Benefit payments March 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 531,900 ......... 2,600 ......... .........

Regular employee annuities, total 267,100 $2,600 1,000 $2,969 .........

 Awarded age annuity 190,400 2,649 2 500 2 3,785 3 $1,904

 Disability converted to age annuity4 43,900 2,340 ......... ......... .........

 Disability 32,800 2,670 100 2,695

Spouses and divorced spouses 144,900 983 1,000 1,069

Widow(er)s--aged and disabled 96,000 1,585 500 2,054

Widowed mothers and fathers 600 1,840 5/ 2,416

Widow(er)s--remarried and divorced 12,900 1,043 100 1,090

Children 8,900 1,066 5/ 1,491

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

Employee supplemental annuities7 122,900 42 500 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 35); about 400

 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.

$1,029,460,000 $1,017,300,000

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - March 2016

March 2015

152,944,000 154,632,000

25,745,000 25,689,000

706,120,000 697,314,000

144,650,000 139,665,000

Average under

.........

.........

Monthly benefits March 2016

Being Paid Awarded

Being paid

end of month

Awarded in

month

Social Security

$1,345

.........

1,166 $1,266

.........

674 734

1,253 1,213

929 909

6/ 6/

834 840

.........

(Over)
 Unemployment 7,500 $333 

 Sickness 4,900 334 

 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.

Bureau of the Actuary

Published by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board

4,439,000 3,915,000 

March 2016 March 2015

Total $13,468,000 $6,621,000 

$594 

588

Benefit payments1

9,029,000 2,706,000 

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 2016 

Unemployment and Sickness Benefits