Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2024

Benefits Awarded, Withheld, and Terminated

Benefits Withheld from All Disabled Beneficiaries

Table 48. Number, by reason for withholding benefit, December 2024
Reason All beneficiaries Workers and nondisabled dependents Widow(er)s Adult children of—
Workers Spouses Children under age 18 Students aged 18–19 Retired workers Deceased workers Disabled workers
Total 728,547 133,622 23,979 169,304 3,529 7,031 163,294 170,881 56,907
Earnings of—  
Retired workers 209 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 . . . . . .
Disabled beneficiaries with substantial gainful activity 63,169 46,437 324 10,848 46 198 1,368 2,111 1,837
Other beneficiaries 6,049 . . . 6,031 15 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Entitled child not in care 6,275 . . . 6,275 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Payee not determined 7,177 2,262 (X) 2,064 (X) 21 548 2,091 (X)
Recoupment of overpayment 3,943 1,594 142 1,460 16 123 198 306 104
Address unknown 45,588 24,097 366 9,178 220 539 2,100 7,551 1,537
Determination of continuing disability pending 8,318 6,081 42 1,210 15 30 200 522 218
Imprisoned or confined 44,023 32,145 (X) 54 (X) 319 2,020 7,976 1,386
Workers' compensation offset 595 418 37 118 (X) . . . . . . . . . (X)
Government pension offset a 3,253 . . . 3,020 . . . . . . 233 . . . . . . . . .
Technical entitlement 500,672 . . . 6,579 138,318 3,075 5,091 154,430 144,120 49,059
Other 39,276 20,588 1,039 6,039 145 477 2,221 6,204 2,563
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: These data represent the total number of beneficiaries with benefits withheld in December 2024 regardless of when their benefits were initially withheld.
(X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals; . . . = not applicable.
a. The Social Security Fairness Act (enacted January 2025) repealed the government pension offset retroactively to benefits payable in or after January 2024, but the resulting benefit increases and retroactive payments were not processed until 2025.
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