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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.

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 (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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SSA Annual Updates

SSA Desktop Quick Facts 2023

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 (2023)

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