Retirement and survivor benefits paid, including vested dual benefits and supplemental employee annuities, totaled $12.2 billion in fiscal year 2015, $278 million more than in fiscal year 2014. Benefits were paid to about 558,100 beneficiaries in fiscal year 2015, and 524,800 beneficiaries were being paid at the end of the year.
The table shown below presents retirement and survivor benefit payments for fiscal years 2015 and 2014, by type of benefit, and the percent changes in payments between the 2 years.