Social Security Tables and Figures in CRS Reports
The following tables and figures related to Social Security can be found in the CRS reports included in this Green Book chapter.
RL30920: Major Decisions in the House and Senate on Social Security: 1935-2011
Table 1. Social Security Laws, 1935-2011
R42035: Social Security Primer
Table 1. Increase in the Full Retirement Age Scheduled Under Current Law
Table 2. Computation of a Worker’s Primary Insurance Amount (PIA) in 2012 Based on an Illustrative AIME of $5,000
Table 3. Social Security Benefits for the Worker’s Family Members
Table 4. Social Security Beneficiaries, by Type, January 2012
RL33028: Social Security: The Trust Fund
Figure 1. Ratio of Current (Annual) Revenues to Costs for the Social Security Trust Fund, 1957-2032
Table 1. Annual Revenues, Costs, and Cash Flow Surpluses or Deficits for the Social Security Trust Fund, 1957-1983
Table 2. Annual Revenues, Costs, and Cash Flow Surpluses or Deficits for the Social Security Trust Fund, 1984-2011
Table 3. Projected Annual Revenues, Costs, and Cash Flow Deficits for the Social Security Trust Fund, 2012-2032
Table 4. Accumulated Holdings of the Social Security Trust Fund, 1957-2011
Table 5. Projected Accumulated Holdings of the Social Security Trust Fund, 2012-2032
RL33514: Social Security: What Would Happen If the Trust Funds Ran Out?
Figure 1. Scheduled Benefits Payable at Current Law Payroll Tax Rates, 2012-2086
Figure 2. Replacement Rates Under Benefit Cut Scenario, 2012-2086
Figure 3. Initial Annual Benefits Payable Under Benefit Cut Scenario, 2012-2086
Figure 4. Combined Payroll Tax Rate Needed To Fund Scheduled Benefits, 2012-2086
Table 1. Current Social Security Benefit Payment Schedule
R41962: Fact Sheet: The Social Security Retirement Age
Figure 1. Age Distribution of Retirement Benefit Claims in 2010
Table 1. Age to Receive Full Social Security Benefits
Table 2. Benefit Decrease for Early Retirement
Table 3. Benefit Increase for Delayed Retirement
R41479: Social Security: Revisiting Benefits for Spouses and Survivors
Figure 1. Basis of Entitlement for Women Aged 62 or Older, 1960-2010, Selected Years
Figure 2. Labor Force Participation Rates of Women with Children, 1975 to 2010
Figure 3. Relative Importance of Social Security to Total Retirement Income for Persons Aged 65 or Older in 2008
Figure 4. Poverty Status of Social Security Beneficiaries Aged 65 or Older in 2008 by Gender and Marital Status
Table 1. Percentage Reaching 10th Marriage Anniversary, by Marriage Cohort and Sex, for First Marriages
Table 2. Average Benefit Levels Among Retired Workers With Dual Entitlement, December 2010
Table 3. Women's Earnings as a Percentage of Men's Earnings, 1979 and 2010
Table 4. Benefits for Three Couples with Different Earnings Splits Between Husband and Wife
Table B-1. Computation of a Worker's Primary Insurance Amount (PIA) in 2012 Based on an Illustrative AIME of $5,000
Table C-1. Social Security Spousal and Widow(er)'s Benefits
R41518: Social Security: The Minimum Benefit Provision
Table 1. Special Minimum PIA Initial Monthly Benefit Amounts, by Number of Years of Coverage, Effective in 2012
Table 2. The Special Minimum PIA: Number of Current Beneficiaries, Average Monthly Special Minimum PIA Amounts and Average Monthly Benefit Payments, December 2010
Table A-1. Computation of a Worker's Primary Insurance Amount (PIA) in 2012 Based on an Illustrative AIME of $5,000
Table B-1. Social Security Auxiliary Benefits
Table C-1. Years of Coverage Counted for the Special Minimum PIA
Table C-2. Years of Coverage Counted for the Special Minimum PIA
94-803: Social Security: Cost-of-Living Adjustments
Table 1. Computation of the Social Security COLA, January 2012
Table 2. History of Social Security Benefit Increases
98-35: Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)
Table 1. Social Security Benefit Formula in 2012
Table 2. Monthly PIA for a Worker With Average Indexed Monthly Earnings of $1,500 and Retiring in 2012
Table 3. WEP Reduction Falls with Years of Substantial Coverage
Table 4. Number of Beneficiaries in Current Payment Status with Benefits Affected by Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), by State and Type of Benefit, December 2011
RL32453: Social Security: The Government Pension Offset (GPO)
Table 1. Dual Entitlement Formula
Table 2. GPO Formula
Table 3. Dual Entitlement Rule Compared with Government Pension Offset
Table 4. Mary's Spousal Benefit, Before and After GPO Enactment
Table 5. Number of Social Security Beneficiaries Affected by GPO, by State, Type of Benefit, and Offset Status, December 2011
R41242: Social Security Retirement Earnings Test: How Earnings Affect Benefits
Table 1. Number of Worker Beneficiaries with Earnings in 2006
Table 2. Application of the Retirement Earnings Test to a Single Worker Beneficiary with Earnings Above the Annual Exempt Amount, 2012
Table 3. Application of the Retirement Earnings Test to a Family Consisting of a Worker Beneficiary with Earnings Above the Annual Exempt Amount and Auxiliary Beneficiaries (a Spouse and a Child), 2012
Table 4. Application of the Retirement Earnings Test to a Couple Consisting of a Worker Beneficiary and an Auxiliary (Spousal) Beneficiary, Both of Whom Have Earnings Above the Annual Exempt Amount and Are Below FRA Throughout the Calendar Year, 2012
Table 5. Applicability of the Retirement Earnings Test to Worker Beneficiaries and Auxiliary Beneficiaries
Table A-1. Computation of a Worker's Primary Insurance Amount in 2012 Based on an Illustrative AIME of $5,000
Table B-1. Social Security Auxiliary Benefits
Table C-1. Annual Exempt Amounts Under the Social Security Retirement Earnings Test, Calendar Years 2000-2012
RL32552: Social Security: Calculation and History of Taxing Benefits
Figure 1. Taxable Social Security Benefits as Non-Social Security (and Provisional) Income Increases for a Single Retiree with $14,105 in Annual Social Security Benefits, Tax Year 2010
Figure 2. Taxable Income for an Average Single Retiree
Figure 3. Taxable Income for a Single Retiree with $20,000 or $30,000 in Non-Social Security Income as Annual Social Security Benefits Increase, Tax Year 2010
Table 1. Calculation of Taxable Social Security and Tier I Railroad Retirement Benefits
Table 2. Example of Calculation of Social Security Benefits for Average Social Security Recipient and Different Assumptions about Other Income
Table 3. State Income Taxation of Social Security Benefits, Tax Year 2008
Table 4. Number and Percentage of Beneficiaries with Taxable Social Security Benefits by Income Class Under 2005
Table 5. Social Security Benefits and Taxes on Social Security Benefits by Income Class Under 2005 Law
RL32004: Social Security Benefits for Noncitizens
Table 1. Exceptions to the Alien Nonpayment Provision for Workers and Dependents/Survivors
Table 2. Additional Residency Requirement for Alien Dependents/Survivors Outside the United States
Table 3. Exceptions to the Additional Residency Requirement for Alien Dependents/Survivors Outside the United States
Table A-1. U.S. Social Security Agreements in Force
Table 1. Reasons for SSDI Worker Benefit Termination, 2011
Figure 1. Social Security Administration's Five-Step Sequential Evaluation Process for Determining Disability
Figure 2. SSDI Appeals Process
Figure 3. Flow Chart of the Various Steps in the VA Appeal Process
Table 1. Comparison of SSDI and VDC Recipients, End of FY2011
Table 2. Comparison of Key SSDI and VDC Program Components
Table 3. General VDC and SSDI Eligibility Determinations for Four Hypothetical Veterans
RL33585: Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Demonstration Projects
Table 1. Legislative History of SSA’s SSDI Demonstration Authority
Table 2. Status of SSDI Demonstration Projects
Table 3. Participants in the Benefit Offset Pilot Demonstration, by State
Table 4. Mental Health Treatment Study (MHTS) Demonstration Sites
Table 5. Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD) Sites
R41934: Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program: Overview and Current Issues
Figure 1. Sample Ticket
Figure 2. Ticket to Work Payment Systems for Employment Networks, 2012
Table 1. Data on the Ticket to Work Program
Table A-1. Side-by-Side Comparison of Key Ticket to Work July 2008 Regulatory Changes
Table B-1. Comparison of Total Potential EN Payments for All Ticket Holders Under Milestone-Outcome and Outcome-Only Payment Systems
Table B-2. Comparison of Total Potential EN Payments for SSDI and SSI Ticket Holders Under Both EN Payment Systems
Table B-3. Breakdown of Milestone-Outcome EN Payment System
Table B-4. Breakdown of Outcome-Only Payment System
Table 1. Persons Under Age 65 Who Receive Medicare (Part A and/or Part B) on Account of Disability, 2006
R41716: Social Security Administration (SSA): Budget Issues
Figure 1. Projected Spending on SSA Programs
Figure 2. SSA Total LAE Budget Authority
Figure 3. New Claims for Social Security and SSI Benefits
Figure 4. SSA Hearings Pending at the End of Each Fiscal Year
Figure 5. SSA Program Integrity Activities
Figure 6. SSA Administrative Budget Requests and Appropriations
R40207: Social Security Administration: Workload and Related Issues
Figure 1. Social Security (OASDI) Claims Received, FY2000-FY2009
Figure 2. SSI Claims Received, FY2000-FY2009
Figure 3. SSA Full-Time Equivalent Staff, FY1998-FY2009
Figure 4. Average SSA Productivity
Figure 5. State Disability Determination Service (DDS) Staff, FY2005-FY2010
Figure 6. SSA Administrative Law Judges (ALJs), FY1996-FY2008
Figure 7. SSA Field Offices, FY2000-FY2009
Figure 8. Initial Disability Claims Pending, FY2007-FY2009
Figure 9. Average Processing Time for Initial Disability Claims, FY2000-FY2009
Figure 10. Hearings Pending, FY2000-FY2009
Figure 11. Average Processing Time for Hearings, FY2000-FY2009
Figure 12. Continuing Disability Reviews Processed, FY2004-FY2008
Figure 13. SSI Non-Disability Redeterminations Processed, FY1999-FY2009
Figure 14. SSI and OASDI Overpayments, FY2004-FY2008
Figure 15. SSI and OASDI Underpayment, FY2004-FY2008