The March RSDI payments will be over on the 26th, 2025. Then, eligible recipients will need to wait for their Social Security check or direct deposit for April. Some of them will not have to wait for long because there will be a first payday on April 3, 2025.
Actually, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has confirmed that there will 2 different groups of eligible RSDI recipients. After the April 3 payment, there will be 3 more paydays. Thus, there will be more opportunities to get money from SSA in the coming weeks too.
RSDI payment on April 3; Who qualifies?
One group of eligible recipients will be those who are currently receiving Supplemental Security Income and Social Security (Retirement, Survivor or Disability Insurance) benefits.
So, if you are on both RSDI and SSI benefits, get ready because April 3 will be your next payday. Those who are not receiving SSI and Social Security benefits may be eligible if they meet one condition.
As a matter of fact, they must have been on Social Security benefits before May 1997. Thus, April 3 will be your payday if you have been on benefits for over 28 years.
Who will receive an RSDI payment of $1,980 on April 3?
For your information, retirees are the ones with the largest average payment among RSDI recipients. So, they are the ones that collect a payment of $1,980 on average from Social Security.
Then, there is another average payment amount of $1,580. In this case, this is the average payment for Americans on Social Security Disability Insurance benefits.
The lowest average payment amount is for survivors, who can get about $1,547 on average from the Agency. Bear in mind that your payment will be lower or higher, depending on your background. The average amount is just illustrative and informative. Some retirees can get up to $5,108 in 2025 because they earned the contribution and benefit base for 35 years in jobs covered by SSA and filed at 70.
