Due to scheduling issues, recipients of Supplementary Security Income (SSI) won’t receive their payments during the calendar month of September as usual.
Instead, payments for roughly 7.5 million recipients were sent out on Aug. 30 per SSI payment scheduling rules, with Sept. 1 being on a weekend.
According to the Social Security Administration (SSA), SSI benefits are paid out on the 1st of each month, unless the 1st falls on a weekend; then payments are instead issued on the Friday before.
Next month returns to usual with payments scheduled for Oct. 1.
November is another odd month where recipients will be issued payments twice during the same month, with Dec. 1 falling on a Sunday, so payments should be expected on Friday, Nov. 29.
To qualify for SSI, which was first established in 1974, recipients must be aged 65 or older, blind, or disabled, with limited income or resources, and live in the United States.
According to the SSA, the maximum monthly payment individuals can receive in 2024 is $943 or for $1,415 for couples, and $472 for an “essential person” such as a caretaker. Any taxable income must be reported, including lottery tickets, which will impact how much one receives.
People who receive both SSI and Social Security benefits or began receiving Social Security before May 1997 will receive their benefits as usual, on the third of every month, which was on Tuesday. For those who receive Social Security only, from June 1997 until present, payments are paid out on the second, third, or fourth Wednesday of each month, according to the recipients’ birthday.
Social Security retirement payments generally pay out more, with the average for January 2024 totaling $1,907, according to the administration.