Social Security Payment Dates for 2026: When Your Benefits Will Arrive

Key Takeaways The Social Security Administration follows a general schedule for mailing out checks to its more than 74 million beneficiaries. March April Most beneficiaries are paid according to their birth date and typically receive their payments on the second, third, or fourth Wednesday of each month. Those who began receiving retirement, spousal, or survivor benefits before May 1997 will typically receive their payments on the third of every month. Supplemental Security Income (SSI), a program that prov ...