,871 1,263.09
Disabled workers 7,365,987 1,537.13 3,685,919 1,685.96 3,680,068 1,388.07
Spouses of disabled workers 87,898 420.07 8,123 380.57 79,775 424.09
Children of disabled workers 1,059,839 491.99 552,811 495.65 507,028 488.00
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: DI = Disability Insurance; OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; OASI = Old-Age and Survivors Insurance.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 5.A1.1 Retired-worker beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by age and sex, December 2023
Age All retired workers Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 50,147,679 1,905.31 24,479,758 2,106.40 25,667,921 1,713.52
62–64 2,518,674 1,379.75 1,208,956 1,528.62 1,309,718 1,242.33
62 590,389 1,298.26 283,833 1,439.94 306,556 1,167.07
63 876,363 1,338.65 421,239 1,481.40 455,124 1,206.54
64 1,051,922 1,459.73 503,884 1,618.06 548,038 1,314.16
65–69 12,289,552 1,852.82 6,050,700 2,061.41 6,238,852 1,650.52
65 1,388,867 1,563.06 658,606 1,733.08 730,261 1,409.73
66 2,112,792 1,739.92 1,030,056 1,936.32 1,082,736 1,553.08
67 2,918,979 1,883.50 1,449,403 2,093.70 1,469,576 1,676.20
68 2,936,307 1,948.37 1,457,494 2,167.13 1,478,813 1,732.76
69 2,932,607 1,945.18 1,455,141 2,160.51 1,477,466 1,733.09
70–74 13,866,546 2,021.81 6,927,511 2,237.87 6,939,035 1,806.10
70 3,011,033 2,037.54 1,513,072 2,257.32 1,497,961 1,815.55
71 2,939,311 2,050.67 1,471,741 2,272.72 1,467,570 1,827.98
72 2,790,302 2,023.00 1,392,666 2,239.89 1,397,636 1,806.88
73 2,601,223 1,990.43 1,296,465 2,199.15 1,304,758 1,783.04
74 2,524,677 2,000.45 1,253,567 2,211.27 1,271,110 1,792.53
75–79 10,266,668 1,980.73 5,079,929 2,190.25 5,186,739 1,775.52
75 2,432,578 2,012.14 1,205,309 2,227.84 1,227,269 1,800.30
76 2,447,082 1,982.36 1,214,618 2,191.43 1,232,464 1,776.33
77 2,111,033 1,996.49 1,045,368 2,211.35 1,065,665 1,785.72
78 1,675,756 1,949.44 828,755 2,152.08 847,001 1,751.17
79 1,600,219 1,942.45 785,879 2,142.96 814,340 1,748.94
80–84 6,203,462 1,929.29 2,999,027 2,125.51 3,204,435 1,745.65
80 1,572,107 1,940.24 767,826 2,139.25 804,281 1,750.24
81 1,437,096 1,943.00 699,767 2,143.18 737,329 1,753.02
82 1,204,999 1,942.41 581,085 2,145.00 623,914 1,753.74
83 1,056,617 1,920.50 506,813 2,114.55 549,804 1,741.63
84 932,643 1,882.72 443,536 2,060.81 489,107 1,721.22
85–89 3,227,066 1,806.15 1,497,481 1,941.77 1,729,585 1,688.74
85 851,600 1,864.04 402,470 2,033.65 449,130 1,712.06
86 735,320 1,833.70 344,742 1,987.40 390,578 1,698.03
87 630,089 1,779.58 291,501 1,902.54 338,588 1,673.71
88 548,446 1,755.44 250,884 1,857.32 297,562 1,669.54
89 461,611 1,752.01 207,884 1,845.12 253,727 1,675.73
90–94 1,345,206 1,767.46 571,550 1,861.46 773,656 1,698.02
95–99 376,889 1,763.15 130,672 1,862.92 246,217 1,710.20
100 or older 53,616 1,705.68 13,932 1,758.00 39,684 1,687.31
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 5.A1.2 Disabled-worker beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by age and sex, December 2023
Age All disabled workers Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 7,365,987 1,537.13 3,685,919 1,685.96 3,680,068 1,388.07
Under 20 438 679.79 262 691.26 176 662.72
20–24 21,182 880.54 12,682 887.67 8,500 869.90
20 899 743.52 517 762.75 382 717.49
21 2,115 805.04 1,245 806.32 870 803.20
22 3,664 855.04 2,199 869.41 1,465 833.47
23 6,107 880.93 3,629 882.47 2,478 878.68
24 8,397 925.08 5,092 931.85 3,305 914.65
25–29 78,581 1,000.88 45,867 1,003.54 32,714 997.14
25 10,932 951.04 6,411 957.62 4,521 941.71
26 13,018 978.15 7,724 981.04 5,294 973.95
27 15,629 992.32 9,148 991.92 6,481 992.87
28 17,999 1,016.00 10,437 1,019.83 7,562 1,010.71
29 21,003 1,034.32 12,147 1,036.85 8,856 1,030.85
30–34 150,633 1,088.97 83,422 1,100.39 67,211 1,074.78
30 23,601 1,053.65 13,390 1,057.62 10,211 1,048.44
31 26,447 1,065.14 14,840 1,068.84 11,607 1,060.41
32 29,930 1,086.40 16,613 1,093.57 13,317 1,077.46
33 33,627 1,101.16 18,436 1,118.48 15,191 1,080.16
34 37,028 1,119.50 20,143 1,141.15 16,885 1,093.66
35–39 260,668 1,186.70 138,648 1,216.57 122,020 1,152.77
35 41,155 1,142.00 22,277 1,166.45 18,878 1,113.14
36 45,980 1,160.32 24,490 1,185.79 21,490 1,131.29
37 51,935 1,182.86 27,692 1,211.17 24,243 1,150.52
38 58,021 1,202.96 30,570 1,237.18 27,451 1,164.84
39 63,577 1,223.04 33,619 1,257.90 29,958 1,183.91
40–44 424,424 1,288.07 215,311 1,330.29 209,113 1,244.60
40 69,948 1,246.25 36,601 1,281.71 33,347 1,207.34
41 78,024 1,262.02 40,222 1,300.68 37,802 1,220.88
42 84,753 1,284.08 43,088 1,324.99 41,665 1,241.78
43 93,168 1,305.94 46,515 1,349.47 46,653 1,262.54
44 98,531 1,324.92 48,885 1,377.45 49,646 1,273.20
45–49 572,545 1,378.78 277,524 1,448.74 295,021 1,312.96
45 102,650 1,337.30 50,691 1,392.46 51,959 1,283.49
46 109,491 1,363.56 53,378 1,426.32 56,113 1,303.85
47 112,011 1,375.30 54,303 1,442.63 57,708 1,311.94
48 119,288 1,392.66 57,250 1,469.30 62,038 1,321.93
49 129,105 1,414.85 61,902 1,500.50 67,203 1,335.95
50–54 934,558 1,472.95 450,478 1,590.12 484,080 1,363.91
50 141,169 1,426.84 67,382 1,524.09 73,787 1,338.04
51 162,039 1,446.87 77,887 1,554.22 84,152 1,347.51
52 190,624 1,469.49 91,765 1,584.84 98,859 1,362.42
53 214,351 1,490.84 103,271 1,613.91 111,080 1,376.43
54 226,375 1,506.32 110,173 1,637.97 116,202 1,381.50
55–59 1,579,750 1,557.29 776,787 1,717.20 802,963 1,402.60
55 245,811 1,517.84 119,939 1,659.94 125,872 1,382.44
56 274,304 1,535.83 134,371 1,687.06 139,933 1,390.61
57 307,346 1,557.05 151,807 1,713.23 155,539 1,404.63
58 350,067 1,568.07 172,020 1,733.96 178,047 1,407.79
59 402,222 1,586.85 198,650 1,760.69 203,572 1,417.22
60–64 2,505,713 1,654.94 1,258,582 1,854.80 1,247,131 1,453.24
60 435,799 1,605.97 215,774 1,788.41 220,025 1,427.06
61 472,241 1,628.92 235,604 1,818.42 236,637 1,440.25
62 511,011 1,653.59 256,801 1,852.22 254,210 1,452.93
63 536,227 1,675.70 270,851 1,883.67 265,376 1,463.45
64 550,435 1,697.04 279,552 1,911.10 270,883 1,476.14
65–66 837,495 1,709.79 426,356 1,930.92 411,139 1,480.48
65 549,151 1,709.32 279,857 1,929.03 269,294 1,481.00
66 288,344 1,710.68 146,499 1,934.52 141,845 1,479.50
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A1.3 Spousal beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by basis of entitlement, age, marital status, sex, and type of benefit, December 2023
Basis of entitlement, age, and marital status All spouses Wives Husbands
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
  All spouses
Total 1,984,227 890.24 1,866,521 907.26 117,706 620.25
By basis of entitlement  
Care of children 51,994 589.87 51,033 593.36 961 404.77
Under 35 3,197 364.10 3,148 365.58 49 269.24
35–39 6,024 399.26 5,930 401.85 94 236.34
40–44 8,775 464.49 8,616 467.81 159 284.45
45–49 9,669 557.76 9,489 562.02 180 333.36
50–54 9,007 637.46 8,841 641.76 166 408.03
55–59 6,649 712.51 6,523 717.90 126 433.94
60–61 2,581 778.53 2,514 783.08 67 607.51
62–64 4,065 828.46 3,985 831.09 80 697.39
65–FRA 2,027 875.96 1,987 878.78 40 736.03
Age 1,932,233 898.32 1,815,488 916.09 116,745 622.02
62–64 113,218 585.44 108,930 591.48 4,288 432.10
62 24,362 564.63 23,475 570.36 887 412.98
63 39,822 573.01 38,420 578.82 1,402 413.94
64 49,034 605.87 47,035 612.36 1,999 453.32
65–69 427,436 811.30 404,761 823.32 22,675 596.85
65 70,344 682.90 67,230 691.74 3,114 492.07
66 80,733 750.20 76,865 760.90 3,868 537.57
67 87,466 833.43 82,875 846.03 4,591 606.09
68 92,410 863.25 87,256 876.99 5,154 630.70
69 96,483 886.23 90,535 901.50 5,948 653.79
70–74 567,444 1,005.41 530,813 1,023.27 36,631 746.61
