Millions of Americans on Social Security have not received their February payment because they qualify for a later payday. To receive any of the remaining retirement or SSDI payments in the United States, you cannot be receiving Supplemental Security Income.
Moreover, you cannot have started getting Social Security checks or deposits before May 1997. Thus, the key requirement to get the first, second, or third round of Wednesday payments you must comply with the birth date condition.
When were you born? The requirement to get Social Security in February
As a matter of fact, only those Americans who were born from the first day of the month through the tenth will be able to receive a check on February 12, 2025.
Obviously, as long as they did not receive a payment on the 3rd. Those retirees and SSDI recipients who were born from the 11th to the 20th will receive Social Security on the 19th.
The final February Wednesday payment will be in your bank account on February 26, 2025 if your birth date falls from the 21st to the 31st. The amounts will be completely different for each SSDI or retirement recipient, but there are average amounts.
Social Security & possible check and deposit amounts
The Administration has unveiled the average Social Security payments for retirement. As of January 2025, the average payment for retirees is worth $1,976. SSDI recipients receive less money on average.
For example, as of January 2025, the average payment for SSDI is worth $1,580. Therefore, there is a considerable difference between the average amount for retirees and people on Social Security Disability Insurance.
As for the maximum amounts, retirees can get up to $5,108 if:
- they file for Social Security
- claim retirement benefits at 70
- have earned the taxable maximum for 35 years
- worked for 35 years
- had jobs covered by SSA
- did not break SSA’s rules
SSDI recipients can also get a larger-than-average amount. The maximum benefit for SSDI is worth $4,018. But this is unlikely because disabilities can prevent workers from meeting these essential conditions.