SSA Sets July 2026 Payment Dates for 70 Million Americans, Moving Some Checks to July 2
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Updated · Newsweek · Jun 23
SSA Sets July 2026 Payment Dates for 70 Million Americans, Moving Some Checks to July 2
2 articles · Updated · Newsweek · Jun 23
Summary
July 1 starts the July 2026 Social Security schedule with SSI payments, followed by July 2 checks for people who began benefits before May 1997 or receive both Social Security and SSI.
July 2 replaces the usual July 3 payment date because Independence Day is observed on Friday, closing banks and federal offices and pushing those deposits to the prior business day.
July 8, July 15 and July 22 are the three Wednesday payment dates for most other beneficiaries, split by birth dates of 1-10, 11-20 and 21-31.
July 31 will bring an early August SSI payment because Aug. 1 falls on a weekend, so some recipients will see two SSI deposits in the same month.
More than 70 million Americans rely on the benefits; the average retired-worker payment was $2,082.76 in May, after a 2.8% 2026 COLA, with some analysts projecting up to 4.7% for 2027.