2026 OPERS benefit payment schedule
Benefit payments will be issued on the first of the month. If that day falls on a weekend or holiday, payments will be issued on the last business day of the previous month. The exception to this rule is in January when, for tax purposes, the payment must be issued on the first business day of the month.
Listed here are the dates that OPERS issues your monthly benefit funds. Banks will sometimes post these funds to your account earlier or later than this date and we receive questions when there is a change in this practice. Please direct these questions to your bank. We issue the funds to your bank, but don’t have control over when your bank posts them to your account.
| January | 01/2/26 |
| February | 01/30/26 |
| March | 02/27/26 |
| April | 04/01/26 |
| May | 05/01/26 |
| June | 06/01/26 |
| July | 07/01/26 |
| August | 07/31/26 |
| September | 09/01/26 |
| October | 10/01/26 |
| November | 10/30/26 |
| December | 12/01/26 |
| January, 2027 | 1/04/27 |