Hearing Processing Time Report

Above are thumbnails of the most recent report on average processing times at Social Security's hearing offices. Click on each one to view it full size.

I have one reader who keeps asking me to post these. Please note that I obtain these from the National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR) newsletter. NOSSCR obtains the reports from Social Security. The newsletter containing this report arrived at my office by e-mail at 11:58 last night and I am posting it at about 9:45 this morning. There is no point asking that I post these earlier since I cannot post something I do not have. You might get them a few hours faster if you joined NOSSCR or subscribed to its newsletter if you do not qualify to join, but that is the only way you will get them faster unless your job gives you direct access to them.

Here is how the national processing times have changed over time:

• January 25, 2007 -- 508 days
• May 25, 2007 -- 523 days
• July 28, 2007 -- 528 days
• August 31, 2007 -- 523 days
• November 30, 2007 -- 500 days
• February 29, 2008 -- 511 days
• May 30, 2008 -- 523 days
• June 27, 2008 -- 529 days
• July 31, 2008 -- 530 days
  
• September 3, 2008 -- 532 days
• November 5, 2008 -- 476 days
  
• December 3, 2008 -- 480 days
• December 31, 2008 -- 480 days