Keeping track of the various changes that affect your Supplemental Security Income (SSI) can be challenging. It’s important to remember your reporting responsibilities. Informing the Social Security Administration (SSA) of any change in circumstance that may affect your benefits is critical to ensure that you receive the right amount each month.
Common changes that need to be reported include changes in:
- Income;
- Resources (e.g., bank accounts, vehicles, property);
- Employment (e.g., starting/stopping a job or change in earnings);
- Housing (e.g., address or persons moving in or out);
- Care (e.g., entering or exiting a nursing home);
- Incarceration status (e.g., entering or exiting a correctional facility);
- Citizenship (e.g., U.S. citizenship or lawful non-citizen status);
- Marital status.
How to Report Changes:
- Call toll free at 1-800-772-1213, weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Deaf or hard of hearing clients may call TTY 1-800-325-0778. · Contact your local Social Security office.
How to Report Wages:
- Call our Toll -Free Telephone Wage Reporting System at 866-772-0953.
- Use the SSA Mobile Wage Reporting app, available as a free download from either the Apple or Google Play stores. · Use your personal my Social Security account.
- Mail or fax to your local Social Security Office.
Before using any of the SSA’s automated wage reporting applications, or, if you already use one and you change employers, your or your representative payee must contact the SSA. Please contact your local Social Security office or call the SSA Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) to provide the employer’s information and employer identification number (EIN).
You can also sign up for monthly SSI wage reporting email or text reminders.
You can get additional information about wage reporting at SSI Wage Reporting | SSA. For a complete list of SSI reporting responsibilities, please read our publication, What You Need to Know When You Get Supplemental Security Income.
