Annual Statistical Supplement, 2016

Program Provisions and SSA Administrative Data

SSA Administrative Data

Hearings and Appeals

Table 2.F8 Workload of SSA's Administrative Law Judges (ALJs), fiscal years 2012–2015
Item 2012 2013 2014 2015
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.
Table 2.F9 Number of hearing level receipts, dispositions, and end-of-year pending cases, fiscal years 2013–2015
Program Hearing level receipts Hearing level dispositions End-of-year pending cases
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.
Table 2.F11 Number of SSA Appeals Council cases, fiscal years 2012–2015
Cases 2012 2013 2014 2015
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.