Benefit payments1 March 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 523,000 ......... 2,300 ......... .........

Regular employee annuities, total 263,100 $2,730 900 $3,097 .........

 Awarded age annuity 189,800 2,796 3 400 3 4,032 4 $1,926

 Disability converted to age annuity5 46,800 2,458 ......... ......... .........

 Disability 26,500 2,743 200 2,995

Spouses and divorced spouses 147,100 1,030 900 1,061

Widow(er)s--aged and disabled 89,400 1,683 400 2,173

Widowed mothers and fathers 600 1,873 6/ 1,923

Widow(er)s--remarried and divorced 12,600 1,106 100 1,132

Children 8,400 1,109 6/ 1,314

Other benefits 1,800 318 ......... ......... .........

Employee supplemental annuities8 121,000 42 300 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 35); some 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.

(Over)

.........

715 730

1,302 1,266

967 943

7/ 7/

861 864

.........

$1,410

.........

1,198 $1,325

Monthly benefits March 2018

Being Paid Awarded

Being paid

end of month

Awarded in

month

Social Security

Average under

.........

.........

731,689,000 714,672,000

153,366,000 148,323,000

151,221,000 151,847,000

25,969,000 25,696,401

$1,062,244,000 $1,040,538,000

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - March 2018

March 2017
 Unemployment 3,200 $333 

 Sickness 5,100 335 

 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, 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)

March 2018 

Unemployment and Sickness Benefits

Number of beneficiaries

during month

Per 2-week

registration period

Per

full week

Average payment1

$595 

585

Benefit payments1, 2

3,667,000 6,462,000 

March 2018 March 2017

Total $9,012,000 $11,726,000 

5,345,000 5,263,000 

Bureau of the Actuary and Research

Published by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board