16 years old, receiving social security/disability benefits, can I get a real job?

Question

My mom tells receiving a job on the books whatever money I make will be taken out of my check and not replaced. I have heard conflicting reports saying that I can earn up certain amount of money before it can deduct from my check. I really need a job and need help getting to the bottom of this issue. Any help is much appreciated.

Answer 1

You might find the answer here>>>http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/ssa....   I don't know about your case, but sometimes you can work and earn so much before it counts against your earnings from ssd.

Answer 2

I was receiving like $1100 a month in social security and i had a job at that age.  They didn't take anything out of it.  I believe as long as you are still attending high school you should be able to get your SS.  I purposely held myself back a year to keep getting the 1100 a month till i was 19 lol.

But i don't know how disability benefits work.  Me my mom and my sister were each getting 1100 a month after my dad past away.

Answer 3

You can get up to so much money from working before they start deducting from your disability checks. Ask the people from social security about the "ticket to work program". I know this information first hand- my mom and sister are in the same situation. My sister is 20 and wants to get a job. I hope this helps you. I am glad you want to work, having that kind of attitude will help you.

Answer 4

the best thing to do is to contact your social security office. For me I can't work earning over 400.00 a month. I would much better like to try to get off disability if I can thats why I went to college as hard as it was, I suffer memory loss and seizures. Good Luck!