70 127,908 1,038.13 118,598 1,053.91 9,310 837.18
71 116,944 1,008.80 109,684 1,026.29 7,260 744.63
72 110,912 997.09 104,119 1,014.87 6,793 724.50
73 106,988 990.07 100,213 1,009.02 6,775 709.71
74 104,692 986.14 98,199 1,006.35 6,493 680.57
75–79 422,698 947.75 396,481 969.65 26,217 616.43
75 99,619 973.34 93,402 994.99 6,217 648.21
76 99,497 968.09 93,405 989.94 6,092 632.95
77 85,886 947.38 80,608 969.75 5,278 605.81
78 70,432 917.76 65,921 940.01 4,511 592.69
79 67,264 911.60 63,145 933.00 4,119 583.61
80–84 251,878 890.99 236,266 914.71 15,612 531.94
85–89 114,268 853.52 106,211 881.10 8,057 489.90
90–94 31,334 841.97 28,634 878.39 2,700 455.72
95–99 3,784 823.23 3,267 886.05 517 426.22
100 or older 173 722.52 125 848.60 48 394.18
By marital status  
Nondivorced 1,811,507 886.81 1,707,863 903.72 103,644 608.03
Divorced 172,720 926.22 158,658 945.36 14,062 710.26
  Spouses of retired workers
Total 1,896,329 912.03 1,786,746 928.83 109,583 638.01
By basis of entitlement  
Care of children 28,733 788.23 28,533 788.05 200 814.51
Under 35 840 682.11 836 682.81 4 537.00
35–39 1,829 699.81 1,823 699.29 6 859.50
40–44 3,358 706.90 3,349 706.77 9 756.00
45–49 4,999 738.89 4,986 738.28 13 974.31
50–54 5,567 774.94 5,540 775.04 27 756.07
55–59 4,771 819.35 4,743 819.69 28 762.86
60–61 2,007 859.24 1,973 859.91 34 820.06
62–64 3,485 883.62 3,438 884.10 47 848.64
65–FRA 1,877 906.05 1,845 907.35 32 830.77
Age 1,867,596 913.93 1,758,213 931.12 109,383 637.69
62–64 89,140 634.55 86,383 638.48 2,757 511.49
62 17,577 629.41 17,079 632.70 498 516.88
63 30,946 623.49 30,072 627.17 874 496.79
64 40,617 645.21 39,232 649.67 1,385 518.82
65–69 397,330 837.82 378,378 847.75 18,952 639.48
65 61,488 714.92 59,151 721.81 2,337 540.54
66 73,279 780.32 70,274 788.51 3,005 588.67
67 81,534 861.22 77,767 871.15 3,767 656.25
68 88,009 882.59 83,515 894.40 4,494 663.27
69 93,020 901.47 87,671 915.01 5,349 679.46
70–74 559,328 1,012.73 524,267 1,029.69 35,061 759.08
70 125,272 1,049.46 116,462 1,063.97 8,810 857.66
71 114,945 1,017.65 108,072 1,034.01 6,873 760.31
72 109,355 1,004.19 102,851 1,021.17 6,504 735.71
73 105,892 995.02 99,332 1,013.31 6,560 718.12
74 103,864 990.02 97,550 1,009.65 6,314 686.84
75–79 420,767 949.71 394,974 971.34 25,793 618.46
75 98,937 976.44 92,877 997.63 6,060 651.70
76 98,988 970.33 93,008 991.84 5,980 635.69
77 85,546 949.10 80,335 971.31 5,211 606.70
78 70,213 919.15 65,746 941.21 4,467 594.39
79 67,083 912.65 63,008 933.83 4,075 585.16
80–84 251,528 891.48 236,006 915.13 15,522 531.86
85–89 114,219 853.64 (X) (X) (X) (X)
90–94 31,327 842.01 (X) (X) (X) (X)
95–99 3,784 823.23 3,267 886.05 517 426.22
100 or older 173 722.52 125 848.60 48 394.18
By marital status  
Nondivorced 1,734,579 907.57 1,637,361 924.46 97,218 622.99
Divorced 161,750 959.89 149,385 976.75 12,365 756.14
  Spouses of disabled workers
Total 87,898 420.07 79,775 424.09 8,123 380.57
By basis of entitlement  
Care of children 23,261 344.85 22,500 346.46 761 297.09
Under 35 2,357 250.76 2,312 250.87 45 245.44
35–39 4,195 268.22 4,107 269.82 88 193.85
40–44 5,417 314.22 5,267 315.87 150 256.16
45–49 4,670 363.86 4,503 366.84 167 283.46
50–54 3,440 414.96 3,301 418.10 139 340.42
55–59 1,878 441.10 1,780 446.66 98 339.97
60–61 574 496.32 541 502.89 33 388.52
62–64 580 497.03 547 497.93 33 481.98
65–FRA 150 499.50 142 507.52 8 357.09
Age 64,637 447.14 57,275 454.59 7,362 389.20
62–64 24,078 403.63 22,547 411.40 1,531 289.14
62 6,785 396.82 6,396 403.92 389 279.97
63 8,876 397.04 8,348 404.65 528 276.79
64 8,417 416.07 7,803 424.76 614 305.57
65–69 30,106 461.41 26,383 472.92 3,723 379.82
65 8,856 460.60 8,079 471.59 777 346.30
66 7,454 454.15 6,591 466.52 863 359.65
67 5,932 451.56 5,108 463.62 824 376.78
68 4,401 476.46 3,741 488.39 660 408.90
69 3,463 476.87 2,864 487.81 599 424.55
70–74 8,116 501.19 6,546 509.16 1,570 467.94
70 2,636 499.90 2,136 505.44 500 476.25
71 1,999 500.00 1,612 508.10 387 466.26
72 1,557 498.42 1,268 504.44 289 472.02
73 1,096 511.72 881 526.04 215 453.04
74 828 499.42 649 510.39 179 459.64
75–79 1,931 519.13 1,507 526.54 424 492.78
75 682 524.24 525 527.43 157 513.57
76 509 531.95 397 544.72 112 486.67
77 340 514.70 273 509.31 67 536.65
78 219 474.87 175 488.69 44 419.92
79 181 525.67 137 553.12 44 440.20
80–84 350 539.49 260 537.48 90 545.29
85–89 49 577.32 (X) (X) (X) (X)
90–94 7 681.96 (X) (X) (X) (X)
95–99 0 . . . 0 . . . 0 . . .
100 or older 0 . . . 0 . . . 0 . . .
By marital status  
Nondivorced 76,928 418.69 70,502 422.05 6,426 381.78
Divorced 10,970 429.75 9,273 439.58 1,697 376.01
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: FRA = full retirement age; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals; . . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A1.4 Child beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by basis of entitlement, age, and type of benefit, December 2023
Basis of entitlement and age All children Children of retired workers Children of deceased workers Children of disabled workers
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 3,782,389 893.22 685,811 890.11 2,036,739 1,103.06 1,059,839 491.99
Under age 18 2,547,804 824.79 321,677 839.83 1,299,347 1,074.11 926,780 470.02
Under 1 4,371 640.16 468 722.37 1,426 1,024.92 2,477 403.12
1 13,666 674.27 1,166 756.39 5,585 1,023.76 6,915 378.14
2 23,712 704.41 1,885 727.43 11,533 996.56 10,294 372.88
3 35,056 714.12 2,911 748.16 18,021 977.25 14,124 371.37
4 47,977 728.27 4,202 757.33 25,190 983.20 18,585 376.18
5 61,507 737.96 5,563 750.65 32,636 991.28 23,308 380.23
6 76,354 743.85 7,250 761.80 40,771 992.23 28,333 381.84
7 93,576 754.80 9,155 768.99 49,977 1,002.88 34,444 391.08
8 111,148 759.70 11,225 774.68 59,184 1,006.68 40,739 396.77
9 130,002 768.25 13,646 773.72 68,841 1,015.30 47,515 408.75
10 146,919 778.97 16,176 777.97 77,215 1,028.51 53,528 419.31
11 167,815 786.56 19,563 783.33 87,049 1,038.67 61,203 429.02
12 190,230 802.99 22,968 795.59 97,994 1,057.53 69,268 445.32
13 217,381 815.77 27,481 807.78 110,915 1,071.60 78,985 459.29
14 252,743 833.27 33,595 828.86 128,398 1,084.37 90,750 479.64
15 289,797 856.34 40,321 850.01 145,725 1,108.02 103,751 505.31
16 326,545 893.09 48,244 907.92 162,332 1,136.48 115,969 546.23
17 359,005 915.43 55,858 929.29 176,555 1,159.31 126,592 569.17
Disabled adult children 1,142,375 1,035.35 348,913 931.40 688,149 1,148.95 105,313 637.48
18–19 8,986 925.07 1,989 943.66 3,963 1,170.08 3,034 592.85
20–24 76,366 938.65 18,475 959.42 32,264 1,178.51 25,627 621.68
25–29 109,343 973.25 33,684 970.52 47,038 1,177.34 28,621 641.02
30–34 145,805 1,001.88 54,198 980.40 65,709 1,158.31 25,898 649.92
35–39 145,350 1,020.19 62,424 962.09 68,104 1,154.94 14,822 645.69
40–44 134,770 1,022.23 61,518 922.81 67,158 1,147.75 6,094 642.55
45–49 113,854 1,038.87 48,765 886.85 63,923 1,162.73 1,166 606.81
50–54 108,032 1,069.75 35,867 882.97 72,119 1,162.93 46 623.50
55–59 99,409 1,089.45 19,977 877.45 79,427 1,142.79 5 764.40
60–61 37,312 1,102.32 4,871 869.14 32,441 1,137.34 0 . . .
62–64 49,468 1,095.00 4,359 844.95 45,109 1,119.17 0 . . .
65–69 54,673 1,131.57 2,368 849.15 52,305 1,144.35 0 . . .
70–74 30,638 1,139.54 357 843.31 30,281 1,143.03 0 . . .
75–79 16,729 1,083.71 44 791.45 16,685 1,084.48 0 . . .
80–84 7,844 1,051.61 12 772.73 7,832 1,052.03 0 . . .
85–89 2,799 968.60 5 680.80 2,794 969.12 0 . . .
90–94 806 928.02 0 . . . 806 928.02 0 . . .
95–99 170 850.92 0 . . . 170 850.92 0 . . .
100 or older 21 804.24 0 . . . 21 804.24 0 . . .
