Benefit payments January 2018

Total

Retirement and Survivor Retired employees

Benefits, Including Spouses and divorced spouses

Supplemental Annuites Widow(er)s - aged and disabled

Other benefits

Number Average1 Number Average1

Total, regular annuities 523,500 ......... 2,700 ......... .........

Regular employee annuities, total 263,300 $2,724 1,100 $3,194 .........

 Awarded age annuity 189,800 2,789 2 600 2 3,900 3 $1,993

 Disability converted to age annuity4 46,600 2,452 ......... ......... .........

 Disability 26,900 2,740 100 2,867

Spouses and divorced spouses 147,000 1,028 1,000 1,009

Widow(er)s--aged and disabled 89,900 1,673 500 2,172

Widowed mothers and fathers 600 1,864 5/ 1,441

Widow(er)s--remarried and divorced 12,600 1,101 100 1,173

Children 8,400 1,105 5/ 1,520

Other survivors 1,800 319 ......... ......... .........

Employee supplemental annuities7 121,400 42 400 42 .........

1

Railroad retirement benefits shown are net of reduction for social security benefit entitlement.

2

For employees retiring directly from the railroad industry with full age annuity (their years of service averaged 35); about 400

 other age annuities were awarded in the month. 

3

For men full retirement age or over. 

4

A disability annuity ends when the retiree attains full retirement age, at which time the annuity converts to an age and service annuity.

 Consequently, these annuitants are receiving age and service annuities. Full retirement age is age 65 for those born before 1938

 and gradually increases to age 67 for those born 1960 and later.

5

Fewer than 50.

6

Remarried and divorced widow(er)s included with aged and disabled widow(er)s and widowed mothers and fathers.

7

Excludes partition payments to spouses and divorced spouses where the employee is deceased. Number

 and averages are for employee annuitants only and reflect court-ordered partitions. 

Note. --Data are on a cash basis (unaudited) and are partly estimated. Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

Regular retirement and survivor benefit payments total includes hospital insurance benefits for services in Canada.

.........

$1,064,002,000 $1,040,629,000

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - January 2018

Average under

Being Paid Awarded

Monthly benefits January 2018

January 2017

152,260,000 152,158,000

26,069,000 25,472,000

732,736,000 715,319,000

152,936,000 147,680,000

Being paid

end of month

Awarded in

month

Social Security

.........

$1,407

.........

1,301 1,326

.........

.........

1,197 1,325

713 719

964 973

6/ 6/

859 873

(Over)
 Unemployment 3,800 $334 

 Sickness 5,400 333 

 Unemployment3

 Sickness

1

 In accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by the Budget Control 

 Act of 2011, amounts reflect a reduction of 7.2% under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after 

 September 30, 2013, a reduction of 7.3% for days after September 30, 2014, 6.8% for days after September 30, 2015,

 6.9% for days after September 30, 2016, and 6.6% for days after September 30, 2017.

2

 Data provided by the Bureau of Fiscal Operations.

3

 Starting in June 2009, includes temporary extended unemployment benefits authorized by the American Recovery

 and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Benefits had to begin by December 31, 2009. Beginning in November 2009, temporary

 extended unemployment benefits are also being paid under the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act

 of 2009, as amended. Benefits had to begin by December 31, 2013.

Note. --Data are on a cash basis (unaudited). Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement 

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - (Continued)

January 2018

$591 

588

Total $9,919,000 $13,395,000 

Benefit payments1, 2

Unemployment and Sickness Benefits

Number of beneficiaries

during month

Per 2-week

registration period

Per

full week

Average payment1

January 2018 January 2017

 7,684,000

5,647,000 5,710,000

4,272,000 

Published by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board

Bureau of the Actuary and Research