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SSA Desktop Quick Facts 2022

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.

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.

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 (2022)

State	Threshold	State	Threshold
Alabama	$34,521	Montana	$39,723
Alaska	$82,847	Nebraska	$41,723
Arizona	$44,619	Nevada	$40,403
Arkansas	$42,141	New Hampshire	$40,758
California	$54,082	New Jersey	$53,202
Colorado	$50,767	New Mexico	$44,270
Connecticut	$52,750	New York	$50,534
Delaware	$46,118	North Carolina	$40,301
District of Columbia (DC)	$54,771	North Dakota	$54,889
Florida	$35,627	Ohio	$40,078
Georgia	$33,353	Oklahoma	$40,682
Hawaii	$44,962	Oregon	$39,878
Idaho	$43,936	Pennsylvania	$47,813
Illinois	$36,327	Rhode Island	$43,534
Indiana	$39,449	South Carolina	$35,798
Iowa	$46,446	South Dakota	$42,589
Kansas	$37,223	Tennessee	$37,309
Kentucky	$35,658	Texas	$45,355
Louisiana	$35,570	Utah	$49,816
Maine	$44,630	Vermont	$45,386
Maryland	$46,852	Virginia	$46,340
Massachusetts	$44,068	Washington	$46,925
Michigan	$40,275	West Virginia	$35,120
Minnesota	$66,319	Wisconsin	$44,033
Mississippi	$35,679	Wyoming	$45,675
Missouri	$47,856

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SSA Annual Updates

SSA Desktop Quick Facts 2022

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (2023)

Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) (2023)

Trial Work Period (2023)

Student Exclusion (2023)

Social Security Credits (2023)

Medicare Costs (2023)

Medicare Savings Programs - Income and Resource Limits (2022)

1619(b) Threshold Amounts for Disabled SSI Beneficiaries (2022)

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