Students, aged 18–19 92,210 1,023.33 15,221 1,006.10 49,243 1,225.59 27,746 673.81
18 87,855 1,027.78 14,565 1,008.98 46,767 1,233.67 26,523 675.06
19 4,355 933.57 656 942.22 2,476 1,073.02 1,223 646.62
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
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Table 5.A1.5 Widowed mother and father beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by age, marital status, and sex, December 2023
Age and marital status All widowed mothers and fathers Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 107,591 1,278.40 8,694 1,125.91 98,897 1,291.80
By age  
Under 25 381 997.63 7 797.29 374 1,001.38
25–29 3,246 1,065.32 105 901.57 3,141 1,070.80
25 325 1,070.31 5 778.80 320 1,074.87
26 383 1,048.03 8 842.00 375 1,052.42
27 597 1,090.85 22 911.18 575 1,097.73
28 810 1,036.61 25 967.44 785 1,038.81
29 1,131 1,076.84 45 884.51 1,086 1,084.81
30–34 10,268 1,068.29 465 918.60 9,803 1,075.39
30 1,351 1,057.77 56 996.16 1,295 1,060.43
31 1,716 1,056.71 66 784.14 1,650 1,067.62
32 2,039 1,058.92 91 981.46 1,948 1,062.54
33 2,420 1,090.35 102 935.01 2,318 1,097.18
34 2,742 1,068.21 150 899.52 2,592 1,077.97
35–39 17,915 1,125.31 1,077 955.86 16,838 1,136.15
35 3,015 1,079.59 166 923.60 2,849 1,088.68
36 3,320 1,101.03 197 906.85 3,123 1,113.27
37 3,670 1,120.66 232 951.82 3,438 1,132.05
38 3,897 1,142.06 216 961.36 3,681 1,152.67
39 4,013 1,167.75 266 1,011.36 3,747 1,178.85
40–44 22,240 1,240.40 1,744 1,053.78 20,496 1,256.28
40 4,286 1,185.02 313 981.20 3,973 1,201.08
41 4,380 1,221.66 320 1,096.98 4,060 1,231.49
42 4,490 1,252.26 349 1,039.30 4,141 1,270.21
43 4,660 1,268.80 360 1,078.46 4,300 1,284.73
44 4,424 1,270.67 402 1,066.37 4,022 1,291.09
45–49 20,036 1,357.11 1,855 1,178.50 18,181 1,375.34
45 4,259 1,304.76 356 1,149.75 3,903 1,318.90
46 4,207 1,342.59 393 1,178.23 3,814 1,359.53
47 4,000 1,355.60 391 1,214.79 3,609 1,370.85
48 3,865 1,381.64 348 1,128.65 3,517 1,406.68
49 3,705 1,409.83 367 1,215.31 3,338 1,431.22
50–54 15,391 1,416.59 1,574 1,222.75 13,817 1,438.67
50 3,470 1,380.82 311 1,172.20 3,159 1,401.36
51 3,298 1,423.74 330 1,266.50 2,968 1,441.23
52 3,100 1,422.34 329 1,217.29 2,771 1,446.69
53 2,973 1,429.62 326 1,219.46 2,647 1,455.51
54 2,550 1,433.83 278 1,237.67 2,272 1,457.83
55–59 8,892 1,443.29 1,132 1,228.39 7,760 1,474.64
55 2,108 1,432.27 245 1,233.01 1,863 1,458.47
56 1,855 1,448.56 243 1,268.68 1,612 1,475.67
57 1,739 1,446.99 241 1,243.12 1,498 1,479.79
58 1,645 1,442.69 212 1,139.72 1,433 1,487.52
59 1,545 1,448.49 191 1,251.05 1,354 1,476.35
60–64 7,047 1,437.27 (X) (X) (X) (X)
60 1,462 1,433.70 158 1,293.82 1,304 1,450.64
61 1,498 1,452.59 172 1,174.37 1,326 1,488.68
62 1,450 1,429.09 (X) (X) (X) (X)
63 1,364 1,455.88 (X) (X) (X) (X)
64 1,273 1,412.71 (X) (X) (X) (X)
65 or older 2,175 1,395.07 (X) (X) (X) (X)
By marital status  
Nondivorced 99,096 1,276.83 8,181 1,126.70 90,915 1,290.34
Divorced 8,495 1,296.69 513 1,113.40 7,982 1,308.47
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A1.6 Nondisabled widow(er) beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by age, marital status, and sex, December 2023
Age and marital status All nondisabled widow(er)s Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 3,487,630 1,774.33 158,199 1,568.24 3,329,431 1,784.13
By age  
60–61 100,844 1,540.40 11,586 1,301.87 89,258 1,571.36
60 37,782 1,546.05 4,232 1,298.12 33,550 1,577.32
61 63,062 1,537.02 7,354 1,304.03 55,708 1,567.77
62–64 307,490 1,621.63 35,189 1,450.19 272,301 1,643.78
62 87,017 1,596.43 10,345 1,409.50 76,672 1,621.65
63 104,033 1,621.62 11,951 1,453.53 92,082 1,643.44
64 116,440 1,640.46 12,893 1,479.75 103,547 1,660.47
65–69 733,391 1,843.58 67,886 1,711.72 665,505 1,857.03
65 131,703 1,695.91 14,044 1,551.33 117,659 1,713.17
66 159,202 1,762.91 15,735 1,635.31 143,467 1,776.91
67 152,614 1,916.72 14,086 1,794.78 138,528 1,929.12
68 145,935 1,914.28 12,315 1,805.07 133,620 1,924.34
69 143,937 1,918.70 11,706 1,808.70 132,231 1,928.44
70–74 540,728 1,886.14 21,882 1,689.15 518,846 1,894.45
70 114,455 1,896.33 6,141 1,733.39 108,314 1,905.57
71 108,562 1,887.85 4,683 1,706.30 103,879 1,896.04
72 107,627 1,888.36 4,278 1,684.12 103,349 1,896.82
73 105,376 1,884.24 3,717 1,658.33 101,659 1,892.50
74 104,708 1,872.85 3,063 1,618.63 101,645 1,880.51
75–79 512,269 1,845.13 10,628 1,517.46 501,641 1,852.07
75 105,038 1,868.26 2,839 1,606.21 102,199 1,875.54
76 113,576 1,868.13 2,530 1,534.44 111,046 1,875.73
77 103,367 1,849.03 2,124 1,499.71 101,243 1,856.36
78 93,489 1,813.43 1,620 1,456.24 91,869 1,819.73
79 96,799 1,819.50 1,515 1,413.19 95,284 1,825.96
80–84 477,651 1,775.56 5,566 1,290.98 472,085 1,781.27
80 102,557 1,829.50 1,388 1,380.00 101,169 1,835.67
81 101,470 1,807.49 1,277 1,349.48 100,193 1,813.33
82 93,179 1,772.59 1,033 1,268.79 92,146 1,778.23
83 91,695 1,737.68 983 1,249.49 90,712 1,742.98
84 88,750 1,718.97 885 1,138.93 87,865 1,724.81
85–89 408,612 1,685.63 3,206 1,041.07 405,406 1,690.73
85 88,732 1,698.74 771 1,076.34 87,961 1,704.20
86 84,534 1,686.76 667 1,051.39 83,867 1,691.81
87 82,043 1,678.49 680 1,081.80 81,363 1,683.47
88 78,992 1,680.22 588 988.74 78,404 1,685.41
89 74,311 1,682.33 500 979.05 73,811 1,687.09
90–94 277,313 1,681.23 1,642 977.60 275,671 1,685.43
95–99 109,342 1,658.78 (X) (X) (X) (X)
100 or older 19,990 1,631.94 (X) (X) (X) (X)
By marital status  
Nondivorced 3,058,373 1,761.40 142,690 1,559.79 2,915,683 1,771.27
Divorced 429,257 1,866.47 15,509 1,645.96 413,748 1,874.74
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A1.7 Disabled widow(er) beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by age, marital status, and sex, December 2023
Age and marital status All disabled widow(er)s Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 200,644 925.78 17,390 720.63 183,254 945.25
By age  
50–54 12,553 936.37 1,202 761.47 11,351 954.89
50 479 916.35 41 746.98 438 932.20
51 1,483 907.79 130 784.66 1,353 919.62
52 2,453 948.31 223 788.37 2,230 964.30
53 3,501 938.22 340 770.21 3,161 956.29
54 4,637 939.87 468 737.12 4,169 962.63
55–59 56,953 933.53 5,349 730.41 51,604 954.59
55 6,298 929.13 581 726.45 5,717 949.72
56 8,368 946.07 777 756.21 7,591 965.50
57 10,888 939.03 1,056 737.95 9,832 960.62
58 13,877 927.05 1,307 709.65 12,570 949.65
59 17,522 930.86 1,628 731.29 15,894 951.30
60–64 106,624 921.24 9,098 714.34 97,526 940.54
60 20,147 924.69 1,908 721.36 18,239 945.97
61 21,414 921.59 2,022 707.92 19,392 943.86
62 21,484 916.92 1,797 702.68 19,687 936.48
63 21,842 924.34 1,791 718.34 20,051 942.74
64 21,737 918.83 1,580 722.80 20,157 934.20
65–66 24,514 922.14 1,741 695.26 22,773 939.49
65 21,091 921.35 1,478 700.36 19,613 938.00
66 3,423 927.07 263 666.55 3,160 948.75
By marital status  
Nondivorced 170,390 916.99 15,900 710.62 154,490 938.23
Divorced 30,254 975.30 1,490 827.50 28,764 982.96
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A1.8 Parental beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by age and sex, December 2023
Age All parents Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 819 1,589.77 106 1,494.09 713 1,603.99
62–64 14 1,626.57 (X) (X) (X) (X)
65–69 44 1,534.98 (X) (X) (X) (X)
70–74 69 1,634.26 (X) (X) (X) (X)
75–79 120 1,668.16 (X) (X) (X) (X)
80–84 160 1,698.62 (X) (X) (X) (X)
85–89 184 1,567.79 15 1,603.53 169 1,564.62
90–99 213 1,485.02 33 1,477.82 180 1,486.34
100 or older 15 1,480.43 (X) (X) (X) (X)
