The broad market is paying a paltry dividend, but individual stocks can offer high yields for investors today.

As the market keeps poking to all-time highs, it seems like it is harder and harder to find stocks with high dividend yields . The S&P 500 index is trading at a dividend yield of just 1.19%, one of its lowest levels ever, meaning that for every $100 you invest in a stock market index fund, you only get $1.19 of income into your account every year. Risk-free United States Treasury bonds have significantly higher yields than the market right now.

And yet, there are still a few quality stocks out there that can provide investors some juicy dividend income in 2025. Two that come to mind are Altria Group ( MO -0.09% ) and Verizon Communications ( VZ 0.90% ) .

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