Social Security payments for April are official. First, SSI recipients will get their Federal payment on April 1, 2025. Then, the Administration will issue the first check and direct deposit on April 3.
To receive this payment you must have been on Social Security retirement benefits for over 27 years in most cases. It will be the payday for those on benefits before May 1997. But it will also be your payday if you received your SSI on April 1, 2025, and you are on retirement benefits too.
Social Security payments in early and mid-April
The Administration will follow the common payment schedule in April. Checks and direct deposits will be issued on the second, third, and fourth Wednesday in April.
Depending on when your birthday falls, you may receive your Social Security earlier or later in the month. The earliest payment after the third will be deposited on April 9.
This will be your payday if you did not qualify for the April 3 payment and your birthday falls from the 1st to the 10th. Those born from 11-20 will get a Social Security payment on April 16.
Social Security’s last payment in April
Some retirees were born from the 21st to the 31st and did not qualify for the April 3 payment. Therefore, they will receive their retirement benefits on April 26, 2025.
To get any of the April payments you must have filed first for Social Security. Not doing so makes you ineligible, so approval from the Agency is essential. The maximum benefit payment in April is worth $5,108.
Retirees who have worked for 35 years in jobs covered by SSA and filed at 70, must have earned the taxable maximum all those years to qualify for the largest benefit payment in the United States. The average payment for retired workers is about $1,978. Keep in mind that your spouse or children may also get Social Security on your record.
