The 2023 Social Security payment schedule was based mostly on your birth date: people born on the 1st–10th were paid on the second Wednesday, the 11th–20th on the third Wednesday, and the 21st–31st on the fourth Wednesday. SSI was typically paid on the 1st of each month, or the prior Friday if the 1st fell on a weekend or holiday.

2023 payment rules

  • Born 1st–10th: second Wednesday of each month.
  • Born 11th–20th: third Wednesday of each month.
  • Born 21st–31st: fourth Wednesday of each month.
  • SSI: usually the 1st of the month, with early payment if the date landed on a weekend or holiday.
  • People who started benefits before May 1997, or who received both Social Security and SSI, were generally paid on the 3rd.

Example

If your birthday was on the 8th, your Social Security retirement or SSDI payment would have arrived on the second Wednesday each month in 2023. If you were receiving SSI alone, the payment would usually have come on the 1st, except when that day was not a business day.

Exact 2023 dates

Here is a simple HTML table of the 2023 monthly payment dates for people born on the 1st–10th, since the source page provides that example set explicitly:

MonthPayment date
JanuaryJanuary 11
FebruaryFebruary 8
MarchMarch 8
AprilApril 12
MayMay 10
JuneJune 14
JulyJuly 12
AugustAugust 9
SeptemberSeptember 13
OctoberOctober 11
NovemberNovember 8
DecemberDecember 13
TL;DR: in 2023, most Social Security payments came on the second, third, or fourth Wednesday depending on birth date, while SSI usually came on the 1st.