After a month in which Social Security payments arrived later in the month than usual, benefits for June are hitting sooner.
Social Security – mostly for those who are older or retired – typically pays benefits on Wednesdays, with the first wave of payments going out the second Wednesday of the month and the rest of payments going out the subsequent Wednesdays.
Last month, the second Wednesday fell on May 14, the latest date that payments could go out. Timing for June's payments are more the norm. Recipients whose birthday falls between the first and 10th of the month are issued payments on the second Wednesday of the month, which this month is June 11, according to Social Security Administration’s calendar.
Beneficiaries born between the 11th and 20th are paid on the third Wednesday (June 18), and those born after the 20th of the month get payments on the fourth Wednesday of the month (June 25), according to the SSA calendar. Social Security recipients who began getting benefits before May 1997 are paid on the 3rd of the month.
Those who get Supplemental Security Income checks won't get a check in the month of June, but they got two checks in the month of May, due to quirks of the calendar.
