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The Social Security Administration (SSA) pays benefits in the month following the month for which they are due. The payment you receive in September is for your August benefit. For most people, that payment arrives on the second, third or fourth Wednesday of the month, but there are several exceptions.
Here are the Social Security payment dates for September 2025.
Wednesday, Sept. 3: Beneficiaries who …
- receive both a Social Security retirement, disability, family or survivor benefit and Supplemental Security Income (SSI);
- live abroad;
- are enrolled in a Medicare Savings Program;
- or have been receiving Social Security payments since before May 1, 1997.
Wednesday, Sept. 10: Social Security beneficiaries with birthdays between the 1st and 10th of their birth month.
Wednesday, Sept. 17: Beneficiaries with birthdays between the 11th and 20th of their birth month.
Wednesday, Sept. 24: Beneficiaries with birthdays between the 21st and the end of their birth month.
SSI, an SSA-administered benefit for people with low incomes and limited financial assets who are age 65 or older, blind or have a disability, is typically paid on the first of the month. However, the SSA does not make payments on weekends or federal holidays. Labor Day falls on Sept. 1 this year, so SSI recipients received their August benefit on Aug. 29, the closest prior business day. September SSI payments will go out Oct. 1.
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