The Social Security Forum

Job Incidence Numbers in Social Security Disability Claims: A Case Study and Analysis

October 31, 2023

Many Social Security Disability claims are decided on the basis of whether there is a significant number of jobs in the nation that the disability claimant can do. NOSSCR member Kevin Liebkmann’s latest article in the Legal Services of New Jersey Report examines how the Social Security Administration (SSA) decides that issue. It also presents preliminary results of a case survey that probes into the reliability of evidence that SSA uses to decide the significant number of jobs issue.