Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation (DCMWC)

Black Lung Program Benefit Payment Totals by Year
YearPart B 1
(SSA, until FY 1998)
Part C 2
(DOL)
1970N/A---
1971$298,000,000.00---
1972$399,000,000.00---
1973$914,000,000.00---
1974$966,000,000.00$1,606,000.00
1975$942,000,000.00$7,172,000.00
1976$973,000,000.00$13,879,000.00
1976, Trans. Q.3N/A$6,132,000.00
1977$942,000,000.00$19,253,000.00
1978$973,000,000.00$104,394,000.00
1979$983,000,000.00$583,096,072.00
1980$1,026,000,000.00$726,471,000.00
1981$1,086,000,000.00$660,554,000.00
1982$1,085,000,000.00$587,699,000.00
1983$1,072,000,000.00$631,645,000.00
1984$1,050,000,000.00$602,878,000.00
1985$1,033,000,000.00$591,461,917.30
1986$989,000,000.00$584,635,739.67
1987$950,000,000.00$605,717,620.68
1988$915,000,000.00$601,972,127.18
1989$889,000,000.00$593,947,551.73
1990$867,000,000.00$573,359,637.09
1991$847,000,000.00$566,364,471.05
1992$826,000,000.00$574,850,106.11
1993$801,000,000.00$562,034,590.80
1994$764,000,000.00$554,349,205.18
1995$712,610,502.00$525,562,957.58
1996$666,784,989.00$499,622,215.24
1997$624,080,869.00$487,909,761.32
1998$542,966,504.87$459,061,013.17
1999$556,005,182.36$439,441,975.72
2000$522,147,240.34$422,656,178.17
2001$480,550,717.16$396,928,483.93
2002$447,600,040.74$384,234,269.30
2003$411,635,000.00$370,388,948.93
2004$384,674,681.04$346,864,443.86
2005$351,139,362.75$329,862,535.30
2006$319,873,916.79$307,066,878.36
2007$289,517,036.86$291,309,574.68
2008$262,264,608.34$273,231,898.72
2009$237,832,498.51$254,987,052.08
2010$213,813,304.00$238,422,875.55
2011$189,471,054.97$227,396,909.81
2012$166,138,697.58$210,357,821.81
2013$144,989,647.44$199,691,307.58
2014$127,664,252.68$185,342,364.59
2015$112,651,309.97$180,523,312.33
2016$98,651,070.74$177,336,958.78
2017$86,859,197.19$183,771,856.90
2018$74,607,089.47$176,554,298.46
2019$65,635,521.43$166,577,569.83
2020$58,310,145.02$162,329,144.21
2021$50,596,434.93$149,315,171.39
2022$43,541,475.81$140,103,908.82
2023

$38,582,862.59

$136,624,744.76

2024

$34,933,791.96

$140,036,120.39

TOTALS$29,906,129,005.54$18,216,984,590.36

1 Part B benefits are calendar year totals through 2017, and are reported in the Social Security Annual Statistical Supplement. Starting in 2018, the Part B data is the Fiscal Year total.
2 Part C benefits are fiscal year totals and include payments for medical treatment.
3 Transition Quarter changed the beginning of the Fiscal Year to October 1.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor
Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation