Give me the telephone number to the social security office

The Social Security Administration assigns Social Security numbers, and administers the Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance programs. They also administer the Supplemental Security Income program for the aged, blind, and disabled.

Agency Details

Social Security Administration (SSA) Monthly Data forField Office Telephone ServiceNational Answer and Busy Rates

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(Updated September 2, 2022)

This dataset contains data for fiscal years 2013 onward and is currently available in the following formats:

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Background

We are providing data about our performance in serving the public through answering phone calls to our local field offices using the SSA's national Field Office Network Enterprise (FONE) telephone system. Phone service is a popular way for many people to ask questions and conduct business with us. We use several measures to monitor our performance and the public can use the information about our performance to understand the service they are likely to receive.

Dataset Index

• Agency Program Description
• Dataset Description
• Data Collection Description
• Data Dictionary

Agency Program Description

Social Security operates more than 1200 local field offices across the country and in certain territories. Representatives in our field offices can assist you with all issues related to programs administered by Social Security.

To obtain the phone number of your local field office, use our Social Security Office Locator. Just type in your postal ZIP code and we will provide you with the office address, phone number and business hours. We will also furnish you with directions to the office and with a map pinpointing the office's exact location.

Our field offices generally offer the full range of Social Security services, including applying for new or replacement Social Security cards, applying for Social Security and Supplemental Security income benefits, making changes to your benefits information and helping Medicare beneficiaries with limited income and resources apply for extra help with the cost of their prescription drugs under the new Medicare Prescription Drug Program. Many of these same services are available online at the SSA Homepage or through our toll-free service, 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778).

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Dataset Description

This dataset provides information at the national level by month for federal fiscal years 2013 and onward for answer rate and busy rate for calls to our field offices. The data does not include calls that were abandoned while waiting in queue without representative service and overflow calls which are those callers who wait in queue over the 15 minute maximum wait time without representative service. Maintaining adequate staffing and the ability to replace losses is the largest factor affecting the services we provide to the public.

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Data Collection Description

Our software routing vendor provides the data. In 2012, we completed our transition to a new network called TSRP.

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Data Dictionary

This dataset provides field office answer and busy rates, which account for most, but not all, of the calls to field offices. The calls not reflected in this dataset are abandon calls and overflow calls.

Fiscal Year (FY): The 12-month period from October 1st through September 30th.

Month: Calendar month.

Answer Rate: The total number of queue calls answered by field office representatives expressed as a percentage. It is derived by dividing the total number of queue calls answered by representatives by the total calls offered.

Busy Rate: The total number of queue callers requesting field office representative assistance who receive a busy condition, expressed as a percentage. It is derived by dividing the total number of queue callers who receive a busy condition by the total calls offered.

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