SSI (slightly different post)

jacks said:

Just as a point, SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance) The majority of SSDI recipients receive a monthly payment of between $300 and $2,200. In 2019, the average SSDI payment for an unmarried individual is $1,234. With small cost of living increases. Also other disability benefits regulated by the government, may offset your payments. This still isn't a lot, but for most it is more than $750.

To answer the OP a variation based on where ones lives seems reasonable to me, but we may not be able to afford it.

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SSDI is different for a reason SSI is basically a welfare program for people who haven't paid into the system at all or haven't paid enough in recently ( five out of the last ten years) While most people on SSDI are far from rich, but they actually could be if say they were in real estate or other investments as SSDI is not about how much you or your household has. On the other hand, SSI is a welfare program with seemingly endless offsets where not only your income and resources matter, but those of your household do as well. I know that most people on SSDI make more than $750 I have no problem with the amount SSDI gets because sense there are very few offsets and more money it is by default easier to live off, and because other income does not count against it you can still invest or get money any other way besides work without worrying about your benefits.