FY 2025 PERFORMANCE TABLE
erience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government cross-agency life experience projects. We are also prioritizing actions outlined in our Equity Action Plan 2023 Update. We are improving equity in the SSI program by increasing underpayment processing of our oldest and highest priority cases, including those disproportionately impacted by poverty.
2 SSA funds the full costs, including pay, for State DDS employees. Each State sets its own pay rates. Multiple States are requesting approval on pay increases for DDS employees to remain competitive.
- Continuing PI Efforts. The Budget includes $1.9 billion, $52 million above the FY 2024 Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) level, for dedicated PI work, including cost- effective PI reviews, cooperative disability investigations (CDI), and fraud. This level is consistent with the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) of 2023 (P.L. 118-5). Figure 3: LAE Budget by Major Funding Category, FY 2025 Estimates
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Sufficient and sustained funding is required to provide service to the public. Figure 4 displays actual and budgeted funding and workyears (WY).
| Budget Authority and Workyears(WY)(numbers may not add due to rounding) | FY2023Enacted | FY2024Estimate³ | FY2025President'sBudget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budget Authority,One-Year(Dollars in Millions) | |||
| Limitation on Administrative Expenses(LAE)⁴,⁵ | $14,127 | $14,194 | $15,402 |
| (Dedicated Program Integrity Level,Base and Adjustment,included in LAE)⁶ | ($1,784) | ($1,851) | ($1,903) |
| Research and Demonstrations⁷,⁸ | $86 | $86 | $91 |
| Office of the Inspector General(OIG)⁹ | $115 | $115 | $121 |
| Total,Budget Authority | $14,328 | $14,395 | $15,614 |
| SSA WYs | FY2023Actual | FY2024Estimate | FY2025President'sBudget |
| Full-Time Equivalents¹⁰ | 58,485¹¹ | 57,490 | 59,211 |
| Overtime | 2,782 | 1,800 | 2,167 |
| Lump Sum Leave | 150 | 242 | 242 |
| Total SSA WY¹² | 61,417 | 59,532 | 61,620 |
| Disability Determination Services(DDS) | 13,554 | 13,364 | 13,555 |
| Total SSA/DDS WY | 74,971 | 72,896 | 75,175 |
| OIG | 501 | 517 | 532 |
| Total SSA/DDS/OIG WY | 75,472 | 73,413 | 75,707 |
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3 Our regular LAE funding level in FY 2024 assumes level funding of the annual appropriations included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328). The FY 2025 President’s Budget assumes the Fiscal Responsibility Act (P.L. 118-5) level for the program integrity cap adjustment in FY 2024. 4 LAE funding includes $140 million in FY 2023, $140 million in FY 2024, and $170 million in FY 2025 for SSI user fees. LAE funding also
adjustment in FY 2024. 4 LAE funding includes $140 million in FY 2023, $140 million in FY 2024, and $170 million in FY 2025 for SSI user fees. LAE funding also includes $1 million in Social Security Protection Act (SSPA) user fees. 5 The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328) provided $55 million in dedicated funding to address the hearings backlog. 6 The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328) provided FY 2023 PI funding availability for 18 months (through March 31, 2024).
10 Full-time equivalents include those funded by the CDI unit PI transfer from the LAE account to the OIG. 11 FY 2023 workyears are final numbers and will not match the preliminary estimates included in the Budget Appendix.
These amounts include $7 million in base research funding classified as mandatory. 8 Congress appropriated $86 million in three-year authority in both FYs 2023 and 2024 for research and demonstration projects. The FY 2025 President’s Budget proposes $91 million in FY 2025 for research and demonstration projects in three-year authority (available through September 30, 2027). 9 The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328) allowed SSA to transfer $15.1 million in FY 2023 from the LAE account to the OIG
Figure 5: FY 2025 Summary Statement Table
The Summary Statement table in Figure 5 displays the estimated distribution of our costs and WYs by major component group.
| Dollars in Thousands | FY 2023 Actual | FY 2024 Estimate | FY 2025 Request | FY 2024 vs FY 2025 Increase(Decrease) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component | Cost | Workyears | Cost | Workyears | Cost | Workyears | Cost | Workyears |
| Field Offices | $3,887,914 | 29,002 | $4,024,699 | 27,720 | $4,295,168 | 28,609 | $270,469 | 889 |
| Teleservice Centers | $387,313 | 4,144 | $410,862 | 4,123 | $490,231 | 4,700 | $79,369 | 577 |
| Regional Offices | $533,911 | 1,247 | $533,857 | 1,071 | $554,327 | 1,088 | $20,470 | 17 |
| Subtotal, RC Field | $4,809,138 | 34,393 | $4,969,418 | 32,914 | $5,339,726 | 34,397 | $370,308 | 1,483 |
| Program Service Centers and Office of Central Operations | $1,231,337 | 10,400 | $1,274,545 | 9,839 | $1,362,996 | 10,043 | $88,451 | 204 |
| Subtotal, Operations | $6,040,476 | 44,793 | $6,243,963 | 42,753 | $6,702,722 | 44,440 | 458,759 | 1,687 |
| Office of Hearings Operations | $1,406,271 | 7,785 | $1,462,785 | 7,714 | $1,569,260 | 7,892 | $106,475 | 178 |
| Office of the Chief Information Officer | $650,901 | 3,323 | $695,317 | 3,359 | $748,958 | 3,386 | $53,641 | 27 |
| Office of Analytics, Review, and Oversight | $321,160 | 1,929 | $336,729 | 1,907 | $364,900 | 1,960 | $28,171 | 53 |
| Office of the General Counsel | $228,703 | 702 | $202,095 | 686 | $209,343 |
13 The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328) allows SSA to transfer $15.1 million in FY 2023 from the LAE account to the OIG for the costs associated with jointly operated CDI units. This funding is not included in the FY 2023 total LAE.
Figure 6a: Staffing History
In FY 2022, we reached our lowest staffing level in over 25 years. The funding increase we received in FY 2023 allowed us to start rebuilding our workforce so that we could position ourselves to improve customer experience. Unfortunately, the austere budget climate in FY 2024 led us to implement a hiring freeze, which is reversing the progress we made in FY 2023. Under a full-year CR, staffing levels would reach the lowest levels since 1972 by the end of FY 2024 while the number of beneficiaries increase. It is critical that we receive sufficient funding in FY 2024 and FY 2025 to restore our staffing levels and improve service for the millions of people that depend on us.
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Figure 6b: Staffing Scenario
We expect that a full-year CR would result in extremely low staffing levels by the end of the fiscal year, as we are forced to freeze hiring, and further reductions in public service (blue line). In contrast, the FY 2025 President’s Budget (orange line) will allow us to restore our staffing to FY 2023 levels and begin to improve service.
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FY 2025 PERFORMANCE TABLE
Our Performance Table shows actual performance in FY 2023; estimated performance for FY 2024, assuming level funding and a hiring freeze; and estimated performance in FY 2025 based on full funding of the FY 2025 President’s Budget (see Figures 7 and 8). Restoring our staffing to FY 2023 levels will help us turn the corner and begin reducing backlogs and improving wait times in critical areas, especially in our disabilit