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals; . . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 5.A3a Retired-worker beneficiaries with benefits reduced for early retirement: Number and average monthly benefit, by age and sex, December 2023
Age All Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 31,595,999 1,667.57 14,689,279 1,815.16 16,906,720 1,539.33
62–64 2,518,674 1,379.75 1,208,956 1,528.62 1,309,718 1,242.33
62 590,389 1,298.26 283,833 1,439.94 306,556 1,167.07
63 876,363 1,338.65 421,239 1,481.40 455,124 1,206.54
64 1,051,922 1,459.73 503,884 1,618.06 548,038 1,314.16
65–69 7,637,779 1,647.91 3,625,964 1,821.24 4,011,815 1,491.25
65 1,388,867 1,563.06 658,606 1,733.08 730,261 1,409.73
66 1,622,939 1,639.33 776,088 1,815.43 846,851 1,477.95
67 1,595,422 1,666.70 760,908 1,842.15 834,514 1,506.73
68 1,524,813 1,692.89 721,980 1,869.44 802,833 1,534.11
69 1,505,738 1,669.94 708,382 1,837.96 797,356 1,520.67
70–74 7,186,916 1,644.89 3,361,857 1,797.12 3,825,059 1,511.09
70 1,457,264 1,629.76 685,578 1,786.80 771,686 1,490.25
71 1,458,456 1,647.80 683,585 1,806.09 774,871 1,508.16
72 1,441,644 1,644.03 673,075 1,796.83 768,569 1,510.21
73 1,401,996 1,634.03 653,173 1,778.13 748,823 1,508.33
74 1,427,556 1,668.88 666,446 1,817.44 761,110 1,538.79
75–79 6,370,295 1,727.91 2,998,282 1,882.74 3,372,013 1,590.24
75 1,437,319 1,710.55 673,149 1,866.97 764,170 1,572.76
76 1,494,754 1,712.89 703,724 1,865.73 791,030 1,576.92
77 1,319,663 1,747.36 622,529 1,908.04 697,134 1,603.89
78 1,066,031 1,729.32 503,906 1,880.49 562,125 1,593.81
79 1,052,528 1,747.10 494,974 1,898.83 557,554 1,612.40
80–84 4,382,978 1,793.39 2,034,264 1,945.54 2,348,714 1,661.62
80 1,068,832 1,765.69 500,088 1,915.46 568,744 1,634.00
81 1,012,483 1,797.06 471,744 1,950.61 540,739 1,663.10
82 864,047 1,816.74 400,971 1,977.65 463,076 1,677.41
83 760,840 1,808.44 351,134 1,962.43 409,706 1,676.47
84 676,776 1,784.94 310,327 1,925.69 366,449 1,665.74
85–89 2,277,965 1,718.72 1,006,899 1,807.23 1,271,066 1,648.61
85 619,726 1,775.63 282,121 1,907.53 337,605 1,665.40
86 523,849 1,748.87 235,143 1,860.78 288,706 1,657.73
87 445,775 1,696.67 195,740 1,771.65 250,035 1,637.97
88 377,923 1,666.58 162,820 1,710.14 215,103 1,633.61
89 310,692 1,649.43 131,075 1,669.00 179,617 1,635.14
90–94 921,371 1,658.30 364,283 1,657.75 557,088 1,658.65
95 or older 300,021 1,648.41 88,774 1,618.39 211,247 1,661.03
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 5.A3b Disabled-worker beneficiaries with benefits reduced for early retirement: Number and average monthly benefit, by age and sex, December 2023
Age All Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 69,923 1,925.38 42,430 2,111.93 27,493 1,637.48
62 2,295 1,914.88 1,426 2,107.53 869 1,598.74
63 9,850 1,906.04 6,063 2,077.51 3,787 1,631.52
64 17,908 1,961.25 10,926 2,148.50 6,982 1,668.24
65 24,429 1,928.49 14,701 2,121.99 9,728 1,636.06
66 15,441 1,892.76 9,314 2,076.23 6,127 1,613.86
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A3c Spousal beneficiaries with benefits reduced for early retirement: Number and average monthly benefit, by age, type of benefit, and sex, December 2023
Age and type of benefit All Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 1,329,786 798.64 41,552 527.68 1,288,234 807.38
By age  
62–64 113,218 585.44 4,288 432.10 108,930 591.48
62 24,362 564.63 887 412.98 23,475 570.36
63 39,822 573.01 1,402 413.94 38,420 578.82
64 49,034 605.87 1,999 453.32 47,035 612.36
65–69 348,825 752.65 15,984 542.28 332,841 762.75
65 70,344 682.90 3,114 492.07 67,230 691.74
66 76,589 731.57 3,703 525.82 72,886 742.03
67 68,998 774.59 3,300 560.54 65,698 785.34
68 67,038 788.06 2,978 572.89 64,060 798.06
69 65,856 792.64 2,889 565.06 62,967 803.08
70–74 307,572 811.48 11,185 560.57 296,387 820.95
70 63,663 796.60 2,577 566.82 61,086 806.30
71 62,385 801.46 2,445 555.39 59,940 811.50
72 61,296 813.68 2,210 569.66 59,086 822.81
73 60,264 820.61 2,060 560.43 58,204 829.82
74 59,964 826.27 1,893 548.30 58,071 835.33
75–79 276,105 857.45 6,542 530.90 269,563 865.37
75 60,211 843.50 1,641 540.17 58,570 852.00
76 62,608 857.63 1,631 538.69 60,977 866.16
77 56,733 861.70 1,308 530.56 55,425 869.51
78 48,493 857.74 1,076 505.72 47,417 865.73
79 48,060 869.37 886 530.52 47,174 875.73
80–84 185,467 880.79 2,657 482.21 182,810 886.59
85–89 78,070 856.06 731 433.58 77,339 860.05
90–94 18,731 813.28 144 385.16 18,587 816.59
95 or older 1,798 800.96 21 409.89 1,777 805.58
By type of benefit  
Spouses of retired workers 1,273,267 815.01 35,952 556.06 1,237,315 822.54
Spouses of disabled workers 56,519 429.86 5,600 345.46 50,919 439.15
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A3d Nondisabled widow(er) beneficiaries with benefits reduced for early retirement: Number and average monthly benefit, by age and sex, December 2023
Age All Men Women
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total 2,199,991 1,698.85 123,011 1,546.45 2,076,980 1,707.87
60–64 408,334 1,601.57 46,775 1,413.45 361,559 1,625.90
60 37,782 1,546.05 4,232 1,298.12 33,550 1,577.32
61 63,062 1,537.02 7,354 1,304.03 55,708 1,567.77
62 87,017 1,596.43 10,345 1,409.50 76,672 1,621.65
63 104,033 1,621.62 11,951 1,453.53 92,082 1,643.44
64 116,440 1,640.46 12,893 1,479.75 103,547 1,660.47
65–69 621,825 1,772.04 53,920 1,638.43 567,905 1,784.72
65 131,703 1,695.91 14,044 1,551.33 117,659 1,713.17
66 148,053 1,723.11 14,341 1,598.03 133,712 1,736.52
67 120,870 1,821.32 9,800 1,701.93 111,070 1,831.85
68 112,285 1,817.09 8,176 1,715.48 104,109 1,825.07
69 108,914 1,829.47 7,559 1,711.22 101,355 1,838.29
70–74 381,345 1,790.38 14,504 1,631.64 366,841 1,796.65
70 84,494 1,789.01 4,167 1,642.87 80,327 1,796.60
71 78,730 1,786.80 3,212 1,631.39 75,518 1,793.41
72 76,273 1,794.84 2,874 1,635.94 73,399 1,801.06
73 72,410 1,795.45 2,447 1,615.50 69,963 1,801.74
74 69,438 1,785.92 1,804 1,621.20 67,634 1,790.31
75–79 307,778 1,769.57 5,425 1,601.91 302,353 1,772.57
75 67,673 1,791.18 1,623 1,650.10 66,050 1,794.65
76 71,014 1,790.59 1,324 1,592.58 69,690 1,794.35
77 62,101 1,771.84 1,074 1,610.61 61,027 1,774.67
78 53,864 1,742.75 744 1,574.84 53,120 1,745.10
79 53,126 1,738.47 660 1,518.52 52,466 1,741.24
80–84 221,624 1,672.23 1,716 1,507.91 219,908 1,673.52
85–89 144,176 1,517.12 479 1,273.73 143,697 1,517.93
90–94 80,644 1,454.87 159 1,159.52 80,485 1,455.46
95 or older 34,265 1,387.07 33 1,051.08 34,232 1,387.39
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A4 Number of beneficiaries and total monthly benefits, by trust fund and type of benefit, December 1940–2023, selected years
Year OASDI Retired workers Disabled workers Wives and husbands Children Widowed mothers and fathers Widow(er)s Parents of deceased workers Special age-72 beneficiaries
Total OASI Trust Fund DI Trust Fund
  Number
1940 222,488 222,488 . . . 112,331 . . . 29,749 54,648 20,499 4,437 824 . . .
1945 1,288,107 1,288,107 . . . 518,234 . . . 159,168 390,134 120,581 93,781 6,209 . . .
1950 3,477,243 3,477,243 . . . 1,770,984 . . . 508,350 699,703 169,438 314,189 14,579 . . .
1955 7,960,616 7,960,616 . . . 4,473,971 . . . 1,191,963 1,276,240 291,916 701,360 25,166 . . .
1957 11,128,897 10,979,047 149,850 6,197,532 149,850 1,827,048 1,502,077 328,309 1,095,137 28,944 . . .
1960 14,844,589 14,157,138 687,451 8,061,469 455,371 2,345,983 2,000,451 401,358 1,543,843 36,114 . . .
1965 20,866,767 19,127,716 1,739,051 11,100,584 988,074 2,806,912 3,092,659 471,816 2,371,433 35,289 . . .
