Overview
- The Social Security Administration will send the last wave of May benefits on Wednesday, May 27, to recipients born on the 21st through the 31st of any month.
- Most retirement and SSDI payments use a rolling schedule keyed to birth dates with payouts on the second, third or fourth Wednesday of each month depending on whether a beneficiary’s birthday is the 1st–10th, 11th–20th or 21st–31st.
- Two groups follow different rules: Supplemental Security Income recipients are typically paid on the first day of the month and people who began benefits before May 1997 usually receive payments on the third day of the month.
- For June the SSA calendar shows SSI on Monday, June 1, long‑running/pre‑May‑1997 payments on June 3, and birthday‑based payments on Wednesday, June 10, Wednesday, June 17, and Wednesday, June 24.
- About 70–75 million Americans receive monthly Social Security payments so beneficiaries should check their my Social Security account to verify timing and allow three business days for bank processing before reporting a missing deposit.