Unemployment in professional and related occupations decreased from 4.5 percent in 2010 to 2.6 percent in 2015. Computer and mathematical occupations added 838,000 jobs between from 2010 and 2015. Architecture and engineering occupations added 335,000 jobs between 2010 and 2015, growing 12.8 percent.
Social Security Dependent and Survivor Benefits. Social Security pays generous survivor and dependents to children and spouses of those who are insured for Social Security benefits. Family members of those insured for retirement benefits and those insured and eligible for disability benefits can qualify. Benefits for Dependents of SSDI Recipients.
Average SSI Benefit. Supplementary Security Income, or SSI, is the other Social Security program that pays benefits to the disabled. However, to obtain SSI, you must also be considered low-income. On average, an SSI beneficiary receives $499 a month as of January 2011. Younger SSI beneficiaries receive the highest average benefit at $598, followed by those age 18 to 64 who receive $515, followed by those 65 and older who receive $403 a month.