Below are the most recent statistics on the total number of employees at the Social Security Administration and some historical numbers for comparison:

• December 2007 61,822
• September 2007 62,407
• June 2007 62,530
• March 2007 61,867
• December 2006 63,410
• September 2006 63,647
• September 2005 66,147
• September 2004 65,258
• September 2003 64,903
• September 2002 64,648
• September 2001 65,377
• September 2000 64,521
• September 1999 63,957
• September 1998 65,629

Note the 2.5% decline in the number of employees between the end of 2006 and the end of 2007, despite the fact that the number of Social Security claims filed increased rapidly.