Authorization to Obtain Earnings Data from the Social Security Administration

Certain organizations and agencies, both public and private, need to obtain detailed earnings information about specific Social Security Number (SSN)-holding wage earners for business purposes (e.g.: pension funds, State agencies). Wage earners may also want to request their own earnings information for verification purposes. Respondents (organizations and SSN holders themselves) use form SSA-581, the Authorization to Obtain Earnings Data from the Social Security Administration (SSA), to 1) identify the SSN holder whose information they are requesting, and 2) provide authorization from the SSN holder, when applicable.

The latest form for Authorization to Obtain Earnings Data from the Social Security Administration expires 2021-01-31 and can be found here.