{"meta":{"dataset":"disability-hearings","title":"Social Security disability hearing waits and workloads by hearing office","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23741884","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23741884","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23741883","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Social Security disability hearing waits and workloads by hearing office, version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23741884, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Social Security disability hearing waits and workloads by hearing office (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23741884","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are the Social Security Administration's published hearing-office statistics, kept for marketing planning. An average wait describes cases already closed, not how long any claimant will wait. Check SSA's current reports.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/disability-hearings/index.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/disability-hearings/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"summary":"How long Social Security disability claimants wait for a hearing before an administrative law judge, office by office, from the Social Security Administration's own public data files: the average months from the hearing request to the hearing for cases closed in the month, and each hearing office's fiscal-year-to-date receipts, dispositions, cases pending and average days from request to decision, with SSA's rank among 159 offices. Each record is one hearing office, with the state it sits in. Counts and averages only: no judge, claimant, lawyer or firm is 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AL hearing office: cases closed in August 2026 waited 7.5 months on average from the hearing request to the hearing. 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In fiscal year 2026 through August 28, 2026 it received 685 cases, disposed of 771 and had 594 pending; its average time from request to decision was 295 days, ranked 138 of 159 (1 is fastest).","value":9,"unit":"months from hearing request to hearing held (cases closed in August 2026)","waitMonths":9,"aptDays":295,"aptRank":138,"aptOf":159,"receipts":685,"dispositions":771,"pending":594,"month":"2026-08","fyThrough":"2026-08-28","sources":[{"label":"SSA, Average Wait Time Until Hearing Held Report, August 2026","url":"https://www.ssa.gov/appeals/DataSets/01_NetStat_Report.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"SSA, Hearing Office Workload Data, fiscal year 2026 through August 28, 2026","url":"https://www.ssa.gov/appeals/DataSets/02_HO_Workload_Data.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"SSA, Hearing Office Average Processing Time Ranking Report, fiscal year 2026 through August 28, 2026","url":"https://www.ssa.gov/appeals/DataSets/05_Average_Processing_Time_Report.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Hearings Operations","file":"https://www.ssa.gov/appeals/DataSets/01_NetStat_Report.xml","release":"August 2026 (files created 09/22/2026)","vintage":"FY2026 through August 28, 2026","url":"https://www.ssa.gov/appeals/DataSets/01_NetStat_Report.html","accessed":"2026-10-28"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"note":"The state is ours, from the office's name; SSA lists each office by name and region.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 60 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"dh:R73:2026-08","dataset":"disability-hearings","jurisdiction":"CA","jurisdictionName":"California","office":"R73","officeName":"Stockton","ssaName":"STOCKTON","region":9,"status":"P","text":"Stockton, CA hearing office: cases closed in August 2026 waited 8.0 months on average from the hearing request to the hearing. 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