Idaho
The average benefits collected per month in Idaho during 2018 was $1,429.82. For the whole year, the average was $17,157.85. Some seniors happen to be lucky enough to have employer-based pensions that add an additional income, though those tend to be rare.
California
America’s most populous state, California, had 4,310,091 retirees collecting benefits in 2018 that averaged $1,432.46 a month. Meaning they totaled at $17,189.56 a year. In fact, the number of older people on Social Security in California is more than the entire population of almost half the states.