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The Social Security Office Directory

Find the Social Security office closest to you (1,182 offices with address, phone and hours). Denied disability benefits? Find the hearing office that will handle your appeal, its current wait time and the approval rate of its judges, plus the phone number of your state's Disability Determination Services. National average wait: 8.6 months. National approval rate at hearings: 58%.

Find your local officeHearing officesLook up a judgeDDS phone numbers
Field offices1,182SSA official file
Hearing offices163Office of Hearings Operations
Judges989FY 2026 data
Average wait8.6 moFY 2026 through July 31, 2026
Approval rate58%at hearings, FY 2026

Find the Social Security office closest to you

Pick your state to see every Social Security field office with its address, phone and hours, and the hearing office that handles disability appeals there.

Alabama22 offices · 4 hearing officesAlaska3 offices · 0 hearing officesAmerican Samoa1 offices · 0 hearing officesArizona14 offices · 3 hearing officesArkansas16 offices · 2 hearing officesCalifornia124 offices · 17 hearing officesColorado14 offices · 2 hearing officesConnecticut15 offices · 2 hearing officesDelaware3 offices · 1 hearing officeDistrict of Columbia3 offices · 1 hearing officeFlorida40 offices · 8 hearing officesGeorgia32 offices · 5 hearing officesGuam1 offices · 0 hearing officesHawaii4 offices · 1 hearing officeIdaho7 offices · 0 hearing officesIllinois47 offices · 6 hearing officesIndiana26 offices · 4 hearing officesIowa17 offices · 1 hearing officeKansas11 offices · 2 hearing officesKentucky25 offices · 4 hearing officesLouisiana21 offices · 4 hearing officesMaine8 offices · 1 hearing officeMaryland23 offices · 2 hearing officesMassachusetts30 offices · 3 hearing officesMichigan43 offices · 7 hearing officesMinnesota17 offices · 1 hearing officeMississippi23 offices · 3 hearing officesMissouri35 offices · 5 hearing officesMontana7 offices · 1 hearing officeNebraska6 offices · 1 hearing officeNevada4 offices · 2 hearing officesNew Hampshire6 offices · 1 hearing officeNew Jersey24 offices · 3 hearing officesNew Mexico10 offices · 2 hearing officesNew York67 offices · 9 hearing officesNorth Carolina36 offices · 4 hearing officesNorth Dakota4 offices · 1 hearing officeNorthern Mariana Islands1 offices · 0 hearing officesOhio56 offices · 6 hearing officesOklahoma17 offices · 2 hearing officesOregon16 offices · 2 hearing officesPennsylvania62 offices · 8 hearing officesPuerto Rico14 offices · 1 hearing officeRhode Island5 offices · 1 hearing officeSouth Carolina17 offices · 3 hearing officesSouth Dakota6 offices · 0 hearing officesTennessee27 offices · 6 hearing officesTexas65 offices · 7 hearing officesU.S. Virgin Islands2 offices · 0 hearing officesUtah5 offices · 1 hearing officeVermont3 offices · 0 hearing officesVirginia30 offices · 5 hearing officesWashington22 offices · 3 hearing officesWest Virginia16 offices · 3 hearing officesWisconsin26 offices · 2 hearing officesWyoming3 offices · 0 hearing offices

The disability appeal, step by step

  1. Reconsideration: a new review by your state's DDS. Guide
  2. Hearing before an administrative law judge at a hearing office. What to expect
  3. Appeals Council review. Guide
  4. Federal court.

Each step has a 60-day deadline. Start with how to appeal a disability denial.

Fastest hearing offices right now

Jackson, MS7.1 months averageLittle Rock, AR7.2 months averageEvansville, IN7.3 months averageSt. Petersburg, FL7.3 months averageSavannah, GA7.4 months averageCharleston, SC7.5 months average

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Guides

How to appeal a denialDeadlines, forms and steps The disability hearingWhat happens and how to prepare Hearing by phone or videoHow it works ALJ approval ratesHow to read judge data Representative feesThe official fee cap Appeal formsSSA-561, HA-501 and more

Frequently asked questions

How long does a Social Security disability appeal take?

The hearing stage alone averaged 261 days (about 8.6 months) nationally in SSA's FY 2026 through July 31, 2026 report, from the hearing request to the decision.

What percentage of disability appeals are approved at the hearing?

Administrative law judges approved 58% of the cases they decided in FY 2026. Rates vary widely by office and judge.

Is this the official Social Security website?

No. This is an independent directory built from public SSA and state data. To file an appeal or check your case, use ssa.gov or call SSA.