Social Security payment schedule. When to expect benefits, COLA

The first Social Security payments in December will be distributed in a week for Michigan beneficiaries with birth dates from the 1st to the 10th.

Social Security benefits — paid mostly to recipients who are older or retired — are typically paid on Wednesdays. If your birthday falls between the first and 10th days of the month, your payments are issued on the second Wednesday of the month (this month, that lands on Dec. 10), according to the Social Security Administration’s calendar .

Beneficiaries born between the 11th and 20th get paid on the third Wednesday (Dec. 17), and those born after the 20th of the month are paid on the fourth Wednesday of the month (Dec. 24), according to the SSA calendar . Social Security recipients who began getting benefits before May 1997 are paid o