The Social Security Statement estimates a worker's retirement, disability, and other benefits administered by the Social Security Administration, lists lifetime earnings in Social Security records, estimates Social Security and Medicare taxes paid, and gives general information about Social Security and retirement.

We encourage workers to notify us when we need to update or correct information on the Statement.

We update Social Security records such as earnings, the name, and date of birth if that information changed or was not reported correctly to Social Security.

We correct establishment errors such as errors that occurred when we converted paper and microfiche documents to electronic records; or when we incorrectly recorded data such as name, date of birth, or Social Security number.

We need correctly reported and recorded earnings to determine eligibility for many benefits and to pay the correct amount of benefits. For general information about correcting earnings, refer to RM 03800.000.

We may require an application for a replacement Social Security card and supporting evidence to correct a name or date of birth. For more information about name changes, refer to RM 10212.000. For more information about date of birth changes, refer to RM 10210.295.

Establishment errors occur when we record identifying information on a Social Security record incorrectly.

Examples of establishment errors:

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  paper documents did not convert accurately to electronic records,

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  data was misspelled or keyed incorrectly,

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  a death record was incorrect, or

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  the wrong Social Security number was used or issued.

For more information about establishment errors, refer to RM 00702.000. For more information about correcting a name and other keying errors, refer to RM 10215.050 and RM 10215.051.