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SSI in Hawaii

The 2026 federal SSI payment for one person is $994 a month. The simplified unearned-income screen for one person is $1,014 a month. Hawaii uses those federal amounts on this page. Resources are not collected, and the page says so. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Who is near the 2026 SSI income screen? Figures below use the 2026 poverty guideline of $37,950 for a household of four in Hawaii, unless the program uses its own dollar table.

Urban Honolulu is the ranked metro in Hawaii, with a FY 2027 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $2,542.

Hawaii taxes wages at rates up to 11.00%. Combined state and local sales tax is 4.5%. The ACS effective property tax rate is 0.27%.

A household of four with $48,000 of income is about 126 percent of the $37,950 poverty guideline and is unlikely for SSI. Unlikely — SSI needs age 65 or a disability.

Limits behind the page

2026 poverty guideline in Hawaii
Household100%138%185%
1$18,360$25,337$33,966
2$24,890$34,348$46,047
3$31,420$43,360$58,127
4$37,950$52,371$70,208

An illustrative household

Two adults, ages 34 and 32, filing jointly, plus children ages 8 and 3. Gross income $48,000 a year, about 126 percent of the poverty guideline in Hawaii. They rent. Nobody is marked disabled or pregnant.

SSI

Unlikely

Unlikely — SSI needs age 65 or a disability

  • Supplemental Security Income is for people who are 65 or older, blind, or disabled, and who have limited income and resources.
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Last checked: October 15, 2026

Sources

What changed
  • October 15, 2026. The benefit rules file was checked against the sources listed here.
  • January 15, 2026. HHS published the 2026 poverty guidelines in the Federal Register.

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