Each of North Carolinaâs nine large counties posted over-the-year wage increases in December 2015. Durham County had the highest average weekly wage among the stateâs largest counties ($1,278), followed by Mecklenburg County ($1,204), and Wake County ($1,071).
Applications for Social Security benefits can only be processed a maximum of four months before benefits are scheduled to begin. Thus, the earliest you can apply is age 61 and 9 months, and you can expect to receive your first payment four months later, the month after your birthday.
In several unofficial Social Security benefit resources, the average wait time is estimated to be approximately 90 days before the first monthly SSDI check is issued. You will receive two, possibly three different checks. The first check is your monthly SSDI award. This amount is determined by the length of time you worked in the past and how much you contributed to SSA. The second check is Social Security Disability back pay. The amount that you receive in back pay is determined by the date that you became disabled (for this purpose, disability means the point at which you became unable to work enough to be considered substantial gainful work activity, or SGA, the current 2009 SGA is $980/month.