• A widow or widower, any age, with a child younger
than age 16, receives 75 percent of the worker’s benefit
amount.
• Children receive 75 percent of the worker’s
benefit amount.
Maximum family benefits
There is a limit to the benefits that can be paid to
you and other family members each month. The limit
varies, but is generally between 150 and 180 percent of the
deceased’s benefit amount
