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Supplemental Security Income recipients will get two checks in August due to the payment schedule.
SSI, which the Social Security Administration manages, provides monthly funds to qualifying people whose income and resources (such as vehicles or money in their bank accounts) are limited, according to the SSA.
Payments for August are set for Friday, Aug. 1.
But due to how the payment schedule works, another SSI payment is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 29. This payment is for September, so SSI recipients shouldn’t expect to see a SSI payment during the actual month of September, as they’ll be receiving it later this month.
Social Security benefits will be paid on four dates in August.
Here’s more on the payment schedules and what recipients should know.
Social Security overpayment: Why your check may be smaller
Those who were previously overpaid by the Social Security Administration may get smaller benefit checks.
An overpayment can happen when a beneficiary fails to update a change in income, for instance, and as a result Social Security overpays them. Or the SSA can incorrectly calculate a person’s benefits.
The Social Security Administration said in April it would begin sending notices to recipients who got overpayments in the past. After sending out overpayment notices, the SSA would allow 90 days for recipients to seek a waiver or lower repayment rate. Then, the agency would begin withholding 50% of recipients’ benefits until the overpayment is repaid (after approximately July 24, at the earliest).
When are the SSI payments for August? See the SSI calendar 2025
Supplemental Security Income checks will be sent out on the following dates in 2025, according to the SSA calendar.
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025 (Check for January 2026)Friday, Aug. 1, 2025 (Check for August 2025)Friday, Aug. 29, 2025 (Check for September 2025)Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 (Check for October 2025)Friday, Oct. 31, 2025 (Check for November 2025)Monday, Dec. 1, 2025 (Check for December 2025)
Notice that SSI recipients will receive two checks in the same month in August, October, and December due to how the payment schedule falls.
When do I get my Social Security? See August SSA payment schedule
Social Security benefits are paid on four dates in August, mainly corresponding to recipients’ birthdays.
Here are those payment dates, according to SSA’s calendar:
Aug. 1: Recipients who received Social Security before May 1997 or receive both Social Security and SSIAug. 13: Recipients whose birth date falls between the 1st and 10thAug. 20: Recipients whose birth date falls between the 11th and 20thAug. 27: Recipients whose birth date falls between the 21st and 31stHow many people in Washington state receive SSI payments, Social Security?
About 135,000 Washingtonians received SSI payments in June 2025, according to the Social Security Administration. About 115,000 recipients were in the blind and disabled category.
There were about 1.5 million Social Security beneficiaries in Washington state in December 2024, according to the agency’s statistics.