Annual Statistical Supplement, 2021
Program Provisions and SSA Administrative Data
SSA Resources and Operations
Hearings and Appeals
Item | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Number of ALJs | 1,430 | 1,487 | 1,420 | 1,315 |
Average monthly hearing dispositions per ALJ a | 40 | 43 | 47 | 37 |
Average hearings pending per ALJ | 661 | 534 | 395 | 306 |
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Hearings Operations. Actual data from Case Processing Management System (CPMS) Management Information. | ||||
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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2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
Total | 567,911 | 510,901 | 428,810 | 765,554 | 793,863 | 585,918 | 858,383 | 575,421 | 418,313 |
OASI | 1,235 | 1,155 | 552 | 1,375 | 1,459 | 779 | 1,382 | 1,083 | 862 |
Disability | |||||||||
DI | 204,366 | 186,531 | 164,730 | 278,596 | 288,621 | 219,149 | 306,589 | 204,041 | 149,239 |
SSI | 172,757 | 154,163 | 118,863 | 223,878 | 238,052 | 168,080 | 266,167 | 182,133 | 132,785 |
DI and SSI | 189,553 | 169,052 | 144,665 | 261,705 | 265,731 | 197,910 | 284,245 | 188,164 | 135,427 |
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Hearings Operations. Actual data from Case Processing Management System (CPMS) Management Information. | |||||||||
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 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Beginning-of-year pending | 127,134 | 94,471 | 91,400 | 119,185 |
Receipts | 128,113 | 152,888 | 171,978 | 129,876 |
Dispositions | 160,776 | 155,959 | 144,193 | 191,734 |
End-of-year pending | 94,471 | 91,400 | 119,185 | 57,327 |
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Hearings Operations. Actual data from the Appeals Review Processing System (ARPS) Management Information. | ||||
CONTACT: Chuck Gramens (703) 605-8413 or statistics@ssa.gov. |