Annual Statistical Supplement, 2017
Program Provisions and SSA Administrative Data
SSA Administrative Data
Hearings and Appeals
Item | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 a |
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Number of ALJs | 1,356 | 1,311 | 1,265 | 1,340 |
Average monthly hearing dispositions per ALJ b | 48 | 43 | 44 | 40 |
Average hearings pending per ALJ | 577 | 688 | 708 | 723 |
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. Because of calendar variations and agency budgeting and accounting rules, one week occasionally falls between the end of one fiscal year and the beginning of the next. Although September 2016 included such a week, data for that week are not available. Values shown are as of the end of the 52nd week of fiscal year 2016. | ||||
b. 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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2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
Total | 810,715 | 746,300 | 712,853 | 680,963 | 663,129 | 652,241 | 977,736 | 1,060,907 | 1,121,519 |
OASI | 2,018 | 1,632 | 1,342 | 1,818 | 1,575 | 1,392 | 1,471 | 1,530 | 1,481 |
Disability | |||||||||
DI | 275,384 | 265,638 | 255,434 | 211,270 | 216,541 | 223,434 | 323,749 | 371,793 | 402,498 |
SSI | 229,830 | 210,565 | 209,312 | 200,983 | 190,020 | 185,281 | 283,589 | 303,889 | 327,670 |
DI and SSI | 303,483 | 268,465 | 246,765 | 266,892 | 254,993 | 242,134 | 368,927 | 383,695 | 389,870 |
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. | |||||||||
Because of calendar variations and agency budgeting and accounting rules, one week occasionally falls between the end of one fiscal year and the beginning of the next. September 2016 included such a week, and the values shown for fiscal year 2016 include the activity for that week, as follows: for OASI, 31 receipts, 30 dispositions, and 1 additional pending case; for DI, 5,285 receipts, 5,118 dispositions and a reduction of 58 pending cases; for SSI, 4,314 receipts, 4,211 dispositions, and 53 additional pending cases; and for both DI and SSI, 4,644 receipts, 5,410 dispositions, and a reduction of 491 pending cases. In total, that week saw 14,274 receipts, 14,769 dispositions, and a reduction of 495 pending cases. Reclassifications (noted above) account for apparent discrepancies. | |||||||||
OASI = Old-Age and Survivors Insurance; DI = Disability Insurance; SSI = Supplemental Security Income. | |||||||||
CONTACT: Chuck Gramens (703) 605-8413 or statistics@ssa.gov. |
Cases | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 a |
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Beginning-of-year pending | 161,070 | 157,311 | 150,383 | 149,147 |
Receipts | 172,492 | 155,352 | 149,437 | 136,987 |
Dispositions | 176,251 | 162,280 | 150,673 | 159,000 |
End-of-year pending | 157,311 | 150,383 | 149,147 | 127,134 |
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review. Actual data from the Appeals Review Processing System and Key Workload Indicator Report. | ||||
a. Because of calendar variations and agency budgeting and accounting rules, one week occasionally falls between the end of one fiscal year and the beginning of the next. September 2016 included such a week, and the values shown for fiscal year 2016 include the 3,147 receipts and 4,598 dispositions (and the resulting reduction in pending cases by 1,451) that occurred in that week. | ||||
CONTACT: Chuck Gramens (703) 605-8413 or statistics@ssa.gov. |