SSA Office of Hearings Operations · Checked October 2026

Social Security Hearing Offices

Which Hearing Office Will Hear Your Appeal?

SSA's Office of Hearings Operations runs 163 hearing and satellite offices and 5 national hearing centers. Each hearing office handles appeals for a set of Social Security field offices, so the office that serves your area decides where your hearing is held. Find your field office's page here to see its hearing office, or pick a state below.

Hearing and satellite offices
163
National hearing centers
5
Field offices linked to a hearing office
1,114

Hearing Offices by State

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Puerto Rico

National Hearing Centers

SSA lists its national hearing centers separately from the local hearing offices.

How Appeals Reach a Hearing Office

Read Social Security hearing offices: how an appeal reaches a hearing for the steps from reconsideration to a hearing, and find the office and hearing office for your ZIP code.

Sources

  1. SSA Office of Hearings Operations: Hearing Office Locator (checked October 2026)

Independent site, not affiliated with the Social Security Administration. Office and hearing office details come from SSA's public data and locators. To apply for benefits, appeal or manage your record, go to SSA directly at ssa.gov.