In March 2025, the Social Security Administration (SSA) continues its payment schedule, but not all retirees will receive their checks on the next payment date, March 19.

Social Security recipients should note an update for April 2025 payments, which will include benefit increases for millions of retirees.

The second round of March’s Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, will go out to a group of retirees in six days. Here is all you need to know about this month’s Social Security payments.

A lot has changed in the past 20 years. In 2005, Netflix was still mailing out DVDs, MySpace was the most popular social media platform, and many phone plans still charged per text sent or received. Another thing that's changed in the past two decades is the average monthly Social Security benefit.