1966 22,767,252 20,796,930 1,970,322 11,658,443 1,097,190 2,860,026 3,392,970 487,755 2,602,015 34,540 634,313
1970 26,228,629 23,563,634 2,664,995 13,349,175 1,492,948 2,951,552 4,122,305 523,136 3,227,160 28,729 533,624
1975 32,084,511 27,732,311 4,352,200 16,588,001 2,488,774 3,320,310 4,972,008 581,845 3,888,705 21,444 223,424
1980 35,584,955 30,906,511 4,678,444 19,562,085 2,858,680 3,477,427 4,606,517 562,316 4,410,515 14,779 92,636
1985 37,058,317 33,151,003 3,907,314 22,431,930 2,656,638 3,374,599 3,319,490 371,659 4,862,805 9,541 31,655
1990 39,832,125 35,566,144 4,265,981 24,838,100 3,011,294 3,366,975 3,187,010 303,923 5,111,482 5,908 7,433
1991 40,592,173 36,079,133 4,513,040 25,288,719 3,194,938 3,370,454 3,268,252 300,661 5,158,383 5,467 5,299
1992 41,507,188 36,617,492 4,889,696 25,757,727 3,467,783 3,382,189 3,391,173 294,176 5,205,375 5,083 3,682
1993 42,245,719 36,992,153 5,253,566 26,104,305 3,725,966 3,367,206 3,527,483 289,350 5,224,279 4,673 2,457
1994 42,883,470 37,299,951 5,583,519 26,407,756 3,962,954 3,337,484 3,653,887 283,072 5,232,379 4,318 1,620
1995 43,387,259 37,529,603 5,857,656 26,672,806 4,185,263 3,289,551 3,734,097 275,020 5,225,519 3,976 1,027
1996 43,736,836 37,664,802 6,072,034 26,898,072 4,385,623 3,194,080 3,802,791 242,135 5,209,812 3,670 653
1997 43,971,086 37,818,047 6,153,039 27,274,572 4,508,134 3,129,129 3,771,774 230,222 5,053,442 3,419 394
1998 44,245,731 37,911,161 6,334,570 27,510,535 4,698,319 3,054,073 3,768,928 220,610 4,989,855 3,186 225
1999 44,595,624 38,071,894 6,523,730 27,774,677 4,879,455 2,987,307 3,794,795 212,401 4,943,915 2,931 143
2000 45,414,794 38,741,432 6,673,362 28,498,945 5,042,334 2,963,326 3,802,863 203,052 4,901,437 2,748 89
2001 45,877,506 38,964,263 6,913,243 28,836,774 5,274,183 2,898,861 3,839,381 197,375 4,828,327 2,564 41
2002 46,444,317 39,233,049 7,221,268 29,190,137 5,543,981 2,832,767 3,910,256 194,117 4,770,638 2,400 21
2003 47,038,486 39,443,034 7,595,452 29,531,611 5,873,673 2,772,577 3,960,909 190,252 4,707,215 2,238 21
2004 47,687,693 39,737,824 7,949,869 29,952,465 6,198,271 2,721,657 3,986,319 183,829 4,643,035 2,108 9
2005 48,434,281 40,128,579 8,305,702 30,460,836 6,518,989 2,680,259 4,024,815 178,396 4,568,991 1,992 3
2006 49,122,624 40,510,508 8,612,116 30,976,143 6,806,918 2,632,069 4,040,530 171,453 4,493,620 1,889 2
2007 49,864,838 40,948,624 8,916,214 31,527,728 7,098,723 2,584,884 4,050,691 164,665 4,436,338 1,809 --
2008 50,898,244 41,625,450 9,272,794 32,273,651 7,426,691 2,524,841 4,131,594 159,610 4,380,164 1,693 --
2009 52,522,819 42,828,705 9,694,114 33,514,013 7,788,013 2,501,723 4,230,578 159,870 4,326,976 1,646 --
2010 54,031,968 43,847,811 10,184,157 34,593,080 8,203,951 2,476,836 4,312,554 158,061 4,285,913 1,573 --
2011 55,404,480 44,791,146 10,613,334 35,599,569 8,575,544 2,455,822 4,375,451 156,721 4,239,873 1,500 0
2012 56,758,185 45,868,992 10,889,193 36,720,492 8,826,591 2,443,212 4,419,404 153,628 4,193,431 1,427 0
2013 57,978,610 46,992,611 10,985,999 37,892,659 8,940,950 2,442,308 4,412,620 149,778 4,138,924 1,371 0
2014 59,007,158 48,076,066 10,931,092 39,008,771 8,954,518 2,452,435 4,355,214 142,509 4,092,402 1,309 0
2015 59,963,425 49,156,959 10,806,466 40,089,061 8,909,430 2,477,567 4,296,691 139,719 4,049,705 1,252 0
2016 60,907,307 50,297,237 10,610,070 41,233,126 8,808,736 2,505,754 4,221,557 132,757 4,004,169 1,208 0
2017 61,903,360 51,492,108 10,411,252 42,446,992 8,695,475 2,501,729 4,168,641 128,264 3,961,114 1,145 0
2018 62,906,222 52,743,734 10,162,488 43,721,450 8,537,332 2,510,248 4,107,523 120,640 3,907,966 1,063 0
2019 64,064,496 54,139,028 9,925,468 45,094,245 8,378,374 2,543,961 4,051,468 117,412 3,878,012 1,024 0
2020 64,850,867 55,232,480 9,618,387 46,329,595 8,151,016 2,428,044 4,003,635 114,886 3,822,730 961 0
2021 65,228,238 56,010,158 9,218,080 47,292,977 7,877,129 2,261,928 3,908,038 113,837 3,773,412 917 0
2022 65,994,457 57,153,724 8,840,733 48,587,883 7,604,098 2,113,864 3,847,785 111,784 3,728,173 870 0
2023 67,076,966 58,563,242 8,513,724 50,147,679 7,365,987 1,984,227 3,782,389 107,591 3,688,274 819 0
  Total monthly benefits (thousands of dollars)
1940 4,070 4,070 . . . 2,539 . . . 361 668 402 90 11 . . .
1945 23,801 23,801 . . . 12,538 . . . 2,040 4,858 2,391 1,893 81 . . .
1950 126,857 126,857 . . . 77,678 . . . 11,995 19,366 5,801 11,481 535 . . .
1955 411,613 411,613 . . . 276,942 . . . 39,416 46,444 13,403 34,152 1,256 . . .
1957 605,455 594,552 10,904 400,250 10,904 62,802 57,952 16,102 55,944 1,501 . . .
1960 936,321 888,320 48,000 596,849 40,668 90,503 93,275 23,795 89,054 2,178 . . .
1965 1,516,802 1,395,817 120,986 931,532 96,599 120,796 159,428 30,882 174,883 2,683 . . .
1966 1,638,548 1,502,863 135,685 983,338 107,627 123,262 175,100 31,983 192,821 2,642 21,777
1970 2,628,326 2,385,926 242,400 1,576,551 196,010 175,323 279,845 45,258 328,245 2,965 24,128
1975 5,727,758 5,047,656 680,102 3,436,752 562,180 332,159 544,048 85,676 747,903 3,685 15,354
1980 10,682,791 9,422,206 1,260,585 6,678,216 1,059,792 569,528 864,242 138,426 1,358,836 4,080 9,672
1985 15,901,579 14,441,682 1,459,896 10,736,304 1,285,375 796,351 858,006 123,557 2,094,003 3,609 4,373
1990 21,686,763 19,716,655 1,970,108 14,966,531 1,768,313 1,004,852 991,628 124,340 2,827,012 2,849 1,238
1991 23,076,535 20,912,298 2,164,237 15,914,665 1,946,823 1,049,463 1,045,006 127,510 2,989,385 2,767 915
1992 24,442,156 22,033,164 2,408,992 16,810,432 2,171,080 1,089,504 1,100,812 128,748 3,138,250 2,676 655
1993 25,662,445 23,011,870 2,650,575 17,595,964 2,390,829 1,117,643 1,160,403 129,752 3,264,849 2,557 448
1994 26,936,223 24,032,186 2,904,037 18,415,099 2,620,982 1,144,466 1,226,468 131,463 3,394,982 2,459 303
1995 28,148,078 24,993,131 3,154,947 19,199,157 2,853,365 1,164,029 1,283,288 131,430 3,514,262 2,349 197
1996 29,426,079 26,017,474 3,408,605 20,038,023 3,087,223 1,177,458 1,356,685 124,678 3,639,632 2,252 129
1997 30,463,716 26,884,933 3,578,782 20,864,462 3,252,919 1,185,143 1,389,552 122,488 3,646,898 2,173 79
1998 31,298,873 27,519,891 3,778,982 21,449,654 3,444,259 1,179,882 1,417,362 120,247 3,685,349 2,074 46
1999 32,578,327 28,548,030 4,030,297 22,339,070 3,679,691 1,188,814 1,473,988 120,157 3,774,601 1,975 30
2000 34,848,920 30,517,277 4,331,642 24,066,918 3,965,304 1,233,598 1,547,808 120,812 3,912,527 1,934 19
2001 36,504,206 31,823,443 4,680,763 25,215,898 4,295,600 1,246,333 1,624,285 122,526 3,997,687 1,868 9
2002 37,854,453 32,823,008 5,031,445 26,125,090 4,625,445 1,242,317 1,692,471 124,267 4,043,051 1,806 5
2003 39,541,528 34,048,860 5,492,667 27,230,634 5,060,493 1,247,504 1,763,910 126,278 4,110,963 1,744 3
2004 41,574,348 35,573,407 6,000,941 28,601,329 5,542,045 1,262,709 1,838,926 126,734 4,200,895 1,707 2
2005 44,351,668 37,743,696 6,607,972 30,521,815 6,114,705 1,298,722 1,945,508 129,246 4,339,977 1,694 1
2006 46,938,032 39,763,705 7,174,327 32,351,856 6,655,048 1,322,423 2,031,723 129,721 4,445,575 1,685 1
2007 49,218,145 41,552,564 7,665,581 34,004,494 7,127,082 1,333,410 2,095,892 128,742 4,526,864 1,661 --
2008 53,666,109 45,189,225 8,476,883 37,207,910 7,895,536 1,391,746 2,262,489 133,261 4,773,510 1,657 --
2009 55,905,731 47,015,977 8,889,754 39,020,920 8,288,762 1,390,950 2,311,770 134,547 4,757,157 1,626 --
2010 58,048,295 48,663,019 9,385,276 40,662,492 8,759,959 1,389,565 2,351,759 134,179 4,748,771 1,570 --
2011 62,213,382 52,022,544 10,190,838 43,736,668 9,523,184 1,441,063 2,470,586 138,495 4,901,819 1,567 0
2012 65,430,104 54,765,045 10,665,058 46,327,075 9,977,027 1,478,070 2,540,605 138,315 4,967,481 1,531 0
2013 68,544,382 57,601,391 10,942,991 49,026,786 10,250,098 1,530,076 2,585,288 137,450 5,013,184 1,500 0
2014 71,693,353 60,573,128 11,120,224 51,826,267 10,435,524 1,597,691 2,621,075 133,232 5,078,097 1,467 0
2015 73,642,029 62,594,690 11,047,339 53,790,278 10,386,494 1,657,556 2,613,041 131,328 5,061,912 1,419 0
2016 75,917,962 64,965,742 10,952,220 56,082,551 10,316,342 1,722,001 2,612,266 125,711 5,057,697 1,394 0
2017 79,732,580 68,700,465 11,032,116 59,602,066 10,407,363 1,781,537 2,670,587 125,101 5,144,568 1,358 0
2018 84,419,840 73,271,648 11,148,192 63,890,793 10,532,470 1,866,519 2,746,077 121,505 5,261,166 1,310 0
2019 88,523,452 77,384,831 11,138,621 67,769,892 10,537,097 1,951,654 2,787,982 121,442 5,354,084 1,301 0
2020 92,197,039 81,206,329 10,990,710 71,539,916 10,409,235 1,889,456 2,834,533 121,095 5,401,556 1,249 0
2021 99,804,910 88,536,308 11,268,602 78,413,357 10,699,469 1,855,160 3,003,832 128,236 5,703,579 1,277 0
2022 111,421,667 99,567,491 11,854,176 88,679,497 11,277,672 1,859,725 3,279,847 137,702 6,185,886 1,338 0
2023 118,527,109 106,646,255 11,880,854 95,546,840 11,322,496 1,766,430 3,378,520 137,544 6,373,976 1,302 0
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
