Disability benefits will start for Supplemental Security Income recipients on December 31, 2024. If you qualify for both SSDI and SSI, you will get your first payment with the 2025 COLA rise just before New Year’s Day. The first Social Security Disability Insurance payment will be made on January 3, 2025.
Only two distinct sets of receivers can receive this monthly payment on the third. To be eligible, you must have been receiving benefits before to May 1997 or be receiving both Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance simultaneously. If you don’t, here are some alternative paydays.
SSDI payments on January 8, 15, or 22 with COLA
The other three payments and direct deposits will reflect the 2025 COLA rise, as did the SSDI payment on January 3. A critical boost to avoid losing additional purchasing power. Remember that you will receive one of the following disability benefits:
- your birthday is from 1-10: Disability Insurance payment on January 8
- your birthday is from 11-20: Disability Insurance payment on January 15
- your birthday is from 21-31: Disability Insurance payment on January 22
- you are not receiving SSI
- You remain eligible and have not broken SSA rules
- you got benefits after April 30, 1997, but not before
SSDI payment amounts for January 2025
The payout amount for SSDI benefits is determined by payroll taxes paid to SSA, years worked, and age of application. The average Disability Insurance check and deposit amount is $1,542.
In 2025, the maximum SSDI benefit payout will increase to $4,018 from $3,822 in 2024. Few workers can qualify since they must have earned the taxed maximum for 35 years.
If your SSDI payout is too low, you might apply for Supplemental Security Income. SSI can provide you with an average cheque of $697 in 2024 or $714 in 2025. So, apply as soon as possible to better your financial circumstances.
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