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Social Security Administration
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | August 14, 1935 |
| Jurisdiction | Federal government of the United States |
| Headquarters | Woodlawn, Maryland, U.S. |
| Employees | 60,000 |
| Annual budget | $1.06 trillion (FY 2018)[1] |
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| Website | www |
The United States Social Security Administration (SSA)[2] is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers 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 taxes 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 Template:Usc (Template:Usstat). 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.[3]
SSA is headquartered in 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[update], about 60,000 people were employed by SSA.[4] 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.[5] By 2020, it had increased to $1.10 trillion.[6]
- ↑ Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees. "A Summary Of The 2017 Annual Reports". Office of the Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration.
- ↑ (SSA Pub. No 25-1556 p. 7)
- ↑ Zeleny, Jeff. "Biden fires top official at Social Security Administration after he refuses to resign". CNN.com. CNN. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ↑ SSA, How We're Organized, accessed 23 July 2018
- ↑ "Financial Report Fiscal Year 2014 of the United States Government" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-02-25.
- ↑ "Government Spending Trends Over Time | U.S. Treasury Data Lab". datalab.usaspending.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-07.