SSDI September 2024: Your Money’s on the Way

Social Security Disability Insurance recipients expecting a check this week don’t have much longer to wait. As we head into the third week of September, the third round of SSDI payments are soon to roll out too. When exactly your check should arrive depends on your birthday or how long you’ve been receiving Social Security benefits. Below, we’ll break down the payment schedule for you and how your payment date is determined by the Social Security Administration. 

Through SSDI, the Social Security Administration sends monthly payments to people who have a disability that stops or limits their ability to work.

For more, check out the Social Security payment schedule and the SSI payment schedule.

Payment schedule if you’ve had SSDI since May 1997 or earlier

If you started getting SSDI before May 1997, you’d usually receive your payment on the third day of every month. Note that this isn’t always the case, like when the third day falls on a weekend or holiday. This past March was such a month, and SSDI recipients received their payments two days earlier, on the first day of the month. 

For everyone else, payments are birthdate-dependent 

If you began receiving SSDI after May 1997, then your payment date is determined by the day of the month you were born. Payments are typically paid out on the second, third and fourth Wednesday of the month. Which Wednesday you get your check breaks down like this: 

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When you’ll get your SSDI payment for the month of September

Here’s when your SSDI payment should arrive this month:

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