Social Security benefit payments, retirement & survivors insurance

The table below shows the amount of benefits paid from the OASI Trust Fund. The amounts by type of benefit are estimated.
Annual benefits paid from the OASI Trust Fund, by type of benefit, calendar years 1937-2023
[In millions]
Year Total Retired workers and dependents Survivors Special
age-72
benefi-
ciaries		 Lump-
sum
death payments
Retired
workers		 Wives
and
husbands		 Dependent children Surviving children Widowed
mothers
& fathers		 Widows
and
widowersa		 Parents
1937 $1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... $1
1938 10 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10
1939 14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14
1940 35 $15 $2 b $3 $2 b b ... 9
1941 88 44 7 $1 13 8 $2 b ... 13
1942 131 65 10 1 21 13 5 b ... 15
1943 166 79 13 1 29 16 9 $1 ... 18
1944 209 97 16 1 39 20 14 1 ... 22
1945 274 126 21 2 52 27 20 1 ... 26
1946 378 189 31 2 66 32 28 1 ... 28
1947 466 245 40 3 77 34 37 2 ... 29
1948 556 300 49 4 86 36 48 2 ... 32
1949 667 373 60 5 95 39 60 2 ... 33
1950 961 557 88 6 135 49 89 3 ... 33
1951 1,885 1,135 175 11 260 82 156 9 ... 57
1952 2,194 1,328 200 12 298 92 191 10 ... 63
1953 3,006 1,884 275 16 369 114 248 12 ... 87
1954 3,670 2,340 338 21 430 133 304 13 ... 92
1955 4,968 3,253 466 29 532 163 396 16 ... 113
1956 5,715 3,793 536 33 581 177 469 17 ... 109
1957 7,347 4,888 756 43 651 198 653 19 ... 139
1958 8,327 5,567 851 56 720 223 757 20 ... 133
1959 9,842 6,548 982 77 855 263 921 25 ... 171
1960 10,677 7,053 1,051 92 945 286 1,057 28 ... 164
1961 11,862 7,802 1,124 106 1,080 316 1,232 31 ... 171
1962 13,356 8,813 1,216 134 1,171 336 1,470 34 ... 183
1963 14,217 9,391 1,258 146 1,222 348 1,612 34 ... 206
1964 14,914 9,854 1,277 150 1,275 354 1,754 33 ... 216
1965 16,737 10,984 1,383 175 1,515 388 2,041 35 ... 217
1966 18,267 11,727 1,429 216 1,812 415 2,351 35 $44 237
1967 19,468 12,372 1,456 221 1,855 420 2,545 34 313 252
1968 22,642 14,278 1,673 253 2,207 478 3,117 37 330 269
1969 24,209 15,385 1,750 260 2,322 490 3,371 36 303 291
1970 28,796 18,438 2,029 303 2,760 574 4,055 39 305 294
1971 33,413 21,544 2,323 352 3,168 630 4,763 41 285 306
1972 37,122 24,143 2,532 382 3,433 679 5,326 43 263 320
1973 45,741 29,336 3,000 457 4,002 801 7,505 48 264 329
1974 51,618 33,369 3,309 533 4,399 898 8,497 49 237 327
1975 58,509 38,079 3,719 634 4,888 1,009 9,597 50 196 337
1976 65,699 43,083 4,117 736 5,336 1,113 10,757 51 174 332
1977 73,113 48,186 4,559 830 5,759 1,191 12,068 52 157 312
1978 80,352 53,255 4,983 921 6,093 1,284 13,278 51 142 344
1979 90,556 60,379 5,554 1,014 6,608 1,409 15,071 52 128 340
1980 105,074 70,358 6,405 1,142 7,389 1,572 17,638 55 119 394
1981 123,795 83,614 7,543 1,321 8,307 1,760 20,749 58 110 332
1982 138,800 95,123 8,539 1,223 8,204 1,861 23,488 59 100 203
1983 149,502 103,578 9,328 1,143 7,911 1,771 25,425 56 85 205
1984 157,862 109,957 9,860 1,135 7,775 1,474 27,325 53 71 212
1985 167,360 116,823 10,517 1,140 7,762 1,474 29,330 51 57 207
1986 176,845 123,584 11,152 1,166 7,843 1,457 31,345 48 47 203
