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Is Your Social Security Check Above or Below Average?

The average retired worker check is just over $2008. Compare your entitlement, fix errors, plan for deductions, and maximize ...
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4 Reasons Your Social Security Check Might Be Smaller Than You Expected

About 69 million people receive Social Security benefits, yet many are surprised when their monthly checks come in lower than ...
Staten Island Advance

Your Social Security check is safe during the shutdown, but there’s a catch you need to know about

A recent article addresses concerns among Social Security recipients regarding the federal government shutdown, benefit payments, and recent policy changes. It clarifies that while monthly payments ...

Does the government shutdown 2025 affect Social Security payments? See if you'll get paid

The federal government shutdown 2025 is now on Day 21, with no relief in sight. Here's what to know about your Social Security payments.
AZ Central

Some Social Security recipients will get 2 checks in October. See the payment schedule

Though most Social Security recipients will get checks like normal in October, some will receive two checks after receiving none in September. Most of the nearly 74 million who get Social Security ...
NorthJersey.com

How to switch from paper Social Security checks by the Sept. 30 changeover to electronic

Over 13,000 New Jerseyans will be affected when Social Security benefits move to electronic-only payments by Sept. 30, 2025. The Social Security Administration announced that beneficiaries will no ...

Social Security alert: Some recipients won’t get November check. Here’s the payment schedule.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A chunk of Social Security recipients are going to go without a payment in November, and it has nothing to do with the government’s weeks long shutdown. Based on the Social ...
The Motley Fool

If Your Social Security Check Is Higher Than This, Expect an Above-Average 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA)

Retirees are on track for a cost-of-living adjustment in 2026. While the COLA hasn't been announced yet, the news will hopefully come in October. Not all retirees will receive the same extra amount in ...
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Does the government shutdown 2025 affect Social Security payments? See if you'll get paid

Hopes to reopen the government today Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, have dwindled, and with some Social Security Administration offices closed and in-person services limited, beneficiaries may be worried ...