# Social Security Administration

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/social-security-administration/  
**Website:** https://www.ssa.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is a U.S. federal agency that administers Social Security programs including retirement, disability (SSDI), and survivor benefits. SSA's Developer Support portal provides APIs for locating field offices and resident stations, accessing open data on OASDI beneficiary statistics, and verifying Social Security Numbers through the eCBSV program.

## Kin Score — 26.7 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 26.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 58.0 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 20.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 31.6 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (4)

- **SSA OASDI Open Data API** — Provides statistics on Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) beneficiaries including counts by state, total population data, and benefit payment statistics. Avail...
- **SSA eCBSV Verification API** — The Electronic Consent Based SSN Verification (eCBSV) Service allows financial institutions to verify that a provided Social Security Number, name, and date of birth match SSA r...
- **Social Security Administration Field Offices API** — Query SSA Field Office locations and hours
- **Social Security Administration Resident Stations API** — Query SSA Resident Station locations and hours

## Agentic access (1)

- **Social Security Administration Agentic Access** — 2 operations

## Security (1)

- **Social Security Administration Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Social Security Administration Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Federal-Government, Social Security, Government API, Open Data, OASDI, Disability Benefits, Retirement Benefits

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/social-security-administration/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.