Increased Social Security Payments Begin for Eligible Public Sector Retirees

The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates WEP and GPO provisions, delivering retroactive payments and higher monthly benefits to millions of public service workers.

• The Social Security Administration has started issuing larger monthly benefits to eligible retirees as of April 2025, following February's retroactive lump-sum payments.
• The Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law during Biden's final weeks in office, rescinds the WEP and GPO provisions that previously limited Social Security benefits for certain public sector retirees.
• Approximately 3.2 million public service workers, including teachers, firefighters, and police officers, are set to benefit from the expanded payments.
• The SSA is expediting record adjustments for affected beneficiaries, with all updates expected to be completed by early November 2025.
• Not all public employees qualify for increased payments, as 72% of state and local workers already participate in Social Security-covered employment and are unaffected by the changes.

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