Editorial Policy

Sources We Use

• The Social Security Administration. SSA's open office data and its Office Locator supply office names, addresses, phone numbers, hours and ZIP code assignments. SSA's Hearing Office Locator supplies hearing offices and the field offices each serves. Every rule, step and figure in a guide comes from an ssa.gov page.
• The U.S. Census Bureau. Its geocoder and Gazetteer files give office map points, city points and ZIP code centers for measuring distance.
• Our own work built on those sources, such as nearest-office tables and the hearing office link on each office page. The methodology explains how each is made.

Forums, reviews, other directories and reader tips are never a source. A reader's correction starts a check against SSA; it doesn't change a page by itself.

Checks Before a Page Goes Live

• The page answers its main question near the top: where the office is and when it's open, which offices a hearing office covers, or how a task gets done.
• Office and hearing office details match SSA's data exactly, and the page shows the date of that data.
• Each guide fact is stored with its ssa.gov page and check date, and an automated check confirms every figure traces back to one.
• Automated checks catch broken internal links and any detail the current data no longer supports.
• Ads stay out of office details, tables, tools and forms.

Pointing You to SSA

SS Office Location is independent and is not the Social Security Administration. Wherever an official step is involved, pages link to ssa.gov or SSA's Office Locator, and guides tell you when a task can be done online or by phone instead of in person.

Ads Don't Shape the Content

Media.net places contextual ads on the site. Advertisers have no say in which offices are listed, how nearest-office tables are ordered or what a guide says, and the site carries no paid listings. Read the advertising disclosure.

How Corrections Work

We fix a page when SSA's data or ssa.gov shows it is wrong. The fix updates the detail, points to the source that supports it and moves the review date. To report an error, use the contact form with the page address and what changed.

Who Is Responsible

The SS Office Location Editorial Team researches and checks every page, and Rupe Enterprises LLC publishes the site. Neither gives legal advice or represents anyone before SSA.

Confirm Before You Travel

An office can move, change its hours or close for weather after the date on a page. Before you go, confirm the office in SSA's Office Locator or by phone and look at SSA's office closings page. Only SSA decides anything about your benefits.