In general, there is a maximum SSI amount for individuals, married couples and essential persons. This maximum amount increases every year inflation goes up and it may increase after the 2025 COLA.
Social Security uses the Consumer Price Index from the third quarter of 2023 to the third quarter of 2024. If there is an increase, SSI payments also increase in 2025. So far, the latest COLA estimate is 2.57 according to The Senior Citizens League.
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Some States supplement Federal SSI benefits
Even if the maximum amount for a single person is $943 and $1,415 for married couples, a State supplement can make the total Supplemental Security Income benefit level higher.
A State supplement payment amount may vary on many different factors. For example, it will depend on your living arrangements and income among other things.
However, the States or territories of Arizona, Arkansas, Mississippi, North Dakota, Tennessee, the Northern Mariana Islands and West Virginia have no State Supplement. Thus, if you are on Supplemental Security Income there, you cannot get a Supplement to your benefit.
States that administer an SSI supplement
Here is the full list of States that administer and pay their own supplement amounts. It is essential to contact your State agency to know more details about this SSI supplement.
Alabama
Alaska
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Some States have a Social Security-administered supplement for their Supplemental Security Income recipients. SSA also administers the supplemental for those recipients in the District of Columbia. The States with an * have dual administration. That means SSA manages some, and the State other supplement payments.
California
Delaware*
District of Columbia*
Hawaii
Iowa*
Michigan* Montana
Nevada
New Jersey Pennsylvania*
Rhode Island* Vermont