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December 2025 Social Security Payment Schedule Announced

11/30/2025

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Social Security payments for December 2025 will be issued on three Wednesdays: Dec. 10 for recipients born between the 1st and 10th, Dec. 17 for those born between the 11th and 20th, and Dec. 24 for those born between the 21st and 31st.
Recipients who began receiving benefits before May 1997 will be paid on Dec. 3.
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments will be distributed on Dec. 1, with the January payment scheduled for Dec. 31 due to the New Year’s holiday.
A 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment will take effect in January 2026, benefiting over 708,000 residents in Connecticut.

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Social Security payments for December 2025 will be issued on three Wednesdays: Dec. 10 for recipients born between the 1st and 10th, Dec. 17 for those born between the 11th and 20th, and Dec. 24 for those born between the 21st and 31st.
Recipients who began receiving benefits before May 1997 will be paid on Dec. 3.
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments will be distributed on Dec. 1, with the January payment scheduled for Dec. 31 due to the New Year’s holiday.
A 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment will take effect in January 2026, benefiting over 708,000 residents in Connecticut.