Social security administration

Headquartered in Woodlawn, Maryland, the Social Security Administration of the United States of America was created by the federal government to administer a social insurance program that gives retirement, survivors’, and disability benefits to American workers. This program is paid for by Social Security taxes collected from American workers’ paychecks during their working lives.

The Social Security Administration includes 10 regional offices, 8 processing centers, 1300 field offices, and 37 Teleservice centers. It employs a whopping 62,000 people to run its operations and is the biggest social welfare program in the country.