Annual Statistical Supplement, 2016
Program Provisions and SSA Administrative Data
SSA Administrative Data
Hearings and Appeals
Item | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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Number of ALJs | 1,301 | 1,356 | 1,311 | 1,265 |
Average monthly hearing dispositions per ALJ a | 50 | 48 | 43 | 44 |
Average hearings pending per ALJ | 533 | 577 | 688 | 708 |
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review. Actual data from the Key Workload Indicator Report. | ||||
NOTE: Number of ALJs and average monthly hearing dispositions per ALJ based on fiscal year average ALJ availability; average hearings pending per ALJ based on ALJs on duty. Data exclude Regional Chief ALJs. | ||||
a. Calculation excludes Attorney Adjudicator decisions. | ||||
CONTACT: Chuck Gramens (703) 605-8413 or statistics@ssa.gov. |
Program | Hearing level receipts | Hearing level dispositions | End-of-year pending cases | ||||||
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2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
Total | 824,989 | 810,715 | 746,300 | 793,580 | 680,963 | 663,129 | 847,984 | 977,736 | 1,060,907 |
OASI | 1,973 | 2,018 | 1,632 | 1,839 | 1,818 | 1,575 | 1,268 | 1,471 | 1,530 |
Disability | |||||||||
DI | 264,625 | 275,384 | 265,638 | 245,018 | 211,270 | 216,541 | 260,441 | 323,749 | 371,793 |
SSI | 239,355 | 229,830 | 210,565 | 230,345 | 200,983 | 190,020 | 254,969 | 283,589 | 303,889 |
DI and SSI | 319,036 | 303,483 | 268,465 | 316,378 | 266,892 | 254,993 | 331,306 | 368,927 | 383,695 |
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review. Actual data from the Case Processing and Management System and Key Workload Indicator Report. | |||||||||
NOTES: Some claims are resclassifed from one program to another during their processing cycle. End-of-year adjustments account for those reclassifications. | |||||||||
OASI = Old-Age and Survivors Insurance; DI = Disability Insurance; SSI = Supplemental Security Income. | |||||||||
CONTACT: Chuck Gramens (703) 605-8413 or statistics@ssa.gov. |
Cases | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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Beginning-of-year pending | 153,242 | 161,070 | 157,311 | 150,383 |
Receipts | 173,848 | 172,492 | 155,352 | 149,437 |
Dispositions | 166,020 | 176,251 | 162,280 | 150,673 |
End-of-year pending | 161,070 | 157,311 | 150,383 | 149,147 |
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review. Actual data from the Appeals Review Processing System and Key Workload Indicator Report. | ||||
CONTACT: Chuck Gramens (703) 605-8413 or statistics@ssa.gov. |