The second round of July’s Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, will go out to the first group of retirees on Wednesday.

Here is everything to know about this month’s Social Security payments.

Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law in 1935, creating the Social Security Administration to manage it. The agency sends monthly checks to retirees, meant to reduce or replace their incomes once they stop working.

The earliest one can begin receiving Social Security payments is 62 years old.

The amount received by recipients depends on when they retire, the amount paid into Social Security, and the number of years paid into Social Security.

Beneficiaries can see a personalized estimate of what they can expect each month through the SSA’s calculator.

Payments largely depend on the age at which recipients choose to retire. Retiring at the youngest age, 62, allows up to $2,710 per month, while delaying to age 70 can allot up to $4,873 per month, according to the SSA.

Social Security payments typically begin on the second Wednesday of every month, and the following waves go out in the subsequent weeks. The distribution of payments depends on which day of the month a retiree was born.

Retirees born between the 1st and 10th of a month received their payments on July 10. Beneficiaries born between the 11th and 20th of a month will get their checks on July 17, and retirees born on or after the 21st of a month will receive their payments on July 24.

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Social Security is financed by a payroll tax paid by employers and employees.

Social Security payment amounts are set to shrink unless Congress takes action to prevent it. Analysts estimate the SSA will no longer be able to give out full payments to recipients as early as 2034 due to a rising number of retirees and a shrinking number of workers.