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{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name = Social Security Administration
|seal = US-SocialSecurityAdmin-Seal.svg
|seal_size = 150
|seal_caption = Official seal of the Social Security Administration
|logo = Flag of the United States Social Security Administration.svg
|logo_caption = Flag of the Social Security Administration
|formed = {{start date and age|1935|8|14}}
|preceding1 =
|dissolved =
|superseding =
|jurisdiction = [[Federal government of the United States]]
|headquarters = [[Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland|Woodlawn, Maryland]], U.S.
|employees = 60,000
|budget = $1.06 trillion (FY 2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssa.gov/oact/TRSUM/index.html|title=A Summary Of The 2017 Annual Reports|author=Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees|publisher=Office of the Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration}}</ref>
|chief1_name = [[Kilolo Kijakazi]]
|chief1_position = Acting Commissioner
|website = {{URL|www.ssa.gov}}
}}
The '''United States Social Security Administration''' ('''SSA''')<ref>(SSA Pub. No 25-1556 p. 7)</ref> is an [[Independent agencies of the United States government|independent agency]] of the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. federal government]] that administers [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]], a [[social insurance]] program consisting of [[retirement]], [[disability]] and survivor benefits. To qualify for most of these benefits, most workers pay [[Social Security tax]]es on their earnings; the claimant's benefits are based on the wage earner's contributions. Otherwise benefits such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are given based on need.

The Social Security Administration was established by the [[Social Security Act of 1935 ]] and is codified in {{usc|42|901}} ({{usstat|49|635}}). It was created in 1935 as the "Social Security Board", then assumed its present name in 1946. Its current leader is [[Kilolo Kijakazi]], who serves on an acting basis.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zeleny |first1=Jeff |title=Biden fires top official at Social Security Administration after he refuses to resign |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/09/politics/social-security-commissioner-fired-by-biden/index.html |website=CNN.com |publisher=CNN |access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref>

SSA is headquartered in [[Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland|Woodlawn, Maryland]], just to the west of [[Baltimore]], at what is known as Central Office. The agency includes 10 regional offices, 8 processing centers, approximately 1300 field offices, and 37 Teleservice Centers. {{As of|2018}}, about 60,000 people were employed by SSA.<ref>SSA, [http://www.ssa.gov/otherssasites/ How We're Organized], accessed 23 July 2018</ref> Headquarters non-supervisory employees of SSA are represented by [[American Federation of Government Employees]] Local 1923. Social Security is the largest social welfare program in the United States. For 2014, the net cost of Social Security was $906.4 billion, an amount corresponding to 21% of US Federal Government expenditures.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/finrep/fr/14frusg/FR_02252015_Final.pdf|title=Financial Report Fiscal Year 2014 of the United States Government|access-date=2015-02-25}}</ref> By 2020, it had increased to $1.10 trillion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Government Spending Trends Over Time {{!}} U.S. Treasury Data Lab|url=https://datalab.usaspending.gov/americas-finance-guide/spending/trends/|access-date=2021-05-07|website=datalab.usaspending.gov|language=en}}</ref>

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