Social Security December 10 Payments: Who Gets Their Money?

Social Security will send payments on December 10, 2025, to people receiving retirement, SSDI or survivor benefits whose insured worker was born between the 1st and 10th, following the standard second-Wednesday schedule.

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Social Security December 10 Payments: The Social Security Administration is getting ready to send out another round of payments in December 2025. These monthly checks are very important because millions of people across the United States depend on them. Many folks are watching the dates closely since the year is about to end and they want to know exactly when their money will arrive.

Social Security sends money to more than 70.2 million people, including retirees, people on SSDI, and families getting survivor benefits. The agency does not pay everyone on the same day. Instead, it uses a schedule based on when the worker was born. One of the big payment days this month is Wednesday, December 10.

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What are the amounts that Social Security gives to its beneficiaries?

Average Social Security benefit amounts vary by category (SSA figures based on October data):

Retired Workers: $2,012.30
Disabled Workers (SSDI): $1,588.44
Survivor Benefits: $1,575.89
Supplemental Security Income (SSI): $717.51

Who has already received their December Social Security payment?

Some groups received their benefits before December 10, as their payment dates are not determined by their birthday:

Friday, December 1: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients.
Wednesday, December 3: Long-term beneficiaries who began receiving retirement, SSDI or survivor benefits before May 1997.
Dual beneficiaries: They received SSI on December 1 and the regular Social Security benefit on December 3.

Who gets paid on December 10, 2025?

The payment on Wednesday, December 10 is for people getting retirement, SSDI or survivor benefits if the insured worker was born from the 1st to the 10th of any month. If the birthday falls in this range, then this is the date when their Social Security money will show up.

The SSA sends most payments on the second, third, and fourth Wednesdays every month. The exact Wednesday you get depends on the worker’s birth date.

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What are the next Social Security payment dates?

The December 2025 payment schedule (excluding long-term and SSI beneficiaries) is determined as follows:

Born on the day of the month / Payment date (Wednesday)

From the 1st to the 10th of each month / Wednesday, December 10
From the 11th to the 20th of each month / Wednesday, December 17
From the 21st to the 31st of each month / Wednesday, December 24

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