Benefit payments1 December 2019

Total

Retirement and Survivor Retired employees

Benefits, Including Spouses and divorced spouses

Supplemental Annuites Widow(er)s - aged and disabled

Other benefits

Number Average2 Number Average2

Total, regular annuities 514,500 ......... 1,600 ......... .........

Regular employee annuities, total 258,600 $2,881 600 $3,276 .........

 Awarded age annuity 188,100 2,956 3 300 3 4,061 4 $1,994

 Disability converted to age annuity5 48,800 2,604 ......... ......... .........

 Disability 21,700 2,861 100 2,983

Spouses and divorced spouses 148,200 1,078 600 1,109

Widow(er)s--aged and disabled 84,700 1,785 300 2,505

Widowed mothers and fathers 600 1,949 6/ 2,488

Widow(er)s--remarried and divorced 12,400 1,188 100 1,260

Children 7,900 1,180 6/ 1,689

Other benefits 2,100 324 ......... ......... .........

Employee supplemental annuities8 117,300 42 200 41 .........

1

Data provided by Bureau of Fiscal Operations.

2

Railroad retirement benefits shown are net of reduction for social security benefit entitlement. 3

For employees retiring directly from the railroad industry with full age annuity (their years of service averaged 34); some 200

 other age annuities were awarded in the month. 4

For men full retirement age or over. 

5

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 gradually increases, from age 65 to 67,

 for those born between 1937 and 1960. It is age 67 for those born after 1959 and age 65 for those born before 1938. 6

Fewer than 50.

7

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

8

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.

Monthly benefits December 2019

(Over)

Being paid

end of month

Awarded in

month

Social Security

7/ 7/

902 916

$1,503

.........

$1,082,779,000 $1,063,971,000

745,245,000 731,266,000

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - December 2019

December 2018

159,230,000 155,225,000

Average under

151,530,000

26,557,000 25,950,000

151,747,000

1,034 999

Being Paid

767 811

1,381 1,346

1,258 1,420

 Awarded

.........

.........

.........

.........
 Unemployment 4,900 $364 

 Sickness 4,900 365 

Gross benefit payments1, 2

 Unemployment

 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 6.9% under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after 

 September 30, 2016, 6.6% for days after September 30, 2017, 6.2% for days after September 30, 2018, and 5.9% for

 days after September 30, 2019.

2

 Prior to July 2019, unemployment and sickness benefit payments were based on net amounts. Beginning in July 2019,

 that data is no longer available. Benefit payments for 2018 and 2019 have been adjusted to reflect gross amounts.

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

December 2018

Average payment1

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement 

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - (Continued)

December 2019

Unemployment and Sickness Benefits

 5,724,000

 $8,629,000

6,408,000 2,904,000

6,726,000 

Number of beneficiaries

during month

Per 2-week

registration period

Total $13,134,000 

December 2019

 Per

 full week

$669 

669

Published by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board

Bureau of the Actuary and Research