Annual Statistical Supplement, 2011

Program Provisions and SSA Administrative Data

SSA Administrative Data

Hearings and Appeals

Table 2.F8 Workload of SSA's Administrative Law Judges (ALJs), fiscal years 2008–2010
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.
Table 2.F9 Number of hearing level receipts, dispositions, and end-of-year pending cases, fiscal years 2009–2010
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.
Table 2.F11 Number of SSA Appeals Council cases, fiscal years 2008–2010
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.