Social Security is issuing checks for $2,000 on average on Wednesday, June 18: discover who’s on the list

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Millions of Americans who receive Social Security retirement checks are scheduled to get their latest monthly payment next week.

On Wednesday, June 18, the U.S.’s Social Security Administration (SSA) is to send out the next round of payments on this month’s schedule.

The SSA is also due to issue Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and survivor benefits next Wednesday.

Who gets a Social Security check on Wednesday, June 18?

Of the nearly 70 million recipients of retirement, SSDI or survivor benefits throughout the country, most are paid on one of three Wednesdays each month.

Each beneficiary’s designated Wednesday is determined by their date of birth.

On June 18, the SSA is to issue checks to recipients whose birthday falls on the 11th to the 20th of each month.

This payment run comes after June’s three-Wednesdays schedule kicked off on the 11th, when checks were sent to beneficiaries born during the first 10 days of each month.

Wednesday payment schedule – June 2025:

Weds, June 11: Beneficiaries born on 1st to 10th
Weds, June 18: Beneficiaries born on 11th to 20th
Weds, June 25: Beneficiaries born on 21st to 31st

Who gets their check outside of the three-Wednesdays schedule?

Americans who started receiving retirement, SSDI or survivor benefits before May 1997 are typically paid on the third of each month, regardless of their date of birth.

What’s more, recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) scheme – a separate benefit for low-income individuals who are over 65 or have a disability – normally get their check on the first of each month.

If you claim both SSI and any of the SSA’s retirement, SSDI or survivor benefits, you generally get the former on the first and the latter on the third.

However, as June began on a Sunday, this month’s SSI checks were issued early: payment was brought forward to the nearest working day, which was Friday, May 30.

Non-Wednesday recipients: June 2025 payments

Fri, May 30: SSI recipients
Tues, June 3: Social Sec. beneficiaries since pre-May 1997

If a dual recipient: SSI paid on May 30, Social Security paid on June 3

You can check out the SSA’s full payment calendar for 2025 in this online pdf shared by the agency.

How much money do Social Security retirees receive per month?

Retired workers – who make up the vast majority of all Social Security beneficiaries in the U.S. – get a little over $2,000 a month on average.

To be exact, the average monthly retirement check presently stands at $2,002.39 a month, per new figures published by the SSA.

The maximum monthly retirement check is $5,108 per month.

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How much do other Social Security beneficiaries get each month?

Disabled workers are paid $1,581.97 on average per month, while recipients of survivor benefits get a monthly average of $1,566.66. Beneficiaries of the SSI program are paid an average of $718.30 per month.