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SSA logo: link to Social Security Online home  §416.910 Meaning of substantial gainful activity.

Substantial gainful activity means work that—

(a) Involves doing significant and productive physical or mental duties; and

(b) Is done (or intended) for pay or profit.

(See §416.972 for further details about what we mean by substantial gainful activity.)

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