{"id":38675,"date":"2025-04-27T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/?p=38675"},"modified":"2025-07-14T06:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T10:40:10","slug":"65-year-olds-1611-4-social-security-payments-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/65-year-olds-1611-4-social-security-payments-may\/","title":{"rendered":"65-Year-Olds Will Get This Average Payment in One of the 4 Social Security Paydays in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All the April payments have been delivered. Therefore, it is time to plan your budget and to pay close attention to the <strong>Social Security payments<\/strong> that <strong>65-year-olds<\/strong> and other <strong>retirees<\/strong> will receive in May. Although the maximum payment the <strong>Administration<\/strong> can issue in May is up to <strong>$5,108<\/strong>, millions of Americans qualify for a much lower check or direct deposit.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the average retirement benefit payment for <strong>all retired workers<\/strong> is <strong>$1,980<\/strong>. This average amount is as of February 2025. As of December 2025, the average payment for <strong>65-year-olds is $1,611.<\/strong> As you can see, this average amount is lower than the average for all retired workers. This is important to highlight because it may imply that many retirees filed for<strong> Social Security<\/strong> at 62. Early filing can reduce your monthly payment a great deal, so it may not be advisable.<\/p>\n<h2>Social Security payments for eligible 65-year-olds<\/h2>\n<p>If you are<strong> 65 years old<\/strong>, there are 4 possible payment dates in May. <strong>Social Security<\/strong> will start delivering checks and <strong>direct deposits<\/strong> on May 2, 2025. This will be 24 hours in advance because May 3 is a Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>SSA can never deposit <strong>payments<\/strong> on the weekend. Hence, schedules need to be changed from time to time so that all the money arrives on a business day. To get your retirement benefit on May 2, you must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>have begun receiving retirement benefits before May 1997<\/li>\n<li>be receiving simultaneously Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and <strong>retirement benefits<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bear in mind that <strong>SSI<\/strong> is only for Americans with a low income. It could be the case that when you <strong>turn 65<\/strong>, you apply for SSI benefits because it is the moment <strong>Social Security<\/strong> allows seniors to get this benefit. They could receive them before, but due to a medical condition (a qualifying disability) or blindness.<\/p>\n<h2>Social Security payments after May 2<\/h2>\n<p>Do not worry if you are a <strong>65-year-old<\/strong> and you do not qualify for the first payment next month. It is more than likely that you are eligible for one of the Wednesday <strong>payments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There are three rounds of<strong> direct deposits<\/strong> or checks from the second through the fourth Wednesday in May. This month, the first Wednesday falls on the 14th. So, you will receive the<strong> May 14 payment<\/strong> if you were born from the 1st to the 10th of any month.<\/p>\n<p>Retirees aged 62 or older who were born from the 11th through the 20th may receive their monthly <strong>payment<\/strong> on <strong>May 21<\/strong>, 2025. Remember that to receive any of the Wednesday payments, you cannot be on SSI, and you must have started receiving benefits after April 30, 1997.<\/p>\n<p>The last payday in May will be for retirees born from the 21st to the 31st. Those born on one of these days will get $1,980 on average on <strong>May 28<\/strong>. If you are <strong>65<\/strong>, you will receive<strong> $1,611<\/strong> on average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the April payments have been delivered. Therefore, it is time to plan your budget and to pay close attention to the Social Security payments that 65-year-olds and other retirees &#8230; <a title=\"65-Year-Olds Will Get This Average Payment in One of the 4 Social Security Paydays in May\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/65-year-olds-1611-4-social-security-payments-may\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 65-Year-Olds Will Get This Average Payment in One of the 4 Social Security Paydays in May\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[51,41,37],"class_list":["post-38675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","tag-payment","tag-retirement","tag-social-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futbolete.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}