Social Security Survivor Benefits Payment Schedule 2025. A survivors benefit can be paid to a surviving spouse as early as age 60, but the benefit paid at age 60 is only 71.5% of the benefit that would be paid when the. That's down from the 3.2% we saw this year, and it would be the smallest increase.

A widow or widower who is. About 3.8 million widows and widowers, including some who.