1987 183,644 128,513 11,598 1,183 7,846 1,388 32,833 44 36 203
1988 195,522 136,987 12,292 1,219 8,120 1,392 35,233 43 29 208
1989 207,977 146,027 13,054 1,249 8,254 1,401 37,723 41 21 206
1990 222,993 156,756 13,953 1,316 8,564 1,437 40,705 39 16 206
1991 240,436 169,142 14,986 1,405 9,022 1,490 44,139 38 12 202
1992 254,939 179,372 15,810 1,494 9,431 1,521 47,060 37 9 206
1993 267,804 188,440 16,356 1,563 9,897 1,547 49,746 36 6 214
1994 279,118 196,400 16,854 1,637 10,293 1,551 52,124 34 4 220
1995 291,682 205,315 17,348 1,715 10,717 1,573 54,761 32 3 218
1996 302,914 213,423 17,715 1,799 11,217 1,486 57,025 31 1 218
1997 316,311 223,554 18,154 1,882 11,660 1,466 59,349 30 1 216
1998 326,817 232,324 18,395 1,940 11,936 1,435 60,540 29 b 218
1999 334,437 238,478 18,415 1,992 12,125 1,415 61,769 27 b 216
2000 352,706 253,542 18,969 2,133 12,532 1,406 63,884 26 b 214
2001 372,370 268,976 19,491 2,332 13,134 1,441 66,758 26 b 212
2002 388,170 281,624 19,884 2,475 13,690 1,476 68,782 25 b 213
2003 399,892 291,518 19,951 2,583 14,072 1,486 70,052 24 b 206
2004 415,082 304,261 20,164 2,714 14,538 1,515 71,660 24 b 205
2005 435,373 321,706 20,500 2,888 15,103 1,535 73,411 24 b 206
2006 460,457 342,865 21,005 3,082 15,814 1,562 75,900 24 b 204
2007 485,881 364,278 21,571 3,274 16,486 1,573 78,472 24 b 203
2008 509,056 383,999 22,022 3,482 17,041 1,592 80,692 23 b 205
2009 557,160 424,044 23,613 3,922 18,071 1,647 85,639 23 b 201
2010 577,448 443,390 24,001 4,114 18,024 1,645 86,048 23 b 203
2011 596,212 461,234 24,176 4,288 18,100 1,647 86,541 22 b 204
2012 637,948 497,471 25,348 4,583 18,752 1,676 89,896 22 ... 200
2013 672,175 528,862 26,300 4,780 18,923 1,660 91,427 22 ... 201
2014 706,821 560,120 27,484 4,974 19,192 1,638 93,192 21 ... 199
2015 742,939 592,423 28,760 5,195 19,597 1,618 95,116 21 ... 209
2016 768,633 616,003 29,895 5,382 19,805 1,568 95,755 21 ... 204
2017 798,722 644,181 30,493 5,559 20,048 1,529 96,682 20 ... 210
2018 844,924 686,099 31,615 5,828 20,660 1,500 98,995 20 ... 207
2019 902,833 737,809 33,323 6,127 21,310 1,488 102,551 20 ... 206
2020 952,388 783,504 34,023 6,341 21,795 1,480 105,000 19 ... 226
2021 993,167 822,440 33,050 6,384 22,445 1,492 107,101 19 ... 237
2022 1,088,170 906,826 33,491 6,754 24,674 1,593 114,584 19 ... 229
2023 1,227,389 1,030,242 34,991 7,411 27,305 1,673 125,532 20 ... 215
a Aged widow(er)s and disabled widow(er)s.
b Less than $500,000.
Notes:
  1. Amounts by type of benefit are estimated.
  2. The amounts of benefits paid in each year generally do not reflect adjustments that were made for earlier periods. Such adjustments include reimbursements beginning in 1983 for uncashed checks, a reimbursement in 2006 that corrected an accounting error over the period 1999-2005 related to voluntary income tax withholding, and transfers in 2007-09 from the OASI Trust Fund to the DI Trust Fund to correct a trust fund allocation error made on payments to certain dually entitled disabled beneficiaries.
  3. Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.