Before the end of March 2025, eligible United States citizens will be able to enjoy a new United States Social Security check with an increase in the Cost of Living Adjustment over the previous year 2024. Thus, it is possible to reach figures in March 2025 that were previously unthinkable for most Americans. And the most striking thing of all is that we can get a Tax Refund from the IRS in the days around this retirement payment.
In the case of having received the maximum check for retirement due to age or disability, in March 2025 you will be able to continue to get this maximum check without any problems. What is also true is that we will be able to get a bigger check than in March 2024 without having to have reached the maximum payment.
Be that as it may, the March 2025 check will include the 2024 Cost of Living, so we will be able to directly receive a new payment on one of the four different days that Social Security has on its calendar.
Social Security Calendar for March 2025
One of the great advantages of the collection of a monthly Social Security payment is that we can know in advance when in the month we will receive this new check. However, it is true that sometimes there may be some irregularities, although this situation is not at all common for retirement payments.
Thus, in the month of March we will have the Social Security payment on the following days:
- March 3rd.
- March 12th.
- March 19th.
- March 26th.
While the payment on March 3rd is exclusively for beneficiaries with a benefit accepted before May 1997, retirees after that time can receive checks on one of the other three remaining days.
Thus, retirees with a check dated after May 1997 will get their payment on March 12th if their birthday is between the 1st and the 10th of any month. In this sense, retirees with birthdays between the 11th and the 20th of any month will collect the check on March 19th. Finally, the payment on March 26th will be for retirees with birthdays between the 21st and the 31st of any month of the year.
What is the maximum Social Security payment in March 2025?
The maximum Social Security check in March 2025 is the same as in previous months of this year. The COLA took effect last January 2025 and benefits have remained the same since then.
Thus, the maximum payment reaches $5,180 for retirees by age, while disability beneficiaries can get a maximum check of $4,018. Be that as it may, we must bear in mind that each beneficiary receives a different check depending on their work history, so not all retirees reach that maximum amount.
The payment you received last January will be the same as the one you receive in March, as will all the other payments in 2025. Of course, it will be higher than in the same months of 2024, so the increase in Social Security has indeed been effective in this sense.