Quarterly Benefit Statistics

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board

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Chicago, Illinois 60611-1275

www.rrb.gov

Railroad Retirement and 

Unemployment Insurance Programs

List of Tables: Table 1 - Retirement and Survivor Programs, Benefit Statistics

Table 2 - Retirement and Survivor Programs, Financial Statistics

Table 3 - Unemployment and Sickness Programs, Benefit Statistics

Table 4 - Benefits and Beneficiaries

Average annuity amounts being paid,

June 2017 and June 2022

 Published by Public Affairs

 and the Bureau of the Actuary and Research

September 30, 2022

Selected Current Statistics for April - June 2022

Employee

(age annuities

only)

Spouse (married) Aged widow(er)

$2,717

$1,018

$1,654

$3,204

$1,173

$1,972

2017

2022

Employee Spouse Aged widow(er)

(age annuities only)
Table 1: Retirement and Survivor Programs, Benefit Statistics 

April - June 2022

 Employee annuities

 Total1 

 Period Monthly Monthly Supple- 

 benefits beneficiaries Disability mental3 

Number in current-payment status at end of periodJune 2022 594,846 479,498 179,918 47,883 17,529 106,293 May 2022 596,018 480,286 180,113 47,880 17,675 106,673 April 2022 597,258 481,130 180,462 47,862 17,816 107,052 Average amount in current-payment status at end of periodJune 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,204.20 $2,825.09 $3,090.22 $41.49 May 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,202.73 2,823.82 3,088.53 41.49 April 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,201.51 2,821.31 3,087.89 41.49 Number awarded during periodJune 2022 1,661 1,633 479 . . . . . . . . 114 28 May 2022 1,557 1,525 347 . . . . . . . . 114 32 April 2022 1,705 1,628 380 . . . . . . . . 125 77 10/21 - 6/22 17,056 16,225 4,333 . . . . . . . . 1,072 831 10/20 - 6/21 18,287 16,974 4,528 . . . . . . . . 1,237 1,313 Average amount awarded during period4

June 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,167.38 . . . . . . . . $3,345.67 $36.65 May 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,033.93 . . . . . . . . 3,260.78 37.32 April 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,151.67 . . . . . . . . 3,347.26 38.28 Benefit payments during period (thousands)5June 2022 $1,125,445 . . . . . . . . $577,168 $135,540 $59,576 $4,463 May 2022 1,127,728 . . . . . . . . 578,417 135,595 59,779 4,479 April 2022 1,130,644 . . . . . . . . 579,842 135,536 60,540 4,492 10/21 - 6/22 10,051,966 . . . . . . . . 5,148,637 1,209,028 533,851 40,724 10/20 - 6/21 9,864,719 . . . . . . . . 5,024,013 1,164,674 564,873 42,113 

Age

Awarded age 

annuity

Disability 

converted to 

age annuity2

1Includes dependent parents' annuities. Except for benefit payment data, excludes insurance lump-sum and residual payment figures. Total benefit payments also include hospital 

Canada. 2A 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 a

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. 3E

and divorced spouses where the employee is deceased. Averages are after court-ordered partitions. 4Regular employee and spouse annuity averages are preliminary estimates. 

the Monthly Treasury Statement. Prior to July 2019, data was provided by the Bureau of Fiscal Operations. NOTE.--MONTHLY BENEFITS in CURRENT-PAYMENT STATUS at the end of month include all benefits awarded to date and payable for the month. BENEFITS AWARDED cons

either a partial or final basis. BENEFIT PAYMENTS for a month, shown in both the benefit and financial statistics, consist of recurrent monthly checks dated the first of the month, p

payments made during the month, less returned checks (excluding those not yet distributed by Account), refunds of benefits paid previously, etc. 
Annuities

Period

Aged

widows and

widowers

Disabled

widows and

widowers6

Widowed

mothers and

fathers

Remarried

widows and

widowers

Divorced

widows and

widowers Children

Insurance

lump sums

Number in current-payment status at end of periodJune 2022 75,541 2,935 594 2,315 9,746 7,439 . . . . . . . . May 2022 75,674 2,935 587 2,316 9,732 7,542 . . . . . . . . April 2022 75,864 2,951 581 2,325 9,722 7,545 . . . . . . . . 

