Benefit payments1 September 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 521,200 ......... 2,300 ......... .........

Regular employee annuities, total 262,100 $2,748 900 $3,078 .........

 Awarded age annuity 189,600 2,817 3 400 3 3,864 4 $1,915

 Disability converted to age annuity5 47,400 2,474 ......... ......... .........

 Disability 25,100 2,746 200 2,824

Spouses and divorced spouses 147,700 1,035 900 1,041

Widow(er)s--aged and disabled 88,100 1,707 500 2,227

Widowed mothers and fathers 600 1,902 6/ 2,202

Widow(er)s--remarried and divorced 12,700 1,117 100 1,157

Children 8,200 1,110 6/ 1,349

Other benefits 1,900 320 ......... ......... .........

Employee supplemental annuities8 120,200 42 300 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 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 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.

$1,013,592,000 $1,043,391,000

688,171,000 717,044,000

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - September 2018

September 2017

154,631,000 149,453,000

146,277,000 151,375,000

Monthly benefits September 2018

Being paid

end of month

Awarded in

month

Social Security

24,513,000 25,519,000

Average under

984 961

7/ 7/

859 855

Being Paid

720 745

1,307 1,265

1,199 1,341

 Awarded

.........

.........

$1,417

.........

(Over)

.........

.........
 Unemployment 2,000 $356 

 Sickness 4,600 357 

 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. Current activity reflects recoveries.

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

Average payment1

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement 

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - (Continued)

September 2018

Unemployment and Sickness Benefits

September 2018 September 2017

Total $6,886,000 

 5,641,000

$8,743,000

2,421,000 3,102,000

4,465,000 

 Per

 full week

$655 

Benefit payments1, 2

647

Number of beneficiaries

during month

Per 2-week

registration period

Published by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board

Bureau of the Actuary and Research