DI = Disability Insurance; OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; OASI = Old-Age and Survivors Insurance; . . . = not applicable; -- = not available.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A5 Number of beneficiaries and average age, by type of benefit, December 2023
Type of benefit Number Average age
Total, OASDI 67,076,966 69
OASI 58,563,242 72
Retired workers 50,147,679 74
Spouses of retired workers 1,896,329 74
Children of retired workers 685,811 27
Under age 18 321,677 13
Disabled adult children 348,913 40
Students, aged 18–19 15,221 18
Children of deceased workers 2,036,739 25
Under age 18 1,299,347 12
Disabled adult children 688,149 49
Students, aged 18–19 49,243 18
Nondisabled widow(er)s 3,487,630 76
Widowed mothers and fathers 107,591 45
Disabled widow(er)s 200,644 61
Parents of deceased workers 819 84
DI 8,513,724 51
Disabled workers 7,365,987 56
Spouses of disabled workers 87,898 61
Children of disabled workers 1,059,839 14
Under age 18 926,780 12
Disabled adult children 105,313 29
Students, aged 18–19 27,746 18
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: DI = Disability Insurance; OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; OASI = Old-Age and Survivors Insurance.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A6 Number of beneficiaries and average monthly benefit, by type of benefit and sex, December 2023
Type of benefit All Male Female
  Number
Total, OASDI 67,076,966 30,469,323 36,607,643
Adults 63,294,577 28,467,772 34,826,805
Children 3,782,389 2,001,551 1,780,838
Under age 18 2,547,804 1,298,709 1,249,095
Disabled adult children 1,142,375 651,978 490,397
Students, aged 18–19 92,210 50,864 41,346
Retired workers and their spouses and children 52,729,819 24,962,836 27,766,983
Retired workers 50,147,679 24,479,758 25,667,921
Spouses 1,896,329 109,583 1,786,746
Children 685,811 373,495 312,316
Disabled workers and their spouses and children 8,513,724 4,246,853 4,266,871
Disabled workers 7,365,987 3,685,919 3,680,068
Spouses 87,898 8,123 79,775
Children 1,059,839 552,811 507,028
Survivors of deceased workers 5,833,423 1,259,634 4,573,789
Nondisabled widow(er)s 3,487,630 158,199 3,329,431
Disabled widow(er)s 200,644 17,390 183,254
Widowed mothers and fathers 107,591 8,694 98,897
Children 2,036,739 1,075,245 961,494
Parents 819 106 713
  Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Retired workers 1,905.31 2,106.40 1,713.52
Disabled workers 1,537.13 1,685.96 1,388.07
Widowed mothers and fathers 1,278.40 1,125.91 1,291.80
Nondisabled widow(er)s 1,774.33 1,568.24 1,784.13
Surviving children 1,103.06 1,103.58 1,102.47
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: OASDI = Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A7 Women: Number of beneficiaries and average monthly benefit, by type of benefit and basis of entitlement, December 2023
Type of benefit and basis of entitlement Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total a 34,826,092 1,637.43
Workers 29,347,989 1,672.71
Retired 25,667,921 1,713.52
Full benefit 8,761,201 2,049.67
Reduced benefit 16,906,720 1,539.33
Disabled 3,680,068 1,388.07
Wives of retired and disabled workers 1,866,521 907.26
Entitlement based on care of children 51,033 593.36
Husband retired 28,533 788.05
Husband disabled 22,500 346.46
Entitlement based on age 1,815,488 916.09
Husband retired 1,758,213 931.12
Full benefit 520,898 1,189.04
Reduced benefit 1,237,315 822.54
Husband disabled 57,275 454.59
Widows 3,611,582 1,728.08
Entitlement based on care of children 98,897 1,291.80
Nondisabled, aged 60 or older 3,329,431 1,784.13
Disabled, aged 50 to FRA 183,254 945.25
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: FRA = full retirement age.
a. Excludes parents of deceased workers and disabled adult children receiving benefits because of a childhood disability.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A8 Beneficiaries with benefits based on special minimum primary insurance amount: Number, average primary insurance amount, and average monthly benefit, by type of benefit and sex, December 2023
Type of benefit and sex Number Average primary insurance amount (dollars) Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All beneficiaries 21,229 877.34 960.66
  Retirement benefits
Total 19,625 869.53 977.38
Retired workers 19,028 869.08 996.45
Men 9,739 877.19 796.43
Women 9,289 860.58 1,206.16
Wives and husbands of retired workers 510 879.18 363.64
Children of retired workers 87 911.15 404.89
  Disability benefits
Total 53 866.85 751.50
  Survivor benefits
Total 1,551 976.43 756.17
Nondisabled widow(er)s 845 957.91 794.14
Disabled widow(er)s 9 1,001.13 505.93
Widowed mothers and fathers 0 . . . . . .
Children of deceased workers 697 998.58 713.37
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A10 Beneficiaries aged 60 or older: Number and average monthly benefit, by age, sex, and type of benefit, December 2023
Type of benefit Total, 60 or older 60–61 62–64 65–69 70–74 75–79 80–84 85–89 90–99 100 or older
  Number
  All beneficiaries
Total 59,261,062 1,093,298 4,659,752 14,370,914 15,005,584 11,218,640 6,941,051 3,752,942 2,145,066 73,815
Retired workers 50,147,679 . . . 2,518,674 12,289,552 13,866,546 10,266,668 6,203,462 3,227,066 1,722,095 53,616
Disabled workers 3,343,208 908,040 1,597,673 837,495 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wives and husbands 1,940,906 2,581 117,283 429,463 567,444 422,698 251,878 114,268 35,118 173
Survivors a 3,628,809 145,365 376,654 759,731 540,956 512,545 477,867 408,809 386,877 20,005
Disabled adult children 200,460 37,312 49,468 54,673 30,638 16,729 7,844 2,799 976 21
  Men
Subtotal 26,555,949 488,252 2,088,682 6,598,458 7,001,036 5,124,274 3,023,505 1,509,762 707,913 14,067
Retired workers 24,479,758 . . . 1,208,956 6,050,700 6,927,511 5,079,929 2,999,027 1,497,481 702,222 13,932
Disabled workers 1,684,938 451,378 807,204 426,356 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Husbands 116,932 67 4,368 22,715 36,631 26,217 15,612 8,057 3,217 48
Survivors a 169,879 15,846 40,680 69,716 21,896 10,645 5,585 3,221 2,206 84
Disabled adult children 104,442 20,961 27,474 28,971 14,998 7,483 3,281 1,003 268 3
  Women
Subtotal 32,705,113 605,046 2,571,070 7,772,456 8,004,548 6,094,366 3,917,546 2,243,180 1,437,153 59,748
Retired workers 25,667,921 . . . 1,309,718 6,238,852 6,939,035 5,186,739 3,204,435 1,729,585 1,019,873 39,684
Disabled workers 1,658,270 456,662 790,469 411,139 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wives 1,823,974 2,514 112,915 406,748 530,813 396,481 236,266 106,211 31,901 125
Survivors a 3,458,930 129,519 335,974 690,015 519,060 501,900 472,282 405,588 384,671 19,921
Disabled adult children 96,018 16,351 21,994 25,702 15,640 9,246 4,563 1,796 708 18
  Average monthly benefit (dollars)
  All beneficiaries
Total 1,846.31 1,564.30 1,468.11 1,808.51 1,976.67 1,934.26 1,880.03 1,763.39 1,734.41 1,683.10
Retired workers 1,905.31 . . . 1,379.75 1,852.82 2,021.81 1,980.73 1,929.29 1,806.15 1,766.52 1,705.68
Disabled workers 1,668.68 1,617.91 1,675.98 1,709.79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wives and husbands 897.99 778.53 593.87 811.61 1,005.41 947.75 890.99 853.52 839.95 722.52
Survivors a 1,742.59 1,361.93 1,498.39 1,812.90 1,885.92 1,844.87 1,775.46 1,685.55 1,674.77 1,631.82
Disabled adult children 1,107.83 1,102.32 1,095.00 1,131.57 1,139.54 1,083.71 1,051.61 968.60 914.59 804.24
  Men
Subtotal 2,077.35 1,751.98 1,654.03 2,039.84 2,225.99 2,179.17 2,114.56 1,931.46 1,852.18 1,747.70
Retired workers 2,106.40 . . . 1,528.62 2,061.41 2,237.87 2,190.25 2,125.51 1,941.77 1,861.73 1,758.00
Disabled workers 1,874.06 1,804.07 1,883.16 1,930.92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Husbands 622.10 607.51 436.96 597.10 746.61 616.43 531.94 489.90 450.98 394.18
Survivors a 1,511.98 1,154.72 1,354.67 1,685.74 1,689.03 1,517.32 1,291.76 1,043.69 971.45 851.28
Disabled adult children 1,097.10 1,085.40 1,077.35 1,120.92 1,138.26 1,077.27 1,041.60 967.74 882.25 675.23
  Women
Subtotal 1,658.70 1,412.84 1,317.06 1,612.13 1,758.60 1,728.34 1,699.02 1,650.27 1,676.40 1,667.89
Retired workers 1,713.52 . . . 1,242.33 1,650.52 1,806.10 1,775.52 1,745.65 1,688.74 1,700.96 1,687.31
Disabled workers 1,459.99 1,433.90 1,464.41 1,480.48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wives 915.68 783.08 599.93 823.59 1,023.27 969.65 914.71 881.10 879.18 848.60
Survivors a 1,753.91 1,387.28 1,515.79 1,825.74 1,894.23 1,851.82 1,781.18 1,690.65 1,678.80 1,635.12
Disabled adult children 1,119.50 1,124.01 1,117.06 1,143.57 1,140.77 1,088.93 1,058.80 969.09 926.84 825.74
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Comprises disabled widow(er)s, nondisabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers caring for a deceased worker's child, and parents of deceased workers.
