Annual Statistical Supplement, 2023

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance

Benefits Withheld

Table 6.E1 Number and percentage distribution of retired workers with benefits withheld, by monthly benefit; overall and with and without reduction for early retirement, by sex, December 2022
Sex and monthly benefit (dollars) Total With reduction for early retirement Without reduction for early retirement
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All retired workers 367,788 100.0 252,271 100.0 115,517 100.0
Less than 100.00 15,168 4.1 11,795 4.7 3,373 2.9
100.00–199.90 69,862 19.0 48,109 19.1 21,753 18.8
200.00–299.90 29,515 8.0 18,631 7.4 10,884 9.4
300.00–399.90 21,190 5.8 13,533 5.4 7,657 6.6
400.00–499.90 16,882 4.6 10,812 4.3 6,070 5.3
500.00–599.90 12,001 3.3 7,458 3.0 4,543 3.9
600.00–699.90 9,509 2.6 6,517 2.6 2,992 2.6
700.00–799.90 12,790 3.5 9,341 3.7 3,449 3.0
800.00–899.90 14,543 4.0 10,465 4.1 4,078 3.5
900.00–999.90 15,556 4.2 10,819 4.3 4,737 4.1
1,000.00–1,099.90 15,069 4.1 10,421 4.1 4,648 4.0
1,100.00–1,199.90 14,376 3.9 9,948 3.9 4,428 3.8
1,200.00–1,299.90 13,549 3.7 9,470 3.8 4,079 3.5
1,300.00–1,399.90 12,016 3.3 8,478 3.4 3,538 3.1
1,400.00–1,499.90 11,190 3.0 7,917 3.1 3,273 2.8
1,500.00–1,599.90 10,082 2.7 7,106 2.8 2,976 2.6
1,600.00–1,699.90 8,932 2.4 6,372 2.5 2,560 2.2
1,700.00–1,799.90 7,825 2.1 5,554 2.2 2,271 2.0
1,800.00–1,899.90 6,778 1.8 4,875 1.9 1,903 1.6
1,900.00–1,999.90 6,215 1.7 4,519 1.8 1,696 1.5
2,000.00–2,099.90 6,301 1.7 4,748 1.9 1,553 1.3
2,100.00–2,199.90 5,941 1.6 4,435 1.8 1,506 1.3
2,200.00–2,299.90 5,145 1.4 3,899 1.5 1,246 1.1
2,300.00–2,399.90 4,429 1.2 3,320 1.3 1,109 1.0
2,400.00–2,499.90 4,096 1.1 3,089 1.2 1,007 0.9
2,500.00–2,599.90 3,910 1.1 2,841 1.1 1,069 0.9
2,600.00–2,699.90 3,243 0.9 2,247 0.9 996 0.9
2,700.00–2,799.90 2,466 0.7 1,620 0.6 846 0.7
2,800.00–2,899.90 1,882 0.5 1,116 0.4 766 0.7
2,900.00–2,999.90 1,486 0.4 839 0.3 647 0.6
3,000.00 or more 5,841 1.6 1,977 0.8 3,864 3.3
Men 191,762 100.0 129,658 100.0 62,104 100.0
Less than 100.00 4,564 2.4 3,540 2.7 1,024 1.6
100.00–199.90 24,669 12.9 17,574 13.6 7,095 11.4
200.00–299.90 13,238 6.9 8,700 6.7 4,538 7.3
300.00–399.90 10,237 5.3 6,761 5.2 3,476 5.6
400.00–499.90 8,430 4.4 5,482 4.2 2,948 4.7
500.00–599.90 6,504 3.4 4,066 3.1 2,438 3.9
600.00–699.90 5,614 2.9 3,772 2.9 1,842 3.0
700.00–799.90 7,824 4.1 5,623 4.3 2,201 3.5
800.00–899.90 8,789 4.6 6,138 4.7 2,651 4.3
900.00–999.90 9,151 4.8 5,961 4.6 3,190 5.1
1,000.00–1,099.90 8,484 4.4 5,375 4.1 3,109 5.0
1,100.00–1,199.90 8,069 4.2 5,080 3.9 2,989 4.8
1,200.00–1,299.90 7,680 4.0 4,965 3.8 2,715 4.4
1,300.00–1,399.90 6,824 3.6 4,416 3.4 2,408 3.9
1,400.00–1,499.90 6,465 3.4 4,293 3.3 2,172 3.5
1,500.00–1,599.90 6,018 3.1 4,032 3.1 1,986 3.2
