The Social Security benefit check changes every year thanks to the COLA. Therefore, across the United States we find that one month in a year the payment is larger than the same month in the previous year. So the October, November and December 2024 payments will be higher than the October, November and December 2025 checks.
However, each increase is totally different. The checks are individuals, which makes it so that someone can reach an amount up to $4,873 and someone else doesn’t have a check that big. It all depends on how much Social Security we have collected so far.
Social Security with October, November and December increases
Pay attention to all payments in the coming months, as we will have larger Social Security checks than in previous years. These are the official payment schedules:
October
The month of October will be uneventful. The Social Security Administration’s October payment days will be:
- October 1: Supplemental Social Security payments for all Supplemental Security recipients.
- October 3: Pensioners with benefits prior to May 1997 will be eligible for collection.
- October 9: Retirees with post-May 1997 checks who have a birthday between the 1st and 10th get payment on this day.
- October 16: Retirees with post-May 1997 checks with birthdays between 11 and 20 receive payment on this day.
- October 23: Retirees with post-May 1997 checks with birthdays between the 21st and 31st get payment this day.
Then it will be necessary to wait until November to get a new check for both retirement and disability.
November
There is only one irregularity this November, as we will have an extra Supplemental Security Income payment. Also, the Group 1 payment arrives on a different day than usual, although it is not a delay either.
- November 1: Supplemental Security Income payments for all Supplemental Security Income recipients.
- November 1: Retirees with a benefit prior to May 1997 can receive this payment.
- November 13: Retirees with post-May 1997 checks who have a birthday between the 1st and 10th collect on this day.
- November 20: Retirees with post-May 1997 checks with a birthday between the 11th and 20th get payment on this day.
- November 27: Retirees with post-May 1997 checks with birthdays between the 21st and 31st get payment this day.
- November 29: December Supplemental Social Security payment. This is because December 1 is a weekend.
Once the November calendar is over, we move on to payments for December, the last month of the year.
December
While it is true that the December Supplemental Security Income arrives in November, it is also true that we may collect some payment of this benefit in this month, although this is also an irregularity. The payment is actually an advance payment for January 2025.
- December 1: Pensioners with benefits prior to May 1997 can collect this payment.
- December 11: Retirees with a post-May 1997 check who have a birthday between the 1st and 10th collect on this day.
- December 18: Retirees with post-May 1997 checks with birthdays between the 11th and 20th collect this day.
- December 24: Retirees with post-May 1997 checks with birthdays between the 21st and 31st get payment on this day.
- December 31: Complementary Social Security payment corresponding to the month of December. This is due to the fact that December 1 is a weekend.
Remember to activate Direct Deposit as a collection method in order to obtain a Social Security benefit on the same day of remittance.