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    • Earnings Data from the Benefits and Earnings Public-Use File - 2020

    Metadata Updated: July 4, 2025

    This file contains earnings data and is part of a set of two separate but associated subfiles, one with Social Security benefit information and the other with longitudinal earnings information. Sample beneficiary records drawn from the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program can be linked to their corresponding earnings histories.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/bepuf-2020/index.html
    https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/bepuf-2020/bepuf-2020-user-guide.pdf

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 4, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 4, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from SSA JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 4, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 4, 2025
    Publisher Social Security Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier US-GOV-SSA-3268
    Data Last Modified 2025-05-30
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 016:00
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Dictionary https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/bepuf-2020/bepuf-2020-user-guide.pdf
    Harvest Object Id 5efb5fb6-df8b-4225-aec7-592ff7cb274b
    Harvest Source Id 9386406b-a7b0-4834-a267-0f912b6340db
    Harvest Source Title SSA JSON
    Homepage URL https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/bepuf-2020/index.html
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Old Spatial Social Security beneficiaries worldwide
    Program Code 016:000
    Related Documents https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/bepuf-2020/index.html, https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/bepuf-2020/bepuf-2020-user-guide.pdf
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash e947d89ceac39a076fdd8dd250d395bea9f980b2d3e9974892a0fdfefc0b1edd
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1951-01-01/2020-12-31

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