{
  "title": "Social Security Payment Schedule 2026 and 2027",
  "canonical": "https://quantcalc.app/social-security-payment-schedule-2026/",
  "status": "STATUTORY",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "date_modified": "2026-09-24",
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "20 CFR §404.1807 (monthly payment day)",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-20/chapter-III/part-404/subpart-S/section-404.1807",
      "verified": "'born on the 1st through the 10th ... second Wednesday ... 11th through the 20th ... third Wednesday ... after the 20th ... fourth Wednesday'; 3rd of the month for applications before May 1, 1997, SS+SSI, foreign residence, state-paid Medicare premium; '(6) If the day regularly scheduled ... falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal legal holiday, you will be paid on the first preceding day that is not'"
    },
    {
      "label": "20 CFR §416.502 (SSI paid on the 1st)",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-20/chapter-III/part-416/subpart-E/section-416.502",
      "verified": "'a payment will be made on the first day of each month ... If the first day of the month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, payments will be made on the first day preceding such day which is not'"
    },
    {
      "label": "OPM, Federal holidays",
      "url": "https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/",
      "verified": "2026, 2027 and 2028 schedules read 2026-09-24; the observed dates below are copied from them"
    },
    {
      "label": "SSA, Schedule of Social Security Benefit Payments 2026 (Publication 05-10031)",
      "url": "https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10031-2026.pdf",
      "verified": "ssa.gov refuses automated clients from our host; the Internet Archive copy of 2026-09-18 was read. Its legend states the same rules (2nd/3rd/4th Wednesday by birth date; before May 1997 or SS+SSI: 3rd; SSI: 1st). Its highlighted dates are colour, not text, so the dates here are computed from the regulations and the OPM holiday list rather than transcribed."
    }
  ],
  "figures": {
    "schedule": {
      "2026": [
        {
          "month": "January",
          "m": 0,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2026-01-01",
            "paid": "2025-12-31",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2026-01-03",
            "paid": "2026-01-02",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2026-01-14",
            "paid": "2026-01-14",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2026-01-21",
            "paid": "2026-01-21",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2026-01-28",
            "paid": "2026-01-28",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "February",
          "m": 1,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2026-02-01",
            "paid": "2026-01-30",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2026-02-03",
            "paid": "2026-02-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2026-02-11",
            "paid": "2026-02-11",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2026-02-18",
            "paid": "2026-02-18",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2026-02-25",
            "paid": "2026-02-25",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "March",
          "m": 2,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2026-03-01",
            "paid": "2026-02-27",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2026-03-03",
            "paid": "2026-03-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2026-03-11",
            "paid": "2026-03-11",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2026-03-18",
            "paid": "2026-03-18",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2026-03-25",
            "paid": "2026-03-25",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "April",
          "m": 3,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2026-04-01",
            "paid": "2026-04-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2026-04-03",
            "paid": "2026-04-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2026-04-08",
            "paid": "2026-04-08",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2026-04-15",
            "paid": "2026-04-15",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2026-04-22",
            "paid": "2026-04-22",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "May",
          "m": 4,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2026-05-01",
            "paid": "2026-05-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2026-05-03",
            "paid": "2026-05-01",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2026-05-13",
            "paid": "2026-05-13",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2026-05-20",
            "paid": "2026-05-20",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2026-05-27",
            "paid": "2026-05-27",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "June",
          "m": 5,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2026-06-01",
            "paid": "2026-06-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2026-06-03",
            "paid": "2026-06-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2026-06-10",
            "paid": "2026-06-10",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2026-06-17",
            "paid": "2026-06-17",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2026-06-24",
            "paid": "2026-06-24",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "July",
          "m": 6,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2026-07-01",
            "paid": "2026-07-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2026-07-03",
            "paid": "2026-07-02",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2026-07-08",
            "paid": "2026-07-08",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2026-07-15",
            "paid": "2026-07-15",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2026-07-22",
            "paid": "2026-07-22",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "August",
          "m": 7,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2026-08-01",
            "paid": "2026-07-31",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2026-08-03",
            "paid": "2026-08-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2026-08-12",
            "paid": "2026-08-12",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2026-08-19",
            "paid": "2026-08-19",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2026-08-26",
            "paid": "2026-08-26",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "September",
          "m": 8,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2026-09-01",
            "paid": "2026-09-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2026-09-03",
            "paid": "2026-09-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2026-09-09",
            "paid": "2026-09-09",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2026-09-16",
            "paid": "2026-09-16",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2026-09-23",
            "paid": "2026-09-23",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "October",
          "m": 9,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2026-10-01",
            "paid": "2026-10-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2026-10-03",
            "paid": "2026-10-02",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2026-10-14",
            "paid": "2026-10-14",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2026-10-21",
            "paid": "2026-10-21",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2026-10-28",
            "paid": "2026-10-28",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "November",
          "m": 10,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2026-11-01",
            "paid": "2026-10-30",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2026-11-03",
