United States citizens who have a disability benefit (SSDI) from Social Security may be able to work at the same time if they qualify. That is, it is possible to work as long as you are eligible to do so. Each case of disability benefits is totally unique and some Americans may be able to collect a wage at the same time while others may not.
Since each case is totally individual and concrete, the best thing to do in these cases is always to make sure that we can be in the situation we are in. If we start collecting a disability benefit but have a compatible job we have to check well that we can continue to do both.
In some situations, disability (SSDI) beneficiaries can work, but in other cases this is not the case. The degree of disability also influences this situation, but the important thing is to know perfectly what our conditions are.
And the best thing to do in these cases is to talk to the Social Security Administration itself or to a specialist advisor who can help us understand if we can collect a Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) check at the same time as a salary as a worker. If we can, we must check our income at the end of the month, as there is a limit for all recipients of this benefit.
CAN I WORK AND COLLECT SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE (SSDI) AT THE SAME TIME?
Generally speaking, it is possible to work and collect SSDI at the same time, but there are certain limits. If we want to work and collect SSDI at the same time, we must keep in mind that we cannot earn more money than the established amount. This means that if we earn more money as a worker than the Social Security Administration allows, we will lose some or all of our Disability Benefit.
There are two main categories for these income limits:
- Person with a disability: $1,470 per month.
- Person with blindness: $2,460 per month.
So if a person in one of these two situations collects Social Security Disability check at the same time they may have trouble collecting their benefit. That’s the limit, so any dollar over that figure will cause them to lose part of their SSDI check.
However, not all extra income causes retirees to lose part of their disability benefit. In the case of also collecting a Supplemental Security Income check, SNAP Food Stamps or some other type of stimulus check the limit does not exist.
Therefore, we can collect any of the extra benefits without fear of losing part of the SSDI payment in the future. But if we have a source of earned income, we do have to watch out what our monthly income is, because we could run into a lot of problems and may even have to pay back our disability retirement check.