When December arrives in the United States it means that Social Security retirees will receive their last pension of the year. This is not bad news, since in January of next year they will start receiving the benefit again, this time for 2023. The schedule for the December payments follows the usual scheme, i.e. the payments will arrive on the second, third and fourth Wednesday of the month.
Since the second Wednesday of the month has already passed, the next payment will be sent by the Social Security Administration next Wednesday. This Wednesday will be the 21st of December. But these payments are not for all retirees who collect a benefit. Only a group of these retirees will receive this payment. Thus, users who were born between the 11th and 20th of the month will be able to receive their benefits very soon.
However, it is not necessary to have been born in the same month of December to receive the benefit this month. The important fact in this case is the day of the month. Neither the month nor the year of birth is important in determining the day on which a retiree receives his or her benefit. Therefore, in December all retirees receive their benefit regardless of the month in which they were born.
Other Social Security payments in December
In addition to next Wednesday’s payment, the Social Security Administration sends out other payments in the month of December. Some of these payments are for retirees and some are for other categories.
It is also important to keep in mind that in order to receive the check within 24 hours it is necessary to have Direct Deposit activated. Another thing we must not forget is that we must have a previously accepted benefit. If our benefit is in the process of being accepted, it is very likely that we will not receive it tomorrow.
- December 1st. Social Security SSI payment. This payment is for retirees over 65 and disabled users who have a low source of income and meet other requirements.
- December 14th. First payment of retirement or disability pension from the Social Security Administration. This payment is for users born between the 1st and 10th of the month.
- December 21st. Second retirement payment of the month. SSA will send this payment to retirees born between the 11th and 20th of any month.
- December 28th. Third and final December retirement benefit payment. It is also the last calendar year 2023 payment. The Social Security Administration will pay this benefit to retirees born between the 21st and 31st of any month.
- December 30th. Last payment of the year, although it actually pertains to 2023. In this payment, the SSA sends the SSI belonging to January of next year.
With this calendar, we can now control the days on which the Social Security Administration will pay retirement and disability benefits for the entire last month of 2022.