            "paid": "2026-11-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2026-11-11",
            "paid": "2026-11-10",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2026-11-18",
            "paid": "2026-11-18",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2026-11-25",
            "paid": "2026-11-25",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "December",
          "m": 11,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2026-12-01",
            "paid": "2026-12-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2026-12-03",
            "paid": "2026-12-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2026-12-09",
            "paid": "2026-12-09",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2026-12-16",
            "paid": "2026-12-16",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2026-12-23",
            "paid": "2026-12-23",
            "shifted": false
          }
        }
      ],
      "2027": [
        {
          "month": "January",
          "m": 0,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2027-01-01",
            "paid": "2026-12-31",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2027-01-03",
            "paid": "2026-12-31",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2027-01-13",
            "paid": "2027-01-13",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2027-01-20",
            "paid": "2027-01-20",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2027-01-27",
            "paid": "2027-01-27",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "February",
          "m": 1,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2027-02-01",
            "paid": "2027-02-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2027-02-03",
            "paid": "2027-02-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2027-02-10",
            "paid": "2027-02-10",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2027-02-17",
            "paid": "2027-02-17",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2027-02-24",
            "paid": "2027-02-24",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "March",
          "m": 2,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2027-03-01",
            "paid": "2027-03-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2027-03-03",
            "paid": "2027-03-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2027-03-10",
            "paid": "2027-03-10",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2027-03-17",
            "paid": "2027-03-17",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2027-03-24",
            "paid": "2027-03-24",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "April",
          "m": 3,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2027-04-01",
            "paid": "2027-04-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2027-04-03",
            "paid": "2027-04-02",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2027-04-14",
            "paid": "2027-04-14",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2027-04-21",
            "paid": "2027-04-21",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2027-04-28",
            "paid": "2027-04-28",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "May",
          "m": 4,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2027-05-01",
            "paid": "2027-04-30",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2027-05-03",
            "paid": "2027-05-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2027-05-12",
            "paid": "2027-05-12",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2027-05-19",
            "paid": "2027-05-19",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2027-05-26",
            "paid": "2027-05-26",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "June",
          "m": 5,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2027-06-01",
            "paid": "2027-06-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2027-06-03",
            "paid": "2027-06-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2027-06-09",
            "paid": "2027-06-09",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2027-06-16",
            "paid": "2027-06-16",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2027-06-23",
            "paid": "2027-06-23",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "July",
          "m": 6,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2027-07-01",
            "paid": "2027-07-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2027-07-03",
            "paid": "2027-07-02",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2027-07-14",
            "paid": "2027-07-14",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2027-07-21",
            "paid": "2027-07-21",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2027-07-28",
            "paid": "2027-07-28",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "August",
          "m": 7,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2027-08-01",
            "paid": "2027-07-30",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2027-08-03",
            "paid": "2027-08-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2027-08-11",
            "paid": "2027-08-11",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2027-08-18",
            "paid": "2027-08-18",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2027-08-25",
            "paid": "2027-08-25",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "September",
          "m": 8,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2027-09-01",
            "paid": "2027-09-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2027-09-03",
            "paid": "2027-09-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2027-09-08",
            "paid": "2027-09-08",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2027-09-15",
            "paid": "2027-09-15",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2027-09-22",
            "paid": "2027-09-22",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "October",
          "m": 9,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2027-10-01",
            "paid": "2027-10-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2027-10-03",
            "paid": "2027-10-01",
            "shifted": true
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2027-10-13",
            "paid": "2027-10-13",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2027-10-20",
            "paid": "2027-10-20",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2027-10-27",
            "paid": "2027-10-27",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "November",
          "m": 10,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2027-11-01",
            "paid": "2027-11-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2027-11-03",
            "paid": "2027-11-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2027-11-10",
            "paid": "2027-11-10",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2027-11-17",
            "paid": "2027-11-17",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2027-11-24",
            "paid": "2027-11-24",
            "shifted": false
          }
        },
        {
          "month": "December",
          "m": 11,
          "ssi": {
            "scheduled": "2027-12-01",
            "paid": "2027-12-01",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "third": {
            "scheduled": "2027-12-03",
            "paid": "2027-12-03",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed2": {
            "scheduled": "2027-12-08",
            "paid": "2027-12-08",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed3": {
            "scheduled": "2027-12-15",
            "paid": "2027-12-15",
            "shifted": false
          },
          "wed4": {
            "scheduled": "2027-12-22",
            "paid": "2027-12-22",
            "shifted": false
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}