With a new month comes another round of Social Security payments.

So, should you be a beneficiary reading this, here’s when you can expected to get yours.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) explains that a person receives their Social Security payment based upon which day of the month they were born.

So, for the people born on the 1 to 10, it’s the second Wednesday of each month (April 8, in this case); the 11 through 20, the third Wednesday of each month (April 15); and the 21 through the 31, the fourth Wednesday of each month (April 22).

Those receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) can expect it on April 1. For anyone who received Social Security before May 1997, your payment date is April 3.

The SSA states that individuals receive $944 a month; married couples, $1,491. Someone deemed an essential person — someone who helps someone stay in their home by paying part of the cost to have someone live with you, among other things — receives $498 a month.

There are nearly 71 million Social Security beneficiaries in the United States as of January, according to the administration. The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for this year ended up being 2.8 percent.

Similar to the IRS, the SSA is making a push to become a more digital-first institution: The agency announced in February that over 100 million people nationwide had created Social Security accounts, marking “a major milestone in the agency’s digital-first transformation to increase accessibility, expand service, and improve the overall customer experience for the public.”

“More than 100 million Americans have chosen to set up ‘my Social Security’ accounts because they want immediate access to service, 24 hours a day, and tools to manage their benefits with ease,” said Commissioner Frank J. Bisignano via press release.

“This milestone underscores what we are working toward at SSA: providing convenient, best-in-class customer service that meets people where they are, whether it is online with ‘my Social Security,’ on the phone, or in person or at local field offices.”

You can check your Social Security payments for yourself here.

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