Benefit payments1 April 2018

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 522,600 ......... 2,100 ......... .........

Regular employee annuities, total 262,800 $2,733 700 $3,039 .........

 Awarded age annuity 189,700 2,798 3 300 3 3,957 4 $1,922

 Disability converted to age annuity5 46,800 2,461 ......... ......... .........

 Disability 26,300 2,745 100 2,832

Spouses and divorced spouses 147,100 1,031 800 1,070

Widow(er)s--aged and disabled 89,200 1,687 500 2,162

Widowed mothers and fathers 600 1,874 6/ 1,136

Widow(er)s--remarried and divorced 12,600 1,108 100 1,313

Children 8,400 1,110 6/ 1,061

Other benefits 1,800 319 ......... ......... .........

Employee supplemental annuities8 120,800 42 200 41 .........

1

Data provided by the 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); about 300

 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 is age 65 for those born before 1938

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

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.

.........

$1,061,086,000 $1,038,673,000

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - April 2018

Average under

Being Paid Awarded

Monthly benefits April 2018

April 2017

151,199,000 151,548,000

26,209,803 25,559,000

730,759,000 713,732,000

152,917,000 147,834,000

Being paid

end of month

Awarded in

month

Social Security

.........

$1,411

.........

1,303 1,264

.........

.........

1,198 $1,331

716 733

968 947

7/ 7/

861 862

(Over)
 Unemployment 2,600 $335 

 Sickness 4,800 334 

 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 7.3% under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness 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.

Published by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board

Bureau of the Actuary and Research

3,088,000 3,934,000 

4,286,000 3,860,000 

April 2018 April 2017

Unemployment and Sickness Benefits

Number of beneficiaries

during month

Per 2-week

registration period

Per

full week

Average payment1

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement 

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - (Continued)

April 2018

$585 

578

Total $7,374,000 $7,794,000 

Benefit payments1, 2