Will there be a third Social Security check payment in May 2025? Here’s all you need to know

With several Social Security beneficiaries across the US wondering if they will be receiving up to three payments during May 2025, it is important that we decode the complexities of the benefits disbursal schedule for the current month.

While it is indeed true that some Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients are slated to get three checks this month, it is only due to a quirk in the payment cycle of the Social Security Administration.

SSI check payments in May 2025

To be specific, retirees entitled to SSI payments will be getting two checks this month, one for May and another for June. SSI checks are typically dispersed on the first day of every month.


However, in cases when the first day of a month clashes with a weekend or a holiday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) shifts the payment date to the last working day of the preceding month. That is precisely what has happened this time, as June 1, 2025, falls on a Sunday.

SSI payment: Will everyone get three Social Security checks in May 2025?
A fraction of all SSI beneficiaries across the US are also entitled to get a check from Social Security, due to reasons like retirement or disability.

These recipients will receive a total of three benefit checks this month. Besides the two checks for May 2025 and June 2025 this month, they will also be entitled to an additional social security payment.

Meanwhile, the SSI beneficiaries who are not enrolled for Social Security payments will receive only two checks this month, one on May 1 and another on May 30.

Social Security checks in May 2025: Key payment dates

According to the traditional arrangements, the social security payments are deposited on Wednesdays of every month, depending on the recipient’s birthdate.

For example, if a receiver is born between the 1st and 10th of any month, their checks are credited by the second Wednesday of the payment month.

Meanwhile, those born between the 11th and 20th are paid on the third Wednesday, followed by the third lot of people born after the 20th receiving checks on the fourth Wednesday.

Meanwhile, social security beneficiaries who have been receiving checks since before May 1997 are routinely paid on the third day of a given month.

If the recipient also receives SSI, then that check is usually sent out by the SSA on the first day of the month.

Hence, those dual-benefit recipients who will be getting a total of three checks in May 2025 will see the last remaining deposit hit their bank account on May 30.

This will be in addition to the two checks that they have already received on May 1 (SSI) and May 3 (Social Security).

FAQs

Will I be getting three Social Security checks in May 2025?
If you are among the SSI beneficiaries who are also entitled to standard Social Security payment, then you will get a third check by the end of this month.

What will be the date of the third SSI check in May 2025?
The last check for SSI beneficiaries will be disbursed on May 30 as the first day of June clashes with a weekend.