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SSA Annual Updates

Find up-to-date information on the rates that SSA sets annually.

SSA Desktop Quick Facts 2023

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Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (2023)

  Individual  Couple
Federal Benefit Rate $914/month (2022: $841) $1,371/month (2022: $1,261)
Resource Limits $2,000 $3,000

Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) (2023)

Non-Blind Blind
$1,470/month (2022: $1,350) $2,460/month (2022: $2,260)

Trial Work Period (2023)

Trial Work Period Minimum earnings before a month will count as trial work month for SSDI beneficiaries: $1,050/month (2022: $970)

Student Exclusion (2023)

Monthly Limit Annual Limit
$2,220 (2022: $2,040) $8,950/month (2022: $8,230)

Social Security Credits (2023)

Earnings to Qualify for Credits Credits needed for Disability Benefits*

$1,640/ one quarter of coverage (QC), (i.e., "credit") (2022: $1,510)

Up to a max of $6,560/ four credits (2022: $6,040)

  • If you become disabled before age 24, you generally need 1½ years of work (six credits) in the three years before you became disabled.
  • If you are 24 through 30, you generally need credits for half of the time between age 21 and the time you became disabled.
  • If you are disabled at age 31 or older, you generally need at least 20 credits in the 10 years immediately before you became disabled.

*How many credits you need for disability benefits depends on how old you are when you become disabled.

Medicare Costs (2023)

  Part A Part B Part D
Premium

Either $278 or $506 depending on how long you or your spouse worked and paid Medicare taxes. (2022: Either $274 or $499)

Most people don’t pay a premium because of Medicare-covered employment.

$164.90/month (2022: $170.10) if 2021 income was less than $97,000 (individual)/ $194,000 (joint) Base premium (depending on plan) plus an Income Related Monthly Adjustment Amount (IRMA) ranging from $12.20 - $76.40/month if 2021 annual income was above $97,000 (individuals)/$194,000 (joint filers) 
Deductible Hospital inpatient: $1,600 (2022: $1,556) for each inpatient hospital benefit period before Original Medicare starts to pay. $226/year (2022: $233) before Original Medicare starts to pay. Varies by plan and pharmacy.

Medicare Savings Programs - Income and Resource Limits (2022)

  QMB
Qualified Medicare
Beneficiary
SLMB
Specified Low-Income
Medicare Beneficiary

QI
Qualifying Individual

 

QDWI
Qualified Disabled and
Working Individual
Income Limits Individual: $1,153
Couple: $1,546
Individual: $1,379
Couple: $1,851
Individual: $1,549
Couple: $2,080
Individual: $4,615
Couple: $6,189
Resource Limits
  • Income limits differ for Alaska and Hawaii.
  • The resource limits are the same for QMB, SLMB, and QI: $8,400 for an individual and $12,600 for a couple.
  • The resource limits for QDWI are $4,000 for an individual and $6,000 for a couple. In addition, there is an allowance of $1,500 for a burial fund.

1619(b) Threshold Amounts for Disabled SSI Beneficiaries (2023)

State Threshold State Threshold

Alabama

$37,617

Montana

$41,475

Alaska

$85,727

Nebraska

$43,475

Arizona

$46,371

Nevada

$41,281

Arkansas

$43,893

New Hampshire

$42,510

California

$56,758

New Jersey

$54,954

Colorado

$52,519

New Mexico

$46,022

Connecticut

$54,502

New York

$52,286

Delaware

$47,870

North Carolina

$42,053

District of Columbia (DC) 

$56,523

North Dakota

$56,641

Florida

$37,379

Ohio

$41,830

Georgia

$35,105

Oklahoma

$42,434

Hawaii

$46,714

Oregon

$41,630

Idaho

$45,688

Pennsylvania

$49,565

Illinois

$38,079

Rhode Island

$45,286

Indiana

$41,201

South Carolina

$37,550

Iowa

$48,198

South Dakota

$44,341

Kansas

$38,975

Tennessee

$39,061

Kentucky

$38,898

Texas

$47,107

Louisiana

$37,322

Utah

$51,568

Maine

$46,382

Vermont

$47,138

Maryland

$48,604

Virginia

$48,092

Massachusetts

$45,820

Washington

$48,677

Michigan

$42,027

West Virginia

$36,872

Minnesota

$68,071

Wisconsin

$45,785

Mississippi

$37,431

Wyoming

$47,427

Missouri

$49,608

   

 

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