Benefit payments1 March 2017

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 527,600 ......... 2,400 ......... .........

Regular employee annuities, total 265,200 $2,648 900 $2,996 .........

 Awarded age annuity 190,200 2,705 3 400 3 3,908 4 $1,854

 Disability converted to age annuity5 45,300 2,382 ......... ......... .........

 Disability 29,700 2,688 100 2,823

Spouses and divorced spouses 146,200 1,001 900 998

Widow(er)s--aged and disabled 92,600 1,629 500 2,051

Widowed mothers and fathers 600 1,866 6/ 1,830

Widow(er)s--remarried and divorced 12,700 1,064 100 1,086

Children 8,700 1,078 6/ 1,439

Other benefits 1,600 312 ......... ......... .........

Employee supplemental annuities8 122,400 42 400 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)

.........

690 700

1,266 1,218

939 933

7/ 7/

840 852

.........

$1,365

.........

1,172 $1,275

Monthly benefits March 2017

Being Paid Awarded

Being paid

end of month

Awarded in

month

Social Security

Average under

.........

.........

714,672,000 706,120,000

148,323,000 144,650,000

151,847,000 152,944,000

25,696,401 25,745,000

$1,040,538,000 $1,029,460,000

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - March 2017

March 2016
 Unemployment 4,200 $332 

 Sickness 5,100 334 

 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 7.2% 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, and 6.9% for

 days after September 30, 2016.

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.

Bureau of the Actuary

Published by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board

5,263,000 4,439,000 

March 2017 March 2016

Total $11,726,000 $13,468,000 

$595 

586

Benefit payments1, 2

6,462,000 9,029,000 

Average payment1

Number of beneficiaries

during month

Per 2-week

registration period

Per

full week

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement 

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - (Continued)

March 2017 

Unemployment and Sickness Benefits