Social Security Payments Are Going Out Early for First Three Months of 2025

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments are going out earlier in January, February and March of 2025. The payments are usually made on the first day of the month, but that day falls on a holiday in January and a Saturday in February and March. So, instead, the SSI payments are being made on the last day of the month before. “We do this to avoid putting you at a financial disadvantage and make sure that you don’t have to wait beyond the first of the month to get your payment,” the SSA said in a 2022 blog post. “It does not mean that you are receiving a duplicate payment in the previous month, so you do not need to contact us to report the second payment.” The SSA recommends waiting three working days before contacting the agency if your payment does not arrive on the expected date. Federal holidays and weekends are not working days. SSI payments are made to low- and no-income individuals who are blind or disabled. Supplemental security income (SSI) payments are going out earlier in January, February and March. Supplemental security income (SSI) payments are going out earlier in January, February and March. AP January Schedule for Social Security Payments People who receive SSI will get their money on New Year’s Eve—December 31—because January 1 is a holiday. Those born between the first and 10th day of the month will receive other benefits on the second Wednesday of the month—January 8—while those born between January 11 and January 20 will receive their money the following Wednesday—January 15. People whose birthdays fall between the 21st and the 31st of the month get paid on the fourth Wednesday—January 22. February Schedule for Social Security Payments February 1 falls on a Saturday, so SSI payments for February will go out on January 31. Other benefit payments are made depending on the recipient’s birthday. Those born between the first and the 10th will get paid on the second Wednesday of the month—February 12—and those born between the 11th and the 20th will get paid on February 19. People with birthdays between the 21st and 31st get paid on the fourth Wednesday—February 26. March Schedule for Social Security Payments March 1 also falls on a Saturday, so SSI payments for that month will go out on February 28. Other benefits get paid on March 12 if your birthday is in the first 10 days of the month, March 19 if it falls between the 11th and the 20th and March 26 if it is between the 21st and 31st. Increase in SSI for 2025 This week is the first in which boosted benefits are set to be distributed thanks to the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), which increases payments every year so that purchasing power is not eroded. In October, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a 2.5 percent boost for all benefits issued in 2025. Thanks to the COLA, for 2025, the maximum monthly benefit available is $967 for a single person and $1,450 for a couple, up from $943 for an individual and $1,415 for a couple in 2024. This is less than boosts made in recent years, however. While the COLA for 2024 increases benefits by 3.2 percent, 2023 saw an 8.7 percent raise following a period of high inflation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which reached a high of 9.2 percent in 2022.