57.006: Social Insurance for Railroad Workers
Alternate Name: Railroad retirement and railroad unemployment-sickness insurance programs.
Overview
Program Number
57.006
Status
Active
Last Modified
Nov. 26, 2024
Date Posted
Nov. 26, 2024
Objective
Provide income security for retired and disabled railroad workers, their family members, and survivors, and financial benefits for railroad workers who are unemployed or unable to work due to illness or injury. Also, administer Medicare coverage for railroad workers and their family members.
Applicant Eligibility
Under the Railroad Retirement Act, for employee, spouse and survivor benefits, the employee must have had 10 or more years of railroad service or, for annuities beginning January 2002 or later, 5 years of railroad service rendered after 1995. For survivors to be eligible for benefits, the employee must also have been insured at death. Under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, an employee must have earned at least $4,737.50 in calendar year 2023 or $4,962.50 in 2024, counting no more than $1,895 for any one month in 2023 or $1,985 in 2024. Those who were first employed in the rail industry in 2023 or 2024 must also have had at least five months of creditable railroad service in that year.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Not Applicable
Additional Information
Grant Awards
Social Insurance for Railroad Workers direct grants
Grant Opportunities