---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.910"
title: "20"
number: "416.910"
heading: "Meaning of substantial gainful activity."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.910"
---

# §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.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 421(m), 902(a)(5), 1382, 1382c, 1382h, 1383, and 1383b; secs. 4(c) and 5, 6(c)-(e), 14(a), and 15, Pub. L. 98-460, 98 Stat. 1794, 1801, 1802, and 1808 (42 U.S.C. 421 note, 423 note, and 1382h note).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 55621, Aug. 20, 1980, unless otherwise noted.