Average amount in current-payment status at end of periodJune 2022 $1,972.22 $1,528.63 $2,107.09 $1,308.05 $1,331.76 $1,325.65 . . . . . . . . May 2022 1,967.41 1,526.37 2,107.94 1,307.19 1,329.63 1,329.06 . . . . . . . . 

April 2022 1,962.91 1,525.74 2,106.91 1,303.78 1,327.60 1,328.22 . . . . . . . . 

Number awarded during periodJune 2022 428 4 5 12 61 26 132 May 2022 403 6 10 12 62 41 142 

April 2022 420 7 15 4 73 41 146 

10/21 - 6/22 4,228 37 115 62 596 388 1,331 10/20 - 6/21 4,515 56 92 63 574 367 1,549 Average amount awarded during period4

June 2022 $2,529.40 $2,257.90 $222.95 $1,354.92 $1,466.59 $1,707.91 $880 May 2022 2,465.98 1,589.45 1,080.86 1,567.33 1,381.81 1,394.63 936 April 2022 2,511.44 1,704.42 2,064.19 1,352.25 1,451.92 1,776.21 957 

Benefit payments during period (thousands)5

June 2022 $148,892 $4,618 $1,293 $3,018 $13,138 $10,354 $124 May 2022 148,935 4,645 1,346 3,025 13,099 10,496 144 April 2022 149,149 4,740 1,347 3,043 13,259 10,442 147 

10/21 - 6/22 1,335,410 41,699 11,710 27,054 115,293 91,724 1,248 10/20 - 6/21 1,324,272 42,620 10,834 27,389 107,115 89,930 1,456 

Table 1: Retirement and Survivor Programs, Benefit Statistics

April - June 2022 -- Continued

Survivor benefits

6Number and average in current-payment status, and benefit payments during period, includes annuities to disabled widow(er)s age 60 and over now payable as aged widow(er)s' annuities

spouses and divorced spouses where the employee is deceased or not otherwise entitled to an annuity. Partition payments from employees on the rolls are included with the employees' a

NOTE.--(Continued from previous page.)FOR WIDOWS and WIDOWERS aged 60 and over and WIDOWED MOTHERS and FATHERS, the number of benefits being paid and benefit payments include benefits temporarily being pending award of survivor annuities.INSURANCE LUMP SUMS and RESIDUAL PAYMENTS are each counted only once with respect to an employee's death even though divided among 2 or more persons. Award data for ibenefits, i.e., those payable a year after the employee's death.Data on benefit payments are for CALENDAR MONTHS; all other data are for ACCOUNTING MONTHS ending on approximately the 29th of each month.
Table 2: Retirement and Survivor Programs, Financial Statistics

April - June 2022 (In thousands)

Cash Basis

Item June

2022

May

2022

April

2022

October 2021 -

June 2022

October 2020 -

June 2021

SOCIAL SECURITY EQUIVALENT BENEFIT ACCOUNT

Income

 Payroll taxes1 $223,690 $230,568 $207,929 $2,200,290 $1,764,671 

 Income tax transfers2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,000 268,000 201,000 

 Financial interchange advances3 450,555 363,188 411,907 3,587,823 3,846,641 

 RRB-SSA financial interchange transfer 5,471,335 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,471,335 4,899,598 

 Interest on investments4 2,312 2,426 2,267 18,385 14,350 

Outgo

 Benefit payments $655,353 $656,775 $657,483 $5,821,786 $5,652,035 

 Repayment of financial interchange advances3 5,085,908 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,085,908 4,951,591 

 RRB-CMS financial interchange transfer 515,866 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515,866 568,162 

 Transfer to Railroad Retirement Account5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -466,000 

 Administrative expenses 1,959 1,959 1,766 15,854 18,584 

 Funding for Office of Inspector General 202 202 202 1,629 1,679 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNT

Income

 Payroll taxes1 $270,591 $277,963 $252,293 $2,466,648 $2,137,528 

 Income tax transfers2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,000 320,000 393,000 

 Reimbursements for payment of SSA benefits 183,838 183,920 183,917 1,618,342 1,522,792 

 Transfers from National RR Investment Trust5 231,000 52,000 98,000 1,164,000 2,489,000 

 Transfer from SSEB Account5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -466,000 

 Interest on investments4 1,150 1,546 1,572 11,839 6,492 

Outgo

 Benefit payments $469,369 $470,218 $472,414 $4,223,135 $4,203,965 

 Payments of SSA benefits 183,707 183,926 183,996 1,617,092 1,522,100 

 Loans to Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

 Administrative expenses 7,489 7,489 6,825 60,673 63,681 

 Funding for Office of Inspector General 773 773 773 6,231 5,777 

Cash and investment balance at end of period6 $25,118,402 $26,690,902 $26,635,288 $25,118,402 $28,021,203 

DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 7

Vested dual benefit payments $723 $735 $748 $7,045 $8,719 

NATIONAL RAILROAD RETIREMENT INVESTMENT TRUST

1Net of U.S. Treasury adjustments for payroll tax refunds to certain carriers and their employees for prior periods. 2Amounts include U.S. Treasury adjustments for prior period income tax 

reconciliations. 3Includes interest. 4Net of adjustments for payroll tax refunds (see note 1). 5Under the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001, as amended, the 

portion of the Railroad Retirement (RR) Account not needed to pay current administrative expenses is to be transferred to the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust (Trust). The 

Trust may transfer funds back to the RR Account for payment of benefits. The balance of the Social Security Equivalent Benefit (SSEB) Account not needed to pay current benefits and 

administrative expenses is to be transferred to the Trust or to the RR Account 6Source: National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust. 7Total vested dual benefits paid during a fiscal 

year are limited to the amount appropriated to the Dual Benefits Payments Account for that year. Any amounts not spent are returned to the U.S. Treasury. The benefit appropriation, 

including income tax transfers, for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 was $13.0 and $11.0 million, respectively. 

NOTE.--This Table has been revised to only include information from the Monthly Treasury Statements and other resources within the Railroad Retirement Board's Bureau of 

the Actuary and Research.
Table 3: Unemployment and Sickness Programs, Benefit Statistics

April - June 2022

Normal benefit accounts Beneficiaries

Period

Applications

received Opened Exhausted Total

Normal

benefits

Unemployment1

June 2022 1,305 193 72 1,018 763 May 2022 354 170 102 1,116 802 April 2022 309 188 290 1,566 1,160 7/21 - 6/22 11,724 5,608 1,806 6,617 6,439 7/20 - 6/21 25,953 21,240 5,926 23,702 23,528 

Sickness

June 2022 1,397 741 309 3,793 3,173 May 2022 976 705 319 4,019 3,279 April 2022 978 738 376 4,552 3,464 7/21 - 6/22 24,902 14,777 3,451 18,704 18,507 7/20 - 6/21 34,063 16,304 3,792 24,090 23,949 

Number of payments Averages1

Period Total

Normal

benefits

Extended

benefits

Benefit

days

Benefit

per week2

Unemployment

June 2022 2,331 1,706 625 9.0 $405.45 May 2022 2,290 1,620 670 8.8 404.25 April 2022 3,088 2,110 978 8.3 399.60 7/21 - 6/22 50,773 45,132 5,641 9.1 403.20 7/20 - 6/21 188,153 178,155 9,998 8.7 384.45 

Sickness

June 2022 8,747 6,882 1,865 8.8 $404.90 May 2022 8,625 6,734 1,891 8.7 403.85 April 2022 9,680 7,096 2,584 8.8 404.85 7/21 - 6/22 131,036 115,569 15,467 8.7 406.60 7/20 - 6/21 140,015 125,028 14,987 7.8 387.05 

