{"id":3527,"date":"2022-02-15T21:45:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T21:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolfinal.wpengine.com\/?p=3527"},"modified":"2024-01-29T14:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T19:41:07","slug":"trial-work-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/trial-work-period\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is a Trial Work Period? [2024 Update]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you ready to rejoin the workforce? A trial work period<\/a> allows you to test the waters. During a trial work period, a beneficiary receiving Social Security disability<\/a> benefits may test his or her ability to work and still be considered disabled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earnings That Can Trigger a Trial Work Period<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Social Security does not consider services performed during the trial work period as showing that the disability has ended until services have been performed in at least nine months (not necessarily all in a row) in a rolling 60-month period. In 2023, any month in which earnings exceeded $1,050 was considered a month of service for an individual\u2019s trial work period. In 2024, this monthly amount is $1,110.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year<\/th>Monthly Earnings<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1978 & prior<\/td>$50<\/td><\/tr>
1979-1989<\/td>75<\/td><\/tr>
1990-2000<\/td>200<\/td><\/tr>
2001<\/td>530<\/td><\/tr>
2002<\/td>560<\/td><\/tr>
2003<\/td>570<\/td><\/tr>
2004<\/td>580<\/td><\/tr>
2005<\/td>590<\/td><\/tr>
2006<\/td>620<\/td><\/tr>
2007<\/td>640<\/td><\/tr>
2008<\/td>670<\/td><\/tr>
2009<\/td>700<\/td><\/tr>
2010<\/td>720<\/td><\/tr>
2011<\/td>720<\/td><\/tr>
2012<\/td>720<\/td><\/tr>
2013<\/td>750<\/td><\/tr>
2014<\/td>770<\/td><\/tr>
2015<\/td>780<\/td><\/tr>
2016<\/td>810<\/td><\/tr>
2017<\/td>840<\/td><\/tr>
2018<\/td>850<\/td><\/tr>
2019<\/td>880<\/td><\/tr>
2020<\/td>910<\/td><\/tr>
2021<\/td>940<\/td><\/tr>
2022<\/td>970<\/td><\/tr>
2023<\/td>1,050<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For more information, please see section 404.1592 of the Code of Federal Regulations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method used to determine earnings that trigger a trial work period<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Monthly earnings in 2024, used to determine whether a month is part of a trial work period, is such amount for 2001 multiplied by the ratio of the national average wage index for 2022 to that for 1999, or,\u00a0if larger<\/em>, such amount for 2023 ($1,050). If the calculated amount is not a multiple of $10, we round it to the nearest multiple of $10. Below are details on how we determined the latest amount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you ready to rejoin the workforce? A trial work period allows you to test the waters. During a trial work period, a beneficiary receiving Social Security disability benefits may test his or her ability to work and still be considered disabled. Earnings That Can Trigger a Trial Work Period Social Security does not consider …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}