U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
SSI Disabled Recipients Who Work, 2005
 
Blind and Disabled Recipients Who Work
Table 7.
Number and percentage who work and their average earnings, by selected characteristics, December 2005
Characteristic Number Percent Average
earnings
(dollars)
Total 336,570 100.0 500
Age
Under 18 3,314 1.0 404
18–21 32,658 9.7 465
22–29 79,819 23.7 544
30–39 76,150 22.6 533
40–49 72,837 21.6 512
50–59 46,716 13.9 460
60–64 13,147 3.9 403
65 or older 11,929 3.5 311
Sex
Male 179,586 53.4 503
Female 156,984 46.6 497
Earned income a
Wages 317,589 94.4 513
Self-employment 20,467 6.1 336
Earnings (dollars)
65 or less 76,605 22.8 50
66–99 16,012 4.8 82
100–199 43,089 12.8 137
200–299 32,838 9.8 234
300–399 25,897 7.7 333
400–499 22,552 6.7 433
500–599 20,589 6.1 528
600–699 16,807 5.0 630
700–799 12,303 3.7 732
800–899 10,980 3.3 828
900–999 7,416 2.2 932
1,000 or more 51,482 15.3 1,646
Unearned income a
None 170,583 50.7 586
Social Security 146,252 43.5 387
Other pensions 2,465 0.7 337
Income based on need 167 0 725
Asset income 17,656 5.2 432
Other 13,902 4.1 610
Work incentives a
Section 1619(a) 17,621 5.2 1,111
Section 1619(b) 78,205 23.2 1,118
Plans for achieving self-support b 419 0.1 840
Impairment-related work expenses 6,310 1.9 526
Blind work expenses 2,552 0.8 969
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTE: Includes section 1619(b) participants.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some recipients may receive more than one type of earned or unearned income or both earned and unearned income, or they may benefit from more than one work incentive provision.
b. Number of working recipients with a plan for achieving self-support (PASS). See Tables 14–17 for data on all recipients with a PASS.
CONTACT: Clark Pickett (410) 965-9016 or ssi.workers@ssa.gov.
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