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Table 5.A14 Women aged 62 or older: Number of beneficiaries and percentage distribution, by basis of entitlement, type of benefit, and dual entitlement status, December 1960–2023, selected years
Year Total a Entitled as worker b Entitled as wife or survivor only
Subtotal Worker only Dually entitled
Subtotal Wife's benefit Survivor's benefit c Subtotal Wife's benefit Survivor's benefit c
  Number (thousands)
1960 6,619 2,866 2,563 303 159 141 3,753 2,174 1,546
1970 11,374 5,753 4,786 967 388 574 5,621 2,546 3,048
1975 14,010 7,586 5,926 1,660 617 1,039 6,424 2,745 3,659
1980 16,350 9,304 6,710 2,594 1,016 1,575 7,046 2,884 4,148
1985 18,412 10,805 7,096 3,709 1,594 2,112 7,607 3,018 4,580
1990 19,954 12,037 7,359 4,678 2,077 2,600 7,917 3,059 4,853
1991 20,207 12,251 7,398 4,853 2,158 2,695 7,956 3,062 4,889
1992 20,476 12,478 7,446 5,032 2,242 2,790 7,998 3,070 4,923
1993 20,647 12,656 7,479 5,177 2,312 2,864 7,991 3,053 4,934
1994 20,792 12,823 7,515 5,308 2,359 2,948 7,969 3,026 4,939
1995 20,888 12,974 7,554 5,420 2,398 3,022 7,914 2,985 4,926
1996 20,966 13,115 7,597 5,518 2,430 3,087 7,851 2,937 4,911
1997 21,049 13,396 7,779 5,617 2,461 3,156 7,653 2,892 4,758
1998 21,091 13,562 7,863 5,699 2,483 3,215 7,530 2,836 4,691
1999 21,147 13,719 7,947 5,772 2,499 3,272 7,429 2,784 4,642
2000 21,381 14,013 8,117 5,896 2,568 3,327 7,368 2,768 4,598
2001 21,442 14,205 8,244 5,962 2,584 3,377 7,237 2,711 4,524
2002 21,520 14,409 8,392 6,016 2,592 3,424 7,111 2,650 4,459
2003 21,627 14,643 8,579 6,063 2,603 3,460 6,985 2,593 4,389
2004 21,820 14,942 8,835 6,107 2,619 3,488 6,878 2,549 4,327
2005 22,066 15,291 9,126 6,165 2,650 3,514 6,775 2,511 4,264
2006 22,286 15,631 9,415 6,217 2,676 3,540 6,654 2,466 4,187
2007 22,526 15,987 9,716 6,271 2,706 3,565 6,539 2,423 4,115
2008 22,868 16,451 10,117 6,334 2,745 3,588 6,417 2,365 4,051
2009 23,466 17,131 10,584 6,442 2,823 3,619 6,334 2,337 3,996
2010 24,004 17,750 11,118 6,632 2,911 3,721 6,254 2,306 3,948
2011 24,533 18,360 11,657 6,702 2,952 3,750 6,173 2,279 3,894
2012 25,097 19,001 12,227 6,775 2,995 3,779 6,095 2,260 3,836
2013 25,685 19,662 12,825 6,837 3,029 3,808 6,024 2,250 3,774
2014 26,282 20,310 13,419 6,891 3,051 3,840 5,972 2,250 3,721
2015 26,870 20,939 13,997 6,942 3,067 3,875 5,931 2,261 3,670
2016 27,494 21,599 14,604 6,995 3,081 3,915 5,895 2,274 3,621
2017 28,121 22,288 15,248 7,040 3,081 3,958 5,833 2,260 3,573
2018 28,787 23,010 15,927 7,083 3,082 4,001 5,777 2,253 3,524
2019 29,546 23,787 16,646 7,141 3,091 4,050 5,759 2,263 3,496
2020 30,113 24,510 17,326 7,184 3,093 4,091 5,603 2,159 3,443
2021 30,584 25,156 17,930 7,226 3,071 4,156 5,428 2,026 3,401
2022 31,227 25,950 18,644 7,306 3,085 4,221 5,277 1,915 3,362
2023 32,011 26,860 19,452 7,408 3,128 4,279 5,151 1,821 3,329
  Percentage distribution
1960 100.0 43.3 38.7 4.6 2.4 2.1 56.7 32.8 23.4
1970 100.0 50.6 42.1 8.5 3.4 5.0 49.4 22.4 26.8
1975 100.0 54.1 42.3 11.8 4.4 7.4 45.9 19.6 26.1
1980 100.0 56.9 41.0 15.9 6.2 9.6 43.1 17.6 25.4
1985 100.0 58.7 38.5 20.1 8.7 11.5 41.3 16.4 24.9
1990 100.0 60.3 36.9 23.4 10.4 13.0 39.7 15.3 24.3
1991 100.0 60.6 36.6 24.0 10.7 13.3 39.4 15.2 24.2
1992 100.0 60.9 36.4 24.6 10.9 13.6 39.1 15.0 24.0
1993 100.0 61.3 36.2 25.1 11.2 13.9 38.7 14.8 23.9
1994 100.0 61.7 36.1 25.5 11.3 14.2 38.3 14.6 23.8
1995 100.0 62.1 36.2 25.9 11.5 14.4 37.9 14.3 23.6
1996 100.0 62.6 36.2 26.3 11.6 14.7 37.4 14.0 23.4
1997 100.0 63.6 36.9 26.7 11.7 15.0 36.4 13.7 22.6
1998 100.0 64.3 37.3 27.0 11.8 15.2 35.7 13.4 22.2
1999 100.0 64.9 37.6 27.3 11.8 15.5 35.1 13.2 22.0
2000 100.0 65.5 38.0 27.6 12.0 15.6 34.5 12.9 21.5
2001 100.0 66.2 38.4 27.8 12.0 15.8 33.8 12.6 21.1
2002 100.0 67.0 39.0 28.0 12.0 15.9 33.0 12.3 20.7
2003 100.0 67.7 39.7 28.0 12.0 16.0 32.3 12.0 20.3
2004 100.0 68.5 40.5 28.0 12.0 16.0 31.5 11.7 19.8
2005 100.0 69.3 41.4 28.0 12.0 16.0 30.7 11.4 19.3
2006 100.0 70.1 42.3 27.9 12.0 15.9 29.9 11.1 18.8
2007 100.0 70.1 43.1 27.8 12.0 15.8 29.0 10.8 18.3
2008 100.0 71.9 44.2 27.7 12.0 15.7 28.1 10.3 17.7
2009 100.0 73.0 45.1 27.5 12.0 15.4 27.0 10.0 17.0
2010 100.0 73.9 46.3 27.6 12.1 15.5 26.1 9.6 16.4
2011 100.0 74.8 47.5 27.3 12.0 15.3 25.2 9.3 15.9
2012 100.0 75.7 48.7 27.0 11.9 15.1 24.3 9.0 15.3
2013 100.0 76.5 49.9 26.6 11.8 14.8 23.5 8.8 14.7
2014 100.0 77.3 51.1 26.2 11.6 14.6 22.7 8.6 14.2
2015 100.0 77.9 52.1 25.8 11.4 14.4 22.1 8.4 13.7
2016 100.0 78.6 53.1 25.4 11.2 14.2 21.4 8.3 13.2
2017 100.0 79.3 54.2 25.0 11.0 14.1 20.7 8.0 12.7
2018 100.0 79.9 55.3 24.6 10.7 13.9 20.1 7.8 12.2
2019 100.0 80.5 56.3 24.2 10.5 13.7 19.5 7.7 11.8
2020 100.0 81.4 57.5 23.9 10.3 13.6 18.6 7.2 11.4
2021 100.0 82.3 58.6 23.6 10.0 13.6 17.7 6.6 11.1
2022 100.0 83.1 59.7 23.4 9.9 13.5 16.9 6.1 10.8
2023 100.0 83.9 60.8 23.1 9.8 13.4 16.1 5.7 10.4
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record. Dual entitlement data for 1993–2003 and all data for 2004 and 2005 are based on a 10 percent sample. All other years are 100 percent data.
NOTE: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
a. Excludes disabled adult children.
b. Includes disabled workers.
c. Comprises disabled widows, nondisabled widows, widowed mothers caring for a deceased worker's child, and mothers of deceased workers.
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Table 5.A15 Women aged 65 or older: Number of beneficiaries and average monthly benefit, by basis of entitlement, type of benefit, and dual entitlement status, December 2023
Entitlement Total, 65 or older 65–69 70–74 75–79 80–84 85–89 90 or older
  Number
All women 65 or older a 29,464,802 7,743,365 7,986,997 6,084,295 3,912,693 2,241,298 1,496,154
Entitled as worker b 24,762,820 6,646,602 6,937,124 5,185,914 3,204,145 1,729,499 1,059,536
Worker only 17,606,362 5,506,932 5,435,760 3,585,559 1,865,513 815,379 397,219
Dually entitled 7,156,458 1,139,670 1,501,364 1,600,355 1,338,632 914,120 662,317
Wife's benefit 2,948,249 807,726 865,599 699,950 392,631 145,397 36,946
Survivor's benefit 4,208,209 331,944 635,765 900,405 946,001 768,723 625,371
Entitled as wife or survivor only 4,701,982 1,096,763 1,049,873 898,381 708,548 511,799 436,618
Wife's benefit 1,708,545 406,748 530,813 396,481 236,266 106,211 32,026
Survivor's benefit 2,993,437 690,015 519,060 501,900 472,282 405,588 404,592
  Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All women 65 or older a 1,694.72 1,613.91 1,759.91 1,729.37 1,699.80 1,650.83 1,676.44
Entitled as worker b 1,734.71 1,640.28 1,806.22 1,775.60 1,745.70 1,688.76 1,700.46
Worker only 1,738.15 1,676.50 1,853.68 1,779.38 1,667.71 1,510.13 1,438.57
Dually entitled 1,726.24 1,465.24 1,634.40 1,767.12 1,854.38 1,848.11 1,857.53
Wife's benefit 1,172.40 1,208.09 1,192.65 1,160.49 1,130.09 1,064.54 1,017.51
Survivor's benefit 2,114.25 2,090.98 2,235.84 2,238.70 2,154.99 1,996.31 1,907.15
Entitled as wife or survivor only 1,484.09 1,454.08 1,453.87 1,462.50 1,492.25 1,522.65 1,618.14
Wife's benefit 936.74 823.59 1,023.27 969.65 914.71 881.10 879.06
Survivor's benefit 1,796.50 1,825.74 1,894.23 1,851.82 1,781.18 1,690.65 1,676.65
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: “Survivors” comprise disabled widows, nondisabled widows, widowed mothers caring for a deceased worker's child, and mothers of deceased workers.