1,600.00–1,699.90 5,285 2.8 3,670 2.8 1,615 2.6
1,700.00–1,799.90 4,678 2.4 3,289 2.5 1,389 2.2
1,800.00–1,899.90 4,287 2.2 3,025 2.3 1,262 2.0
1,900.00–1,999.90 3,938 2.1 2,839 2.2 1,099 1.8
2,000.00–2,099.90 4,077 2.1 3,073 2.4 1,004 1.6
2,100.00–2,199.90 3,908 2.0 2,936 2.3 972 1.6
2,200.00–2,299.90 3,472 1.8 2,643 2.0 829 1.3
2,300.00–2,399.90 3,102 1.6 2,356 1.8 746 1.2
2,400.00–2,499.90 2,830 1.5 2,174 1.7 656 1.1
2,500.00–2,599.90 2,755 1.4 2,052 1.6 703 1.1
2,600.00–2,699.90 2,330 1.2 1,659 1.3 671 1.1
2,700.00–2,799.90 1,773 0.9 1,200 0.9 573 0.9
2,800.00–2,899.90 1,314 0.7 796 0.6 518 0.8
2,900.00–2,999.90 1,106 0.6 649 0.5 457 0.7
3,000.00 or more 4,347 2.3 1,519 1.2 2,828 4.6
Women 176,026 100.0 122,613 100.0 53,413 100.0
Less than 100.00 10,604 6.0 8,255 6.7 2,349 4.4
100.00–199.90 45,193 25.7 30,535 24.9 14,658 27.4
200.00–299.90 16,277 9.2 9,931 8.1 6,346 11.9
300.00–399.90 10,953 6.2 6,772 5.5 4,181 7.8
400.00–499.90 8,452 4.8 5,330 4.3 3,122 5.8
500.00–599.90 5,497 3.1 3,392 2.8 2,105 3.9
600.00–699.90 3,895 2.2 2,745 2.2 1,150 2.2
700.00–799.90 4,966 2.8 3,718 3.0 1,248 2.3
800.00–899.90 5,754 3.3 4,327 3.5 1,427 2.7
900.00–999.90 6,405 3.6 4,858 4.0 1,547 2.9
1,000.00–1,099.90 6,585 3.7 5,046 4.1 1,539 2.9
1,100.00–1,199.90 6,307 3.6 4,868 4.0 1,439 2.7
1,200.00–1,299.90 5,869 3.3 4,505 3.7 1,364 2.6
1,300.00–1,399.90 5,192 2.9 4,062 3.3 1,130 2.1
1,400.00–1,499.90 4,725 2.7 3,624 3.0 1,101 2.1
1,500.00–1,599.90 4,064 2.3 3,074 2.5 990 1.9
1,600.00–1,699.90 3,647 2.1 2,702 2.2 945 1.8
1,700.00–1,799.90 3,147 1.8 2,265 1.8 882 1.7
1,800.00–1,899.90 2,491 1.4 1,850 1.5 641 1.2
1,900.00–1,999.90 2,277 1.3 1,680 1.4 597 1.1
2,000.00–2,099.90 2,224 1.3 1,675 1.4 549 1.0
2,100.00–2,199.90 2,033 1.2 1,499 1.2 534 1.0
2,200.00–2,299.90 1,673 1.0 1,256 1.0 417 0.8
2,300.00–2,399.90 1,327 0.8 964 0.8 363 0.7
2,400.00–2,499.90 1,266 0.7 915 0.7 351 0.7
2,500.00–2,599.90 1,155 0.7 789 0.6 366 0.7
2,600.00–2,699.90 913 0.5 588 0.5 325 0.6
2,700.00–2,799.90 693 0.4 420 0.3 273 0.5
2,800.00–2,899.90 568 0.3 320 0.3 248 0.5
2,900.00–2,999.90 380 0.2 190 0.2 190 0.4
3,000.00 or more 1,494 0.8 458 0.4 1,036 1.9
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 6.E4 Number of beneficiaries with benefits withheld, by reason for withholding payment and type of benefit, December 2022
Reason payment withheld Total, all beneficiaries Retired workers Disabled workers Wives and husbands Children Widowed mothers and fathers Widow(er)s Parents of deceased workers
Subtotal Wives Husbands
Subtotal Men Women Without children a With children b
Total 2,527,375 367,788 191,762 176,026 147,693 463,500 350,127 23,165 90,208 671,614 33,929 842,333 518
Earnings of—  
Retired workers 47,451 45,846 24,788 21,058 . . . 973 839 38 96 632 . . . . . . . . .
