Direct Monthly Social Security Payments Worth up to $4,194 to Arrive Soon

Blank checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 11, 2005. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images

In just a few days, tens of millions of Social Security retirement payments worth up to $4,194 will go out to eligible individuals.

The standard payments issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA) each month will be sent on Jan. 11 for people born between the 1st and 10th of a month, according to a 2023 schedule posted by the agency (pdf). Retirement benefits start on the second Wednesday of each month.