Social Security payment dates for May 2025: This month some people will get 2 checks

In Rhode Island, over 200,000 people rely on Social Security payments every month.

And this month, people will get two checks.

Social Security payments for May are being distributed to approximately 69 million Americans, including retirees and those with qualifying disabilities. About 7.4 million Americans who are disabled or have limited resources receive monthly Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit payments. About half of those who receive SSI also receive Social Security.

Here’s what to know about this month’s Social Security benefits.

Social Security payment schedule for May 2025

The Social Security Administration’s yearly distribution schedules for 2025 and 2026 are available online to allow recipients to use the calendar for budgeting purposes.

Regular Social Security retirement benefits are slated to be distributed on the SSA’s usual schedule:

• Friday, May 2: People who started receiving Social Security before May 1997

• Wednesday, May 14: Birthdates between the 1st and 10th

• Wednesday, May 21: Birthdates between the 11th and the 20th

• Wednesday, May 28: Birthdates between the 21st and the 31st

SSI recipients to get two payments in May

SSI recipients will get two checks in May – one on May 1 (the check for May 2025) and a second on May 30 (the check for June). For months when the first of the month falls on a federal holiday or a weekend, SSI benefits are issued early – June 1 is a Sunday.

What is SSI?

Supplemental Security Income provides monthly benefits to those with limited income or resources who are 65 or older, blind or have a qualifying disability. Children with a qualifying disability can also get SSI, according to the SSA’s website.

Adults who qualify for SSI generally do not have monthly wages above $2,019.

Those eligible for SSI can begin the application process online, in person at your local Social Security office, or by calling 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time during the work week.

SSI payment schedule for 2025

SSI checks will be sent out on the following dates remaining in 2025, according to the SSA calendar:

• Thursday, May 1, 2025: May payment

• Friday, May 30, 2025: June payment

• Tuesday, July 1, 2025: July payment

• Friday, Aug. 1, 2025: August payment

• Friday, Aug. 30, 2025: September payment

• Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025: October payment

• Friday, Oct. 31, 2025: November payment

• Monday, Dec. 1, 2025: December payment

• Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025: January 2026 payment

My scheduled payment date passed without payment. What do I do?

The Social Security Administration suggests that if you don’t receive your payment on the expected date, allow three additional mailing days before contacting the agency; most arrive on time because 99% of beneficiaries are paid electronically.

Where is a Social Security office in Rhode Island?

In Rhode Island, there are five offices. Here’s where:

• 380 Westminster St., Providence, RI 02903.

• 4 Pleasant St., Pawtucket, RI 02860.

• 30 Quaker Ln., Warwick, RI 02886.

• 130 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI 02840.

• 2168 Diamond Hill Rd, Woonsocket, RI 02895.

When can you start collecting Social Security?

Everyone can start receiving reduced Social Security benefits as early as age 62. However, waiting until full retirement age results in a larger monthly payment. That age has gradually increased in recent years, rising by two months for each successive birth year. For example, if you were born in 1958, your full retirement age is 66 years and 8 months, while those born in 1959 will reach it at 66 years and 10 months. According to the SSA, individuals born between May 2, 1958 and February 28, 1959, will reach their full retirement age in 2025. For those born in 1960 and later, the full retirement age will increase to 67.

USA Today contributed to this report

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Social Security payment dates May 2025: Some will get 2 checks in May