British Columbia uses a calendar-year Annual Earnings Exemption (AEE), not a monthly clawback like Ontario ODSP or Alberta AISH/ADAP. Enter your year-to-date employment earnings to see remaining exemption room, when BC may send a 75% letter, and a simplified over-limit reduction estimate.

Estimate only. BC reviews your monthly HR0081 reports. Prorated limits for mid-year starts and exact cheque timing are simplified here. Confirm with the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction.

Family unit on disability assistance

Single adult with Persons with Disabilities (PWD) designationTwo adults: only one has the PWD designationTwo adults: both have the PWD designation

Year-to-date qualifying employment earnings (calendar year)

Employment income reported from January 1 through today. BC counts qualifying income for the calendar year; no carryover from last year.

Months remaining in this calendar year

Used for optional proration and projected year-end earnings. Full-year limits apply unless you turn on mid-year proration below.

Optional: projected average monthly earnings for remaining months

Leave blank to see runway from YTD only. Enter an amount to estimate year-end totals and over-limit clawback.

Prorate my annual limit (started assistance mid-year)BC calculates a prorated limit as the monthly base amount times qualifying months remaining. Edge cases (partial months) are not published in detail; treat this as an estimate.

Use my own monthly assistance amount

Your AEE runway

Enter your year-to-date employment earnings to see remaining annual exemption room.

Report income on your monthly HR0081. You keep 100% of earnings; only assistance is reduced on amounts over your annual limit. Annual earnings exemption (gov.bc.ca)

Other provincial disability earnings tools

Each province uses different exemption rules. These standalone estimators are separate from the main benefits quiz and from each other.

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Official sources (gov.bc.ca)

Last reviewed for this tool: 2026-06-22. Amounts may change.