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Social Security is a social insurance program and one of the primary sources of retirement income for most Americans.
Funded by a payroll tax that workers and employers both pay into, Social Security provides guaranteed benefits to qualified retired workers at rates based on the average earnings during the 35 years they earned the most.
In Massachusetts alone, there are 65,306 monthly beneficiaries of Social Security receiving roughly $100,110,000 worth of monthly benefits as of January, 2022. Another 7,690 monthly Massachusetts residents receive roughly $4,944,000 in Supplemental Security benefits in January 2022.
There are 29 Social Security field offices in Massachusetts, which along with Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont is part of the Social Security Administration’s Boston Region.
The main office for the Boston Region is located in the Tip O’Neill Federal Building (10 Causeway Street, Room 148, Boston, MA 02222-1098), while there is one field office located in MetroWest:
Framingham Office
Address: 100 Concord Street, Suite 2A
Framingham, MA 01702
Phone: 866-964-7589
That is the only office located within the 25 towns of MetroWest, but there are several other offices nearby in Waltham (135 Beaver Street, Suite 120), Worcester (Madison Place, 51 Myrtle Street) and Norwood (1 Edgewater Drive, Suite 102).
Applications for Social Security disability are taken in these local field offices, but the medical decisions are made by a disability determination service in each state. For Massachusetts, after filing an application for disability you can mail your medical information to:
Disability Determination Services
110 Chauncey Street
Boston, MA 02111
or
Disability Determination Services
340 Main Street, Suite 500
Worcester, MA 01608
Further information about Social Security in Massachusetts can be found on the Boston Region’s website or by calling 1-800-772-1213 (TTY: 1-800-325-0778).