Annual Statistical Supplement, 2011
Program Provisions and SSA Administrative Data
SSA Administrative Data
Hearings and Appeals
| Item | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of ALJs | 960 | 1,057 | 1,154 |
| Average monthly hearing dispositions per ALJ a | 48 | 49 | 49 |
| Average hearings pending per ALJ | 643 | 575 | 528 |
| 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, which numbered 24,575 in fiscal year 2008, 36,366 in fiscal year 2009, and 54,186 in fiscal year 2010. | |||
| CONTACT: Chuck Gramens (703) 605-8413 or statistics@ssa.gov. | |||
| Program | Hearing level receipts | Hearing level dispositions | End-of-year pending cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| Total | 622,851 | 720,161 | 660,842 | 737,616 | 722,822 | 705,367 |
| OASI | 2,047 | 2,170 | 2,051 | 2,170 | 1,596 | 1,596 |
| Disability | ||||||
| DI | 193,020 | 220,974 | 228,225 | 232,801 | 210,470 | 198,643 |
| SSI | 173,210 | 204,447 | 168,887 | 200,681 | 209,318 | 213,084 |
| DI and SSI | 254,574 | 292,570 | 261,679 | 301,964 | 301,438 | 292,044 |
| SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review. Actual data from the Case Processing and Management System and Key Workload Indicator Report. | ||||||
| CONTACT: Chuck Gramens (703) 605-8413 or statistics@ssa.gov. | ||||||
| Cases | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beginning-of-year pending | 53,163 | 62,210 | 80,040 |
| Receipts | 92,454 | 106,965 | 128,703 |
| Dispositions | 83,407 | 89,066 | 102,062 |
| End-of-year pending | 62,210 | 80,040 | 106,664 a |
| SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review. Actual data from the Appeals Review Processing System and Key Workload Indicator Report. | |||
| a. The Appeals Review Processing System recategorized 17 cases after they had been counted as receipts or dispositions. | |||
| CONTACT: Chuck Gramens (703) 605-8413 or statistics@ssa.gov. | |||