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Substantial gainful activity is a term used in the United States by the Social Security Administration (SSA). Being incapable of substantial gainful employment is one of the criteria for eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits.
You’re still allowed to earn money and collect SSDI, so long as your earnings don’t reach a certain threshold or “substantial gainful activity,” according to the SSA.
Substantial Gainful Activity Threshold Bumped Up in 2024. Americans with disabilities as defined by the SSA saw an increase in the amount of earnings they were allowed to take home before being ...
The amount you need to earn previously can vary from year to year. In 2023, you can earn a credit for every $1,640 in income ($1,730 in 2024), and must earn $6,560 ($6,920 in 2024) to get the ...
Substantial gainful activity (SGA), for 2021, is the ability to earn $1,310 gross income in a month's period for most disabled individuals. For legally blind individuals, the SGA is $2,190, but applies only to SSDI and not SSI. [29]
Once the PIA is computed, it is indexed for price inflation over time. Thus, Social Security monthly benefit amounts retain their purchasing power throughout a person's retirement years. A worker who first starts receiving a retirement benefit at the full retirement age receives a monthly benefit amount equal to 100 percent of the PIA.
SSDI benefits are reserved only for people unable to engage in what the SSA describes as “substantial gainful activity” (SGA). For 2023, the monthly SGA limit is $1,470, but blind individuals ...
The second tier, for those who are reaching their full retirement age, reduces the benefits for the year by $1 for every full $3 the beneficiary earns over the second tier annual exempt amount. [15] The first tier annual exempt amount is $18,960 and the second tier annual exempt amount is $50,520 for the year 2021. [16]