NORMAL BENEFIT ACCOUNTS are opened when the first payment is made.The number of BENEFICIARIES is the count of persons receiving unemployment or sickness benefits in the period. Those receiving both normal and extended benefits for unemploymare counted only once in the total for each type.PAYMENTS generally cover 14-day registration periods. Benefits are payable for days over 7 during an employee's first 14-day registration period. -- Sickness benefits are paid for days of sickness after the 4th consecutive day of sickness in the first claim in each period of continuing sickness; for subsequent registration periods in the same period of continuing sickness, payments are made for all days of sickness over 4 whether or not consecutive. -- Unemployment benefits are paid for days of unemployment over 4. However, in the case of unemployment benefits due to a legal authorized strike, unemployment benefits are not  until after a 14-day waiting period. Non-strikers unemployed due to an illegal strike must also serve a 14-day waiting period.

1 Benefit days--average benefit days per registration period. Benefit per week--equal to 5 times average daily benefit.2 In accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, amounts reflect a reduction of 6.6% under sequestration for days of unemploymen

 after September 30, 2017, 6.2% for days after September 30, 2018, 5.9% for days after September 30, 2019, and 5.7% for days after September 30, 2020, and before January 3, 2 January 3, 2021, the Continued Assistance to Rail Workers Act (CARWA) of 2020 temporarily suspended sequestration until 30 days after a Presidential declaration of an end to the  emergency concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. 

NOTE .--Additional unemployment and sickness benefits were also paid under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020 (CARES Act). CARWA and the AmericAct of 2021 (ARPA) reduced the enhanced benefit payments from $1,200 to $600 per registration period while extending all benefits through registration periods beginning September Special Extended Unemployment Benefits and Enhanced Benefits were paid to unemployment beneficiaries, and Waived Waiting Period Benefits were paid to unemployment and to sbeneficiaries, as follows: -- In April 2022, $10,000 to 10 beneficiaries, $6,000 to fewer than 10 beneficiaries, and less than $300 to fewer than 10 unemployment and $1,000 to fewer than 10 sickness benefici -- In May 2022, $1,000 to fewer than 10 beneficiaries, $3,000 to fewer than 10 beneficiaries, and less than $300 to fewer than 10 unemployment and $1,000 to fewer than 10 sicknes -- In June 2022, $1,000 to fewer than 10 beneficiaries, no enhanced benefits were paid, and no waived waiting period unemployment and $1,000 to fewer than 10 sickness beneficiarGENERAL NOTES .--An unemployment claimant files only one APPLICATION for a benefit year. A sickness claimant files an APPLICATION at the beginning of each period of contin
Table 4: Benefits and Beneficiaries -- June 2022 

RETIREMENT - SURVIVOR

Total benefit payments - cash basis (unaudited)1 $1,125,445,000

 Regular and Supplemental benefits 1,124,722,000

 Vested dual benefits 723,000

Number Average

Total benefits being paid at end of month 595,000 . . . . . . .

 Retired employees':

 Regular 245,000 $3,122

 Supplemental 106,000 41

 Spouses' and divorced spouses' 142,000 1,159

 Aged widows' and widowers' 76,000 1,972

 Other benefits 26,000 1,267

Total beneficiaries being paid at end of month 479,000 . . . . . . .

UNEMPLOYMENT - SICKNESS

Unemployment Sickness

Gross benefit payments1 $1,696,000 $5,979,000

Beneficiaries 1,000 3,800

Average payment per week1 $405 $405

1 In accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, amounts reflect a reduction of 5.9% 

under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after September 30, 2019, 5.7% for days after September 30, 2020, and 

before January 3, 2021. Beginning January 3, 2021, the Continued Assistance to Rail Workers Act (CARWA) of 2020 temporarily 

suspended sequestration until 30 days after a Presidential declaration of an end to the national emergency concerning the COVID-19 

pandemic. 

NOTE.--Additional unemployment and sickness benefits were also paid under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security 

(CARES) Act of 2020. The Continued Assistance to Rail Workers Act of 2020 (CARWA) and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 

(ARPA) reduced the enhanced benefit payments from $1,200 to $600 per registration period while extending all benefits through

registration periods beginning September 6, 2021. In June 2022, the gross amount paid was less than $2,000.