Throughout each month, the United States Social Security Administration sends out checks to eligible citizens. All United States citizens will receive their Social Security payments for the month of April, but it is also true that we need to know the exact day the payment is sent out, as each payment day is for a different group.
In this sense, today, April 3rd, 2025, thousands of Americans can receive their benefits if they are eligible for the check. The group that gets their Social Security retirement payment today is group 1, and certain requirements must be met in order to have the money in their checking account today.
If we take into account that the benefit can arrive on up to four different days in the month of April, we can know in advance at what point in the month we are going to have the Social Security money available. This is an advantage, since it helps us organize the economy of our household. In any case, during the month of April we will have our check in our checking account, but whether we have it sooner or later will depend on the group of retirees to which we belong.
Who gets their Social Security check TODAY?
Only group 1 retirees can receive today’s Social Security payment. However, checks for this type of benefit go to all kinds of retirees. Whether or not you are in group 1 depends on the year you retired, but both disability checks and other retirement checks for age, spouse or any other reason also end up in our pockets.
So, in order to receive Social Security benefits today, we have to meet two requirements, the second of which is optional but important in order to receive the money as soon as possible. On the one hand, it is necessary to have been receiving benefits since before May 1997. On the other hand, it is important to have activated Direct Deposit in order to receive payment as soon as possible.
These two types of payment usually arrive a few days later if we have not activated this method of collection. It could arrive tomorrow or it could arrive next week. But Social Security only sends the payment to group 1 retirees, so if you are not in that group you will not receive this payment today.
Maximum Social Security amounts for TODAY
Depending on the type of retirement we have, the maximum amount can be one figure or another. Thus, retirees by age can get a maximum check of $5,180 while disability beneficiaries can reach an amount of $4,018 per month.
While this is true, it is also true that not all Americans can get a check like this. But regardless of the type of benefit we have, the payment still arrives, just as the amount we get each month from our retirement doesn’t matter either.