Whether you receive your Social Security benefit on one day or another depends on whether you belong to one group of United States retirees or another. The Social Security Administration divides retirees into as many as 4 different groups. Despite this, there are two main groups and one of these two groups is further divided into three different groups.
Beneficiaries who receive a check on one of the days will not be able to receive a check on a different day. In the retirement benefit or disability check section, each pensioner can collect his pension only once a month. There is a different case which is the Supplemental Security Income. This other payment is for the neediest Americans and is supplemental to the main pension.
For that reason, pensioners with a pension check and those who receive Supplemental Security Income can receive checks on different days. But if we only receive the retirement benefit due to age or disability, we will only have 1 day of payment per month. And that day will depend 100% on our personal information, as well as the year of our retirement.
Which group of 66-year-old retirees receives the next Social Security?
In order to be clear about who receives the next Social Security check, it is essential to take into account the personal information of each beneficiary. The next of the groups to receive a retirement check is the third of the month. This group is made up of retirees who meet two requirements:
- Have a birthday between the 21st and 31st of the month.
- Have applied for Social Security retirement benefits after 1997.
It is not possible to meet only one of the requirements and collect the check on 17th of May 2023. The beneficiary must meet both requirements together. Otherwise, the day of payment for that person will be another day in May. It may even be that the payment day has already passed and the check is on its way.
Other pensioner payments in May 2023
As we have already mentioned before, if we are not in the group of beneficiaries who will receive the payment on May 17, we will still receive the benefit. The only thing is that we will get the money on a different day. In order to determine on which day we will receive the benefit in May, we can take a look at the calendar:
- May 1st. Supplemental Security Income payment. This payment is for all recipients of this benefit, without distinctions of any kind.
- May 3rd. Social Security check for beneficiaries retired before 1997. This is the first large group to receive a check each month.
- Retirees after 1997 receive the benefit on three different days.
- May 10th. Payment of the check for retirees born between the 1st and 10th of the month.
- May 17th. Next Social Security retirement payment. It is mandatory to be born between the 11th and 20th to receive it.
- May 24th. Last payment of pensions in May 2023. This payment day is for beneficiaries born between the 21st and 31st of the month.
If your collection date is prior to the current day and you have not yet received your payment, you may need to claim your check. To do so, contact your bank or call Social Security at 1 (800) 772-1213 for more information.