Trial Work Period

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 by Social Security. SSA will not consider services performed during the trial work period as showing that the disability has ended until services have been performed in at least 9 months (not necessarily consecutive) in a rolling 60-month period. In 2009, any month in which earnings exceed $700 is considered a month of services for an individual's trial work period. In 2010, this monthly amount increases to $720.

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  • The nine month trial work period does not have to be consecutive, and may be any total of nine months within a sixty-month rolling period (five year period).
  • The criteria for the trial work period is that the claimant earned above the monetary trial work amount for that month.

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