Personal income: Personal current transfer receipts: Government social benefits to persons: Social security (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Personal income and its disposition
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to national-accounts data for the United States published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the item "Personal income: Personal current transfer receipts: Government social benefits to persons: Social security" was 1,579,515 USD million (annual rate) in November 2025, versus 1,579,587 in October.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 803 observations. The time range covered by the series is from January 1959 to November 2025.
History. Have a look at a few statistics computed on the whole sample: this national-accounts item averaged 404,077 USD million; it reached a minimum of 9,456 in January 1959; it attained a maximum of 1,678,623 in April 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 1572638.0 |
| 2025-10-31 | 1579587.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 1579515.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Personal income: Personal current transfer receipts: Government social benefits to persons: Social security |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Nominal aggregate |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Rescaling | Annual rate |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollar million |
| Source | Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Open data |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM1 |
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Top-level items
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal income (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal current taxes (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Disposable personal income (personal income less personal current taxes) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal outlays (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal saving (disposable personal income less personal outlays) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
Personal income detail
Personal outlays detail
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal outlays: Personal consumption expenditures (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal interest payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To the rest of the world (net) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |