This month, Social Security released the following data:

Monthly Statistical Snapshot, April 2025: “A monthly snapshot of statistics on Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income recipients.”

SSI Monthly Statistics, April 2025: “These monthly tables provide statistics for federally administered payments and awards under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program.”

Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 85, No. 1, Includes an article on:

• The COVID Retirement Boom: Did Data Collection Disruption Play a Role? by Daniel Thompson. “Recent research suggests a notable rise in retirements coinciding with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among individuals aged 65–74. This article explores whether this reported increase may be more closely linked to disruptions in the Current Population Survey (CPS) data collection procedures during the pandemic rather than reflecting actual retirement trends. The author examines CPS data collection changes and their effects on survey nonresponse and attrition, and also compares CPS retirement estimates with those from other data sources.”

DI & SSI Program Participants: Characteristics & Employment, 2021: “This chartbook examines the work activity of working-age adult Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients before and after disability award. It covers work activity, employment expectations and characteristics, employment services, and factors affecting employment.”

National Beneficiary Survey: Disability Statistics, 2019: “A publication providing key descriptive statistics from the National Beneficiary Survey, including beneficiary characteristics and health, program and service participation, employment interest and activity, job characteristics, and benefits and employment interaction.”

Estimates of the Financial Effects on Social Security of the “Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act of 2025,” introduced on May 20, 2025 by Representative Gwen Moore.