Benefit payments1 August 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 516,100 ......... 2,300 ......... .........

Regular employee annuities, total 259,500 $2,837 900 $3,215 .........

 Awarded age annuity 188,400 2,910 3 400 3 3,950 4 $1,976

 Disability converted to age annuity5 48,300 2,561 ......... ......... .........

 Disability 22,800 2,821 100 2,926

Spouses and divorced spouses 148,100 1,064 900 1,033

Widow(er)s--aged and disabled 85,400 1,762 400 2,295

Widowed mothers and fathers 600 1,937 6/ 1,748

Widow(er)s--remarried and divorced 12,500 1,163 100 1,151

Children 8,000 1,154 6/ 1,452

Other benefits 2,100 322 ......... ......... .........

Employee supplemental annuities8 118,000 42 300 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 34); 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 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 August 2019

$1,087,605,000 $1,114,317,000

750,471,000 777,145,000

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - August 2019

August 2018

Being paid

end of month

Awarded in

month

Social Security

158,922,000 154,550,000

151,661,000 154,781,000

Average under

26,550,000 27,841,000

1,018 1,003

7/ 7/

886 877

Being Paid

751 787

1,355 1,321

1,236 1,385

 Awarded

.........

.........

$1,473

.........

.........

.........

(Over)
 Unemployment 3,000 $362 

 Sickness 4,400 362 

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

$655 

648

6,789,000 

$9,747,000 

4,082,000 2,958,000 

6,183,000 

Number of beneficiaries

during month

Per 2-week

registration period

Total $10,265,000 

August 2019

Per

full week

Average payment1

Benefits and Beneficiaries Under the Railroad Retirement 

and Unemployment Insurance Systems - (Continued)

August 2019

Unemployment and Sickness Benefits

August 2018