Information Collection

Authorization to Obtain Earnings Data from the Social Security Administration

IC 9588 under ICR 202602-0960-002 · OMB 0960-0602.

Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form SSA-581 Authorization to Obtain Earnings Data from the Social Security Administration Authorization to Obtain Earnings Data from the Social Security Administration Form and Instruction
Privacy Act Statement - Revised.docx Other-Revised PA Statement
SSA-581 Authorization to Obtain Earnings Data from the Social Se SSA-581 - Revised.pdf Form and Instruction
SSA-581 - Current.pdf SSA-581 - Current IC Document

Information Collection (IC) Details

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IC Title:	Authorization to Obtain Earnings Data from the Social Security Administration	Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: Modified

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary

CFR Citation:

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form and Instruction	SSA-581	Authorization to Obtain Earnings Data from the Social Security Administration	SSA-581 - Revised.pdf		No		Fillable Printable
Other-Revised PA Statement			Privacy Act Statement - Revised.docx		No		Paper Only

Line of Business: Income Security

Subfunction: General Retirement and Disability

Privacy Act System of Records
Title:	FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 24,000	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Private Sector	Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits, Not-for-profit institutions

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 0 %

	Requested	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	24,000	24,000
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	4,000	4,000
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Documents for IC

Title	Document	Date Uploaded
SSA-581 - Current	SSA-581 - Current.pdf	05/28/2026

Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.

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