Annual Statistical Supplement, 2021

Program Provisions and SSA Administrative Data

SSA Resources and Operations

Hearings and Appeals

Table 2.F8 Workload of SSA's Administrative Law Judges (ALJs), fiscal years 2017–2020
Item 2017 2018 2019 2020
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.
Table 2.F9 Number of hearing level receipts, dispositions, and end-of-year pending cases, fiscal years 2018–2020
Program Hearing level receipts Hearing level dispositions End-of-year pending cases
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.
Table 2.F11 Number of SSA Appeals Council cases, fiscal years 2017–2020
Cases 2017 2018 2019 2020
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.