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• 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