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Can I Work Without Hurting My Disability Benefits?

I'm 61 will be 62 in November I'm o. SSD can I work any without it hurting my SSD I read some on it an says you can I just wondering if this is true thanks Brenda



Hi Brenda,

If you're receiving Social Security disability benefits and not Supplemental Security Income (SSI), you can generally earn up to $1170 per month without losing benefits. For more details, refer to this Social Security publication: https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10095.pdf.

Best, Jerry

Posted:
May 11, 2017