While seniors will get their regularly scheduled benefit checks this month, 2025 brings an entirely new cost-of-living adjustment for beneficiaries.

Social Security payments are typically paid out starting on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. The remaining two payments will be paid out on the following two Wednesdays of the month. Which week you receive your payment depends on your birthdate. There is one big exception, which I'll cover below.

Millions of Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries typically receive one payment at the beginning of each month, but that won’t be the case in December. The SSI payment, worth up to $943 for an individual,

Those who receive Supplemental Security Income benefits from the Social Security Administration are no strangers to schedule interruptions when it comes to payments being dispersed, but December is shaping up to be a bit of a wonky month.