Social Security Sends Sept. 9 Payments to Beneficiaries Born on Days 1-10
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Updated · USA TODAY · Sep 5
Social Security Sends Sept. 9 Payments to Beneficiaries Born on Days 1-10
3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Sep 5
Summary
Sept. 9 marks the first September Social Security payment wave, covering beneficiaries whose birthdays fall between the 1st and 10th of any month.
The Social Security Administration schedules most retirement benefits on Wednesdays by birth date: days 1-10 on the second Wednesday, 11-20 on the third, and after 20 on the fourth.
Recipients who began collecting Social Security before May 1997 generally get paid on the 3rd of the month, while people receiving both Social Security and SSI get SSI on the 1st and Social Security on the 3rd.
SSI beneficiaries already received September payments on Sept. 1, with the broader calendar continuing into late 2026 as Washington debates how to address Social Security's projected funding shortfall within the next decade.