Benefit payments December 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 530,700 ......... 1,700 ......... .........

Regular employee annuities, total 266,500 $2,636 500 $2,903 .........

 Awarded age annuity 190,900 2,691 2 300 2 3,710 3 $1,833

 Disability converted to age annuity4 45,100 2,372 ......... ......... .........

 Disability 30,500 2,684 100 2,191

Spouses and divorced spouses 146,400 996 700 1,008

Widow(er)s--aged and disabled 93,900 1,617 400 2,014

Widowed mothers and fathers 700 1,885 5/ 1,828

Widow(er)s--remarried and divorced 12,900 1,058 100 1,151

Children 8,700 1,072 5/ 1,483

Other benefits 1,600 310 ......... ......... .........

Employee supplemental annuities7 122,900 42 300 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 200

 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.

155,696,000 142,016,000

158,145,000 153,399,000

Monthly benefits December 2016

$1,074,698,000 $1,021,229,000

733,217,000 700,346,000

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - December 2016

December 2015

Being paid

end of month

Awarded in

month

Social Security

27,640,000 25,468,000

Average under

947 917

6/ 6/

837 838

Being Paid

687 698

1,263 1,213

1,171 1,292

 Awarded

.........

.........

$1,360

.........

.........

.........

(Over)
 Unemployment 5,000 $333 

 Sickness 5,400 334 

 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 7.2% under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after 

 September 30, 2013, a reduction of 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

 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

$606 

Benefit payments1

610

Number of beneficiaries

during month

Per 2-week

registration period

Total $13,081,000 

 5,986,000

 $11,380,000

7,742,000 5,394,000

5,339,000 

December 2016 December 2015

Average payment1

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement 

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - (Continued)

December 2016

Unemployment and Sickness Benefits