Benefit payments1 May 2018

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 521,800 ......... 2,000 ......... .........

Regular employee annuities, total 262,400 $2,735 600 $2,843 .........

 Awarded age annuity 189,400 2,801 3 200 3 3,848 4 $1,909

 Disability converted to age annuity5 46,900 2,464 ......... ......... .........

 Disability 26,000 2,743 100 2,528

Spouses and divorced spouses 147,100 1,032 800 1,108

Widow(er)s--aged and disabled 88,900 1,691 400 2,208

Widowed mothers and fathers 600 1,876 6/ 1,419

Widow(er)s--remarried and divorced 12,600 1,110 100 1,193

Children 8,400 1,111 6/ 1,333

Other benefits 1,800 319 ......... ......... .........

Employee supplemental annuities8 120,500 42 200 40 .........

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 34); 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.

(Over)

.........

1,304 1,259

.........

.........

1,198 1,322

716 741

969 961

7/ 7/

861 848

.........

$1,412

Being paid

end of month

Awarded in

month

Social Security

May 2017

150,844,000 151,463,000

26,062,000 25,733,000

728,699,000 714,605,000

153,173,000 148,061,000

.........

$1,058,777,000 $1,039,862,000

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - May 2018

Average under

Being Paid Awarded

Monthly benefits May 2018
 Unemployment 2,000 $335 

 Sickness 4,400 334 

 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 7.3% under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after 

 September 30, 2014, 6.8% for days after September 30, 2015, 6.9% for days after September 30, 2016, and 6.6% for

 days after September 30, 2017.

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.

Published by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board

Bureau of the Actuary and Research

1,988,000 2,402,000 

2,670,000 4,125,000 

May 2018 May 2017

Unemployment and Sickness Benefits

Number of beneficiaries

during month

Per 2-week

registration period

Per

full week

Average payment1

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement 

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - (Continued)

May 2018

$590 

579

Total $4,658,000 $6,527,000 

Benefit payments1, 2