Social Security update: Direct increased SSI payment worth $914 to arrive in 11 days

Published December 19, 2022 6:50pm ET




Recipients of Supplemental Security Income will receive a payment of $914 on Dec. 30, the first check reflecting 2023’s massive increase for Social Security payments.

SSI recipients are receiving two payments this month due to the first day of next month, January, falling on a national holiday, New Year’s Day. The payment on Dec. 30 will be slightly higher than the first payment from earlier this month on Dec. 1, when SSI recipients received $841.

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This is because the Social Security Administration is enacting a cost-of-living adjustment to monthly benefits, leading to the payments in the new year being 8.7% larger.

The Dec. 30 payment will mark the first of 2023 SSI payments due to SSI recipients receiving no payment in January 2023. A total of 12 SSI payments are issued by the SSA every year so that recipients get one payment every month.

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In 2023, recipients will be given two payments within the same month in April, June, September, and December due to the first of the months following those falling on a weekend or a holiday.