What state pays the most in social security disability

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SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI) BENEFITS
What state is best for disability benefits?
Does SSDI pay more in different states?
What is the most Social Security disability will pay?
What is the hardest state to get SSDI?

Cost-of-Living Adjustment

SSI Annual Report

SSI payment standards, 1975 & later

Maximum Federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payment amounts increase with the cost-of-living increases that apply to Social Security benefits. The latest such increase, 8.7 percent, becomes effective January 2023.

SSI amounts for 2023
The monthly maximum Federal amounts for 2023 are $914 for an eligible individual, $1,371 for an eligible individual with an eligible spouse, and $458 for an essential person.

In general, monthly amounts for the next year are determined by increasing the unrounded annual amounts for the current year by the COLA effective for January of the next year. The new unrounded amounts are then each divided by 12 and the resulting amounts are rounded down to the next lower multiple of $1.

Calculation details

Recipient	Unrounded annual amounts for—	Monthly amounts for 2023
2022	2023 a
Eligible individual	$10,092.40	$10,970.44	$914
Eligible couple	15,136.93	16,453.84	1,371
Essential person	5,057.77	5,497.80	458
a The unrounded amounts for 2023 equal the unrounded amounts for 2022 increased by 8.7 percent.

Payment reduction
The monthly amount is reduced by subtracting monthly countable income. In the case of an eligible individual with an eligible spouse, the amount payable is further divided equally between the two spouses. Some States supplement SSI benefits.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI) BENEFITS

Generally, the maximum Federal SSI benefit changes yearly. SSI benefits increased in 2022 because there was an increase in the Consumer Price Index from the third quarter of 2020 to the third quarter of 2021. Effective January 1, 2022 the Federal benefit rate is $841 for an individual and $1,261 for a couple.

Some States supplement the Federal SSI benefit with additional payments. This makes the total SSI benefit levels higher in those States. SSI benefit amounts and State supplemental payment amounts vary based upon your income, living arrangements, and other factors.

NO STATE SUPPLEMENT

The following States or territories do not pay a supplement to people who receive SSI:

Arizona	Northern Mariana Islands
Arkansas	Tennessee
Mississippi	West Virginia
North Dakota

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTERED SUPPLEMENT

Social Security administers the State supplement for the following States. You may contact us about your total benefit amount.

California	Delaware*	District of Columbia*	Hawaii
Iowa*	Michigan	Montana	Nevada
New Jersey	Pennsylvania*	Rhode Island*	Vermont

Dual administration State. In these States, Social Security administers some categories of State supplement payments, while the State administers other categories of supplemental payments.

STATE ADMINISTERED SUPPLEMENT

The following States pay and administer their own supplemental payments and you may contact the State for payment information.

Alabama	Alaska	Colorado	Connecticut
Florida	Georgia	Idaho	Illinois
Indiana	Kansas	Kentucky	Louisiana
Maine	Maryland	Massachusetts	Minnesota
Missouri	Nebraska	New Hampshire	New Mexico
New York	North Carolina	Ohio	Oklahoma
Oregon	South Carolina	South Dakota	Texas
Utah	Virginia	Washington	Wisconsin
Wyoming

See SSI FOR CHILDREN for more information on States that supplement Federal SSI benefits to children.

See the publication titled, “SSI Recipient by State and County, 2020” on our website at www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/ssi_sc/ for more information.

What state is best for disability benefits?

The 10 Best States for Disability Employment.

Does SSDI pay more in different states?

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits do not change if you move to another state. Like Social Security retirement benefits, SSDI payments are based on your average lifetime earnings and are not affected by where you live.

The monthly maximum Federal amounts for 2023 are $914 for an eligible individual, $1,371 for an eligible individual with an eligible spouse, and $458 for an essential person.

What is the hardest state to get SSDI?

The states with the three highest denial rates for social security disability are Alaska, with a 54% denial rate; Delaware, with a 48% denial rate; and Kansas, with a 47% denial rate. In Alaska, 28% of cases are dismissed entirely.

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What state pays the most in social security disability