Disabled beneficiaries (substantial gainful activity) 67,658 . . . . . . . . . 48,943 404 85 278 41 18,124 . . . 187 . . .
Other beneficiaries 39,994 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,633 478 9,429 726 69 15,420 13,872 0
Entitled child not in care of beneficiary 20,052 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,157 . . . 8,701 456 . . . 10,895 . . . . . .
Payee not determined 13,752 1,486 800 686 2,288 51 (X) 0 (X) 9,548 (X) 376 (X)
Recoupment of overpayment for reasons other than earnings 53,121 24,632 12,185 12,447 8,895 2,217 1,406 626 185 10,536 1,442 5,392 7
Address unknown 139,516 64,893 37,918 26,975 23,191 4,507 3,259 397 851 30,180 368 16,330 47
Determination of continuing disability pending 14,026 . . . . . . . . . 9,697 81 7 69 5 4,208 . . . 40 . . .
Imprisoned or confined 62,813 16,980 16,253 727 32,726 401 63 122 216 11,597 135 974 . . .
Workers' compensation offset 795 . . . . . . . . . 537 37 (X) 8 (X) 221 . . . . . . . . .
Government pension offset 511,369 . . . . . . . . . . . . 297,595 222,977 25 74,593 . . . 47 213,727 . . .
Technical entitlement 1,193,865 . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,338 87,851 1,665 6,822 555,340 1,041 541,108 38
Other reasons 362,963 213,951 99,818 114,133 21,416 41,106 33,086 1,807 6,213 31,159 (X) 50,327 (X)
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: . . . = not applicable; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
a. Aged 62 or older.
b. Under full retirement age with entitled children in their care.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 6.E5 Number of spouse and child beneficiaries with benefits withheld, by reason for withholding payment, type of benefit, and basis of entitlement, December 2022
Reason payment withheld Wives and husbands of— Children under age 18 of— Disabled adult children of— Students aged 18–19 of—
Retired workers Disabled workers Retired workers Deceased workers Disabled workers Retired workers Deceased workers Disabled workers Retired workers Deceased workers Disabled workers
Total 436,355 27,145 32,656 50,039 206,822 153,399 162,433 58,149 1,683 2,271 4,162
Earnings of—  
Retired workers 973 . . . 469 . . . . . . 149 . . . . . . 14 . . . . . .
Disabled beneficiaries (substantial gainful activity) . . . 404 . . . . . . 12,888 1,253 1,967 1,956 . . . . . . 60
Other beneficiaries 3,267 7,366 27 14 18 . . . . . . . . . 4 3 3
Entitled child not in care of beneficiary 1,853 7,304 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Payee not determined 48 3 399 4,091 2,284 477 2,056 179 7 35 20
Recoupment of overpayment for reasons other than earnings 1,675 542 714 2,933 5,156 523 784 254 23 70 79
Address unknown 4,105 402 1,546 6,572 11,148 1,872 6,835 1,554 88 342 223
Determination of continuing disability pending . . . 81 . . . . . . 2,632 341 858 339 . . . . . . 38
Imprisoned or confined 248 153 21 72 64 2,020 7,881 1,535 0 (X) (X)
Workers' compensation offset . . . 37 . . . . . . 202 . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . 4
Government pension offset 294,477 3,118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Technical entitlement 89,693 6,645 26,144 26,782 164,570 144,850 136,550 49,915 1,469 1,570 3,490
Other reasons 40,016 1,090 3,336 9,575 7,860 1,914 5,502 2,402 78 (X) (X)
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: . . . = not applicable; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.