Benefit payments1 September 2019

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 515,900 ......... 2,000 ......... .........

Regular employee annuities, total 259,400 $2,839 700 $3,076 .........

 Awarded age annuity 188,400 2,912 3 300 3 3,795 4 $1,983

 Disability converted to age annuity5 48,500 2,564 ......... ......... .........

 Disability 22,600 2,822 100 2,916

Spouses and divorced spouses 148,200 1,065 800 1,019

Widow(er)s--aged and disabled 85,200 1,766 400 2,307

Widowed mothers and fathers 600 1,942 6/ 1,346

Widow(er)s--remarried and divorced 12,500 1,165 100 1,263

Children 8,000 1,157 6/ 1,517

Other benefits 2,100 323 ......... ......... .........

Employee supplemental annuities8 117,800 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 33); about 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.

Monthly benefits September 2019

$1,084,658,000 $1,013,592,000

747,413,000 688,171,000

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - September 2019

September 2018

Being paid

end of month

Awarded in

month

Social Security

159,180,000 154,631,000

151,368,000 146,277,000

Average under

26,697,000 24,513,000

1,020 1,017

7/ 7/

886 885

Being Paid

752 790

1,356 1,315

1,237 1,381

 Awarded

.........

.........

$1,475

.........

.........

.........

(Over)
 Unemployment 3,500 $363 

 Sickness 4,600 363 

Gross benefit payments1, 2

 Unemployment

 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 6.8% under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after 

 September 30, 2015, 6.9% for days after September 30, 2016, 6.6% for days after September 30, 2017, and 6.2% for

 days after September 30, 2018.

2

 Prior to July 2019, unemployment and sickness benefit payments were based on net amounts. Beginning in July 2019,

 that data is no longer available. Benefit payments for 2018 and 2019 have been adjusted to reflect gross amounts.

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 and Research

$651 

662

 6,205,000

$8,915,000

4,761,000 2,711,000

6,690,000 

Number of beneficiaries

during month

Per 2-week

registration period

Total $11,450,000 

September 2019

 Per

 full week

Average payment1

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement 

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - (Continued)

September 2019

Unemployment and Sickness Benefits

September 2018