Q & A
Can a person receive Social Security disability and workers’ compensation benefits at the same time?
Answer: Yes, but workers’ compensation and other public disability benefits may reduce Social Security benefits. If you receive workers’ compensation or other public disability benefits and SSA disability benefits for the same period, the total amount of these cannot exceed 80 percent of your average current earnings before you became disabled. When someone is eligible for both workers’ compensation and Social Security disability, sometimes the State offsets the workers compensation benefits while sometimes Social Security offsets the disability benefits. Variations exist in types of state workers’ compensation benefits so this general answer will not apply in the same manner for all states. Reporting receipt of workers’ compensation is one of your responsibilities when receiving disability.
Read the Social Security pamphlet How Worker’s Compensation and Other Disability Payments May Affect Your Benefits for more information. Reporting responsibilities and additional information for people receiving Social Security disability benefits is in the booklet What You Need to Know When You Get Social Security Disability Benefits..
Source: Social Security: Information & Updates
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