What is the 2026 poverty guideline for a family of four in Maine?

$33,000. Alaska and Hawaii use higher guidelines. Maine uses the 48-state and D.C. table.

Is a $48,000 household eligible for SSI in Maine?

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. This is an illustration for two adults and two children, not a determination.

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SSI in Maine

The 2026 SSI income screen for one person is $994 a month. The 2027 income screen is $1,029 for one person and $1,544 for a couple, and it takes effect in January 2027. Maine shows both. The example on this page still uses 2026. This site does not approve or deny benefits.

Who is near the 2026 or 2027 SSI income screen? Figures below use the 2026 poverty guideline of $33,000 for a household of four in Maine, unless the program uses its own dollar table.

Maine has no metro in the top 100 population ranking, so this page stays on statewide rules.

Maine taxes wages at rates up to 7.15%. Combined state and local sales tax is 5.5%. The ACS effective property tax rate is 0.91%.

A household of four with $48,000 of income is about 145 percent of the $33,000 poverty guideline and is unlikely for SSI. Unlikely — SSI needs age 65 or a disability.

Limits behind the page

2026 poverty guideline in Maine
Household	100%	138%	185%
1	$15,960	$22,025	$29,526
2	$21,640	$29,863	$40,034
3	$27,320	$37,702	$50,542
4	$33,000	$45,540	$61,050

An illustrative household

Two adults, ages 34 and 32, filing jointly, plus children ages 8 and 3. Gross income $48,000 a year, about 145 percent of the poverty guideline in Maine. 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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2026 income screen

The example on this page uses this screen. The 2026 federal payment standard is $994 a month for an individual and $1,491 for a couple. SSA's simplified monthly limits are $1,014 unearned for one person, $1,511 unearned for a couple, $2,073 from wages for one person, and $3,067 from wages for a couple.

2027 income screen

Takes effect January 2027.

Individual: $1,029 a month.

Couple: $1,544 a month.

These are the federal payment standards on SSA's 2027 COLA fact sheet. Increased SSI payments begin December 31, 2026. A 2027 wage limit is not on that sheet, so it is not printed here. Last checked October 16, 2026.

Social Security and SSI raise for 2027

Related guides in Maine

Last checked: October 16, 2026

Sources

SSA SSI Federal Payment Amounts for 2026
SSA publication 05-10003, 2026 SSI update
SSA 2027 COLA fact sheet 2027 federal payment standards: $1,029 individual and $1,544 couple.
SSA press release, 3.6 percent benefit increase for 2027 Increased SSI payments begin December 31, 2026.

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.
October 16, 2026. The 2027 income screen was added from the SSA COLA fact sheet. The example on the page still uses the 2026 screen.