What is SGA, or substantial gainful activity for disability benefits?
The following answer is from: https://faq.ssa.gov/link/portal/34011/34019/Article/3726/What-is-substantial-gainful-activity
The term “substantial gainful activity” (SGA) is used to describe a level of work activity and earnings. Work is “substantial” if it involves doing significant physical or mental activities or a combination of both.
If you earn more than a certain amount and are doing productive work, we generally consider that you are engaging in substantial gainful activity. You would not be eligible for disability benefits.
The following answer is Attorney Walter Hnot’s annotated response to the previous answer.
Great SSA answer, and here is the chart for the amounts of SGA by year.
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