---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 220.161"
title: "20"
number: "220.161"
heading: "How work affects an employee disability annuity."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/220.161"
---

# §220.161. How work affects an employee disability annuity.


In addition to the condition in [§ 220.160](/cfr/20/220.160.md), the employee's disability annuity is not payable and the employee must return the annuity payment for any month in which the employee earns more than $400 (after deduction of impairment-related work expenses) in employment or self-employment of any kind. Any annuity amounts withheld because the annuitant earned over $400 in a month may be paid after the end of the year, as shown in [§ 220.164](/cfr/20/220.164.md). The $400 monthly limit no longer applies when the employee attains retirement age and the disability annuity is converted to a full age annuity. See [§ 220.145](/cfr/20/220.145.md) for the definition of impairment-related work expenses.


## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 12980, Mar. 28, 1991, as amended at 68 FR 39010, July 1, 2003]

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231a; 45 U.S.C. 231f.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 12980, Mar. 28, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[56 FR 12980, Mar. 28, 1991, as amended at 68 FR 39010, July 1, 2003]