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Beneficiary Data - December 2004

Total

1,069,600 beneficiaries
$896 million
$837 average monthly benefit
  Retired workers
627,080
$583 million
$929 average monthly benefit

    Their dependents

60,780
$ 29 million
$479 average monthly benefit
  Disabled workers
171,850
$148 million
$862 average monthly benefit

    Their dependents

49,040
$ 12 million
$252 average monthly benefit
  Survivors
160,850
$123 million
$767 average monthly benefit


Earnings and Employment Data - 2003

  • About 3.1 million residents worked in Social Security covered employment.
  • Covered earnings totaled about $81 billion.
  • About $10 billion was paid in Social Security taxes.

 

 

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