Estimating your Supplemental Security Income benefits in PolicyEngine

Enter your household information, and our free web app will estimate your SSI — plus other taxes and benefits.

Low-income seniors and people with disabilities can claim Supplemental Security Income, a monthly cash benefit run by the Social Security Administration. Last year, over 7 million people claimed over $50 billion in SSI benefits.

In this post, you’ll see how to estimate your own SSI benefits based on your income using the free PolicyEngine US web app. You can also watch it in the below 90-second video.

To start, visit **policyengine.org** and click **Enter PolicyEngine US**.

Go to the Your household tab to enter your household’s info. Let’s say we’re a single parent of one disabled child with $30,000 income. Click 1 in the Dependents section.

In the Income menu, enter $30,000 under Employment income.

In the Demographics menu, select the You drop-down in the upper right corner, and select Your first dependent. Scroll down to toggle the SSI disabled flag.

Now click Compute your net income. SSI is in the Benefits section of the expandable table. This household would receive $5,934 per year (in 2022), or about $495 per month. This also assumes the household meets other requirements such as asset limits.

To estimate your own SSI benefits, as well as other taxes and benefits, visit policyengine.org.

PolicyEngine provides estimates only; they do not confer benefit eligibility.

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