<body><div> Social Security recipients are concerned after learning they won’t receive a monthly check in December. However, this is simply due to a calendar quirk - some will receive two checks in November instead. The change affects those receiving Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which for couples can provide up to $4,873 and $1,415 respectively. Social Security is a retirement benefit based on work history. On the other hand, SSI is need-based and is designed to help seniors who don't qualify for normal Social Security, as well as people of any age who are blind or have disabilities. SSI payments are issued on the first business day of the month. But because December 1 falls on a Sunday this year the month's payments will in fact be distributed on Friday November 29. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Retirement checks are also subject to the same quirks in the calendar and can occasionally arrive a couple of days earlier. Payments are staggered throughout the month due to the large number that need processing. If you're born within the 1st and 10th of any month you should receive your monthly check on the second Wednesday of the month. Those born in the next category, between 11th and 20th, received their check on <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/consumer/article-13864777/social-security-checks-date-payment.html" rel="nofollow"> the third Wednesday of the month, </a> October 16. Those born between the 21st and 31st of any given month will receive their check on the fourth Wednesday, falling next week on the 23rd. The highest retirement payments are as much as $4,873, though the figure is likely to be lower for the majority of recipients. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> In fact, the average monthly retirement check is $1,907, a figure that takes into&nbsp;account the 35 highest-earning years in a recipient's career and is adjusted for <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/inflation/index.html" rel="nofollow"> inflation </a> . 'The maximum benefit depends on the age you retire. For example, if you retire at full retirement age in 2024, your maximum benefit would be $3,822,' the SSA states on its website. 'However, if you retire at age 62 in 2024, your maximum benefit would be $2,710. 'If you retire at age 70 in 2024, your maximum benefit would be $4,873,' the site explains. Total payouts, including for retirement, disability and survivor benefits, now cost the government around $1.5 trillion a year. Meanwhile, Americans living in nines states will collect less Social Security from this month due to a jump in taxes. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2qJnEd_0wCTDqCF00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2qJnEd_0wCTDqCF00" width="634" height="423" ><figcaption>Social security recipients were left worried after looking at the cheque schedule </figcaption></figure> Beneficiaries that live in <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/colorado/index.html" rel="nofollow"> Colorado </a> , <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/connecticut/index.html" rel="nofollow"> Connecticut </a> , <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/minnesota/index.html" rel="nofollow"> Minnesota </a> , <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/montana/index.html" rel="nofollow"> Montana </a> , <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/new-mexico/index.html" rel="nofollow"> New Mexico </a> , <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/rhode-island/index.html" rel="nofollow"> Rhode Island </a> , <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/utah/index.html" rel="nofollow"> Utah </a> , <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/vermont/index.html" rel="nofollow"> Vermont </a> or West <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/virginia/index.html" rel="nofollow"> Virginia </a> may have to pay more. The exact impact will depend on which state you live in and overall income. It also emerged earlier this year that Social Security is <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/consumer/article-13391857/retirement-social-security-funds-run-short.html" rel="nofollow"> expected to run short on funds </a> by 2035. The program relies on its trust funds to provide monthly benefit checks to around 70 million Americans. But an aging population is pushing up the cost of the program as a smaller share of people are paying into it, and spending is outpacing income. The latest annual <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/oact/trsum/" rel="nofollow"> report </a> from the Social Security Board of Trustees found that the program will only be able to pay out full benefits for the next 11 years - which is one year later than previous estimates. </div></body>

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Social Security recipients are concerned after learning they won't receive a monthly check in December.