This Is The Average Social Security Check In Each State - Page 31 of 51

21. Vermont

Average annual benefit: $17,779

In the Green Mountain State, 106,070 retirees collected average monthly benefits of $1,481.62. Vermont levies taxes on benefits, as well as retirement and pension income. Therefore, the state is not considered retirement-friendly.

Ida May Fuller of Rutland was the first person to receive Social Security benefits. Her January 1940 check was for $22.54. Allowing for inflation, that’s about $425 of purchasing power.