a. Excludes disabled adult children.
b. Includes disabled workers.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A16 Adult beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by age, sex, and type of benefit, December 2023
Type of benefit Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All ages Under 62 62–64 65 or older All ages Under 62 62–64 65 or older
  All adult beneficiaries
Total a 63,294,577 5,289,961 4,610,284 53,394,332 1,819.25 1,441.54 1,472.11 1,886.64
Retired workers 50,147,679 . . . 2,518,674 47,629,005 1,905.31 . . . 1,379.75 1,933.10
Disabled workers 7,365,987 4,930,819 1,597,673 837,495 1,537.13 1,462.82 1,675.98 1,709.79
Wives and husbands of retired workers 1,896,329 23,371 92,625 1,780,333 912.03 764.54 643.92 927.91
Wives and husbands of disabled workers 87,898 22,531 24,658 40,709 420.07 339.90 405.82 473.07
Nondisabled widow(er)s 3,487,630 100,844 307,490 3,079,296 1,774.33 1,540.40 1,621.63 1,797.25
Disabled widow(er)s 200,644 111,067 65,063 24,514 925.78 929.95 920.05 922.14
Widowed mothers and fathers 107,591 101,329 4,087 2,175 1,278.40 1,269.66 1,432.93 1,395.07
Parents of deceased workers 819 . . . 14 805 1,589.77 . . . 1,626.57 1,589.13
  Men
Subtotal a 28,467,772 2,483,556 2,061,208 23,923,008 2,041.68 1,571.65 1,661.72 2,123.21
Retired workers 24,479,758 . . . 1,208,956 23,270,802 2,106.40 . . . 1,528.62 2,136.42
Disabled workers 3,685,919 2,452,359 807,204 426,356 1,685.96 1,578.46 1,883.16 1,930.92
Husbands of retired workers 109,583 121 2,804 106,658 638.01 796.95 517.14 641.01
Husbands of disabled workers 8,123 720 1,564 5,839 380.57 287.95 293.21 415.39
Nondisabled widowers 158,199 11,586 35,189 111,424 1,568.24 1,301.87 1,450.19 1,633.22
Disabled widowers 17,390 10,481 5,168 1,741 720.63 727.99 714.26 695.26
Fathers caring for deceased worker's child 8,694 8,289 (X) (X) 1,125.91 1,122.25 (X) (X)
Fathers of deceased workers 106 . . . (X) (X) 1,494.09 . . . (X) (X)
  Women
Subtotal a 34,826,805 2,806,405 2,549,076 29,471,324 1,637.43 1,326.40 1,318.79 1,694.61
Retired workers 25,667,921 . . . 1,309,718 24,358,203 1,713.52 . . . 1,242.33 1,738.86
Disabled workers 3,680,068 2,478,460 790,469 411,139 1,388.07 1,348.39 1,464.41 1,480.48
Wives of retired workers 1,786,746 23,250 89,821 1,673,675 928.83 764.38 647.88 946.20
Wives of disabled workers 79,775 21,811 23,094 34,870 424.09 341.62 413.45 482.72
Nondisabled widows 3,329,431 89,258 272,301 2,967,872 1,784.13 1,571.36 1,643.78 1,803.40
Disabled widows 183,254 100,586 59,895 22,773 945.25 950.99 937.81 939.49
Mothers caring for deceased worker's child 98,897 93,040 (X) (X) 1,291.80 1,282.80 (X) (X)
Mothers of deceased workers 713 . . . (X) (X) 1,603.99 . . . (X) (X)
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals; . . . = not applicable.
a. Excludes student beneficiaries aged 18–19 and disabled adult children.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
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Table 5.A17 Disabled beneficiaries: Number and average monthly benefit, by type of benefit, December 1957–2023
Year Number Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All disabled beneficiaries Workers Widow(er)s Disabled adult children Workers Widow(er)s Disabled adult children
1957 178,719 149,850 . . . 28,869 72.76 . . . 38.62
1958 284,744 237,719 . . . 47,025 82.10 . . . 39.62
1959 416,896 334,443 . . . 82,453 89.00 . . . 42.96
1960 559,425 455,371 . . . 104,054 89.31 . . . 44.15
1961 742,296 618,075 . . . 124,221 89.59 . . . 45.28
1962 888,131 740,867 . . . 147,264 89.99 . . . 45.67
1963 993,656 827,014 . . . 166,642 90.59 . . . 46.45
1964 1,077,695 894,173 . . . 183,522 91.12 . . . 47.35
1965 1,186,464 988,074 . . . 198,390 97.76 . . . 51.77
1966 1,310,911 1,097,190 . . . 213,721 98.09 . . . 52.42
1967 1,422,778 1,193,120 . . . 229,658 98.43 . . . 53.41
1968 1,560,517 1,295,300 21,563 243,654 111.86 72.25 61.83
1969 1,690,982 1,394,291 39,469 257,222 112.74 71.02 62.79
1970 1,812,786 1,492,948 49,281 270,557 131.26 82.00 73.21
1971 1,990,098 1,647,684 56,743 285,671 146.52 90.11 81.37
1972 2,202,090 1,832,916 64,167 305,007 179.32 109.54 98.81
1973 2,415,383 2,016,626 78,769 319,988 183.00 111.14 100.14
1974 2,670,092 2,236,882 92,128 341,082 205.70 125.87 112.45
1975 2,960,620 2,488,774 109,511 362,335 225.90 137.70 122.80
1976 3,171,198 2,670,208 119,427 381,563 245.17 147.01 132.32
1977 3,368,954 2,837,432 127,276 404,246 265.30 156.11 142.12
1978 3,429,421 2,879,774 129,751 419,896 288.30 165.46 153.66
1979 3,435,761 2,870,590 129,833 435,338 322.00 180.52 171.55
1980 3,436,429 2,858,680 127,580 450,169 370.70 205.02 198.95
1981 3,361,130 2,776,519 121,590 463,021 413.20 226.58 224.51
1982 3,192,379 2,603,599 116,372 472,408 440.60 242.11 245.07
1983 3,168,992 2,569,029 111,591 488,372 456.20 250.33 257.78
1984 3,212,040 2,596,516 109,151 506,373 470.70 306.24 270.28
1985 3,289,485 2,656,638 107,005 525,842 483.80 315.26 281.92
1986 3,380,480 2,728,463 106,974 545,043 487.90 319.74 288.79
1987 3,453,414 2,785,859 106,282 561,273 508.20 333.89 304.32
1988 3,507,707 2,830,284 103,123 574,300 529.50 348.05 320.21
1989 3,583,451 2,895,364 101,630 586,457 556.00 366.72 339.47
1990 3,712,763 3,011,294 100,989 600,480 587.20 388.93 361.71
1991 3,925,472 3,194,938 114,489 616,045 609.40 406.96 378.86
1992 4,236,080 3,467,783 131,324 636,973 626.10 422.65 393.61
1993 4,529,466 3,725,966 147,015 656,485 641.70 434.20 407.20
1994 4,796,313 3,962,954 160,676 672,683 661.40 446.30 422.40
1995 5,044,388 4,185,263 173,024 686,101 681.80 458.30 437.30
1996 5,264,321 4,385,623 181,911 696,787 703.90 471.00 454.30
1997 5,400,781 4,508,134 187,938 704,709 721.60 480.40 468.60
1998 5,605,272 4,698,319 194,181 712,772 733.10 487.30 479.40
1999 5,798,776 4,879,455 198,795 720,526 754.10 499.90 495.60
2000 5,972,450 5,042,334 201,427 728,689 786.40 519.70 518.30
2001 6,214,972 5,274,183 204,243 736,546 814.50 536.70 537.60
2002 6,495,868 5,543,981 207,358 744,529 834.30 548.10 550.40
2003 6,835,846 5,873,673 209,359 752,814 861.60 563.80 567.00
2004 7,168,270 6,198,271 210,735 759,264 894.10 582.70 587.60
2005 7,500,525 6,518,989 213,001 768,535 938.00 609.40 616.30
2006 7,803,692 6,806,918 220,178 776,596 977.70 630.70 642.40
2007 8,118,382 7,098,723 224,982 794,677 1,004.00 645.50 660.30
2008 8,528,164 7,426,691 230,007 871,466 1,063.10 683.60 681.70
2009 8,945,376 7,788,013 236,480 920,883 1,064.30 682.70 676.30
2010 9,398,104 8,203,951 244,953 949,200 1,067.80 681.30 678.80
2011 9,803,581 8,575,544 251,011 977,026 1,110.50 703.54 705.84
2012 10,088,739 8,826,591 255,472 1,006,676 1,130.34 711.47 720.47
2013 10,228,364 8,940,950 257,248 1,030,166 1,146.42 716.79 734.68
2014 10,261,268 8,954,518 257,871 1,048,879 1,165.39 724.07 751.12
2015 10,237,204 8,909,430 259,331 1,068,443 1,165.79 719.11 754.96
2016 10,153,205 8,808,736 259,207 1,085,262 1,171.15 717.65 761.87
2017 10,059,166 8,695,475 258,286 1,105,405 1,196.87 729.44 782.03
2018 9,919,094 8,537,332 254,581 1,127,181 1,233.70 747.41 808.18
2019 9,765,096 8,378,374 246,142 1,140,580 1,257.65 760.03 826.24
2020 9,537,906 8,151,016 236,923 1,149,967 1,277.05 770.57 843.90
2021 9,243,999 7,877,129 224,171 1,142,699 1,358.30 817.88 904.36
2022 8,955,174 7,604,098 211,301 1,139,775 1,483.10 892.87 993.90
2023 8,709,006 7,365,987 200,644 1,142,375 1,537.13 925.78 1,035.35
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.