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.
How much your Social Security disability benefit will be is based on your covered earningsâthe wages that you paid Social Security taxes onâprior to becoming disabled. (Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is the federal insurance program that provides benefits to qualified workers who can no longer work. To be eligible, you must be insured under the program and meet the Social Security Administration's (SSAâs) definition of disabled. SSI payments, on the other hand, aren't based on past earnings.)