| Year | Average primary insurance amount | Average monthly benefit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All disabled workers |
Men | Women | All disabled workers |
Men | Women | |
| 1960 | -- | -- | -- | 91.20 | 94.00 | 78.90 |
| 1965 (Jan.–Aug.) | -- | -- | -- | 93.30 | 97.90 | 80.30 |
| 1965 (Sept.–Dec.) | -- | -- | -- | 101.30 | 106.50 | 86.80 |
| 1970 | -- | -- | -- | 139.80 | 148.40 | 115.70 |
| 1975 | -- | -- | -- | 241.20 | 263.80 | 190.90 |
| 1980 | -- | -- | -- | 406.30 | 449.40 | 308.50 |
| 1985 | -- | -- | -- | 475.60 | 530.40 | 363.70 |
| 1986 | -- | -- | -- | 473.80 | 531.50 | 357.40 |
| 1987 | -- | -- | -- | 506.00 | 573.20 | 381.60 |
| 1988 | -- | -- | -- | 297.40 | 321.20 | 263.50 |
| 1989 | -- | -- | -- | 562.10 | 634.40 | 429.90 |
| 1990 | -- | -- | -- | 594.20 | 667.90 | 465.80 |
| 1991 | -- | -- | -- | 605.50 | 685.20 | 470.60 |
| 1992 | -- | -- | -- | 621.90 | 699.80 | 494.20 |
| 1993 | -- | -- | -- | 639.80 | 720.10 | 507.70 |
| 1994 | -- | -- | -- | 672.80 | 757.70 | 535.00 |
| 1995 | -- | -- | -- | 687.70 | 786.90 | 549.00 |
| 1996 | 734.00 | 836.40 | 595.70 | 709.10 | 807.90 | 575.60 |
| 1997 | 752.00 | 855.40 | 623.50 | 728.10 | 824.00 | 608.80 |
| 1998 | 771.30 | 879.50 | 639.50 | 746.30 | 846.80 | 623.80 |
| 1999 | 813.20 | 922.30 | 674.70 | 787.80 | 890.70 | 657.10 |
| 2000 | 856.80 | 975.30 | 718.70 | 833.70 | 947.70 | 700.90 |
| 2001 | 891.60 | 1,019.60 | 739.00 | 867.70 | 989.30 | 722.60 |
| 2002 | 923.90 | 1,053.00 | 772.10 | 898.60 | 1,021.70 | 753.90 |
| 2003 | 963.10 | 1,096.70 | 805.90 | 937.50 | 1,064.90 | 787.60 |
| 2004 | 994.00 | 1,130.30 | 835.70 | 968.50 | 1,098.60 | 817.40 |
| 2005 | 1,026.40 | 1,164.30 | 867.20 | 1,001.50 | 1,133.30 | 849.30 |
| 2006 | 1,062.80 | 1,203.60 | 902.40 | 1,038.20 | 1,172.80 | 884.90 |
| 2007 | 1,079.10 | 1,219.30 | 919.20 | 1,053.50 | 1,187.50 | 900.70 |
| SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2000, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record, various sampling rates; from 2000 to 2001, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 1 percent sample; data after 2001 are 100 percent data. | ||||||
| NOTES: Data exclude closed period awards in 2002 and 2003 and expedited reinstatement cases since 2002. | ||||||
| Benefits awarded before the December cost-of-living increase are converted to the December rates before averages are computed. | ||||||
| -- = not available. | ||||||
| CONTACT: Hazel P. Jenkins (410) 965-0164 or di.asr@ssa.gov. | ||||||