Benefit payments June 2016

Total

Retirement and Survivor Retired employees

Benefits, Including Spouses and divorced spouses

Supplemental Annuites Widow(er)s - aged and disabled

Other benefits

Number Average1 Number Average1

Total, regular annuities 530,800 ......... 2,200 ......... .........

Regular employee annuities, total 266,500 $2,612 900 $3,033 .........

 Awarded age annuity 190,200 2,663 2 400 2 3,901 3 $1,830

 Disability converted to age annuity4 44,200 2,349 ......... ......... .........

 Disability 32,200 2,673 200 2,656

Spouses and divorced spouses 145,100 987 900 1,074

Widow(er)s--aged and disabled 95,200 1,596 400 1,935

Widowed mothers and fathers 600 1,853 5/ 1,939

Widow(er)s--remarried and divorced 12,900 1,049 100 1,184

Children 8,800 1,066 5/ 1,445

Other benefits 1,500 310 ......... ......... .........

Employee supplemental annuities7 122,700 42 400 41 .........

1

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

2

For employees retiring directly from the railroad industry with full age annuity (their years of service averaged 36); about 300

 other age annuities were awarded in the month. 

3

For men full retirement age or over. 

4

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.

5

Fewer than 50.

6

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

7

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 June 2016

$1,040,401,000 $1,024,833,000

715,510,000 703,021,000

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - June 2016

June 2015

Being paid

end of month

Awarded in

month

Social Security

145,531,000 140,743,000

153,574,000 155,078,000

25,787,000 25,991,000

Average under

6/ 6/

835 812

.........

Being Paid

679 714

1,255 1,216

1,166 1,287

 Awarded

.........

.........

$1,348

.........

936 919

(Over)

.........
 Unemployment 4,700 $335 

 Sickness 4,300 334 

 Unemployment2

 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 9.2% under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after 

 February 28, 2013, a reduction of 7.2% for days after September 30, 2013, 7.3% for days after September 30, 2014, 

 and 6.8% for days after September 30, 2015.

2

 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

Per

full week

Total $8,503,000 

3,651,000 

$5,750,000 

4,950,000 2,099,000 

3,553,000 

June 2016 June 2015

$587 

Benefit payments1

584

Number of beneficiaries

during month

Per 2-week

registration period

Average payment1

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement 

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - (Continued)

June 2016

Unemployment and Sickness Benefits