Social Security Office

Erie, PA Social Security Office 717 State St, Highmark Bldg Ste 500

Erie, Pennsylvania Social Security Office

Social security offices in Erie, PA offer services by the Social Security Administration.  Services typically available in local social security offices include:

  • Apply for Social Security Retirement Benefits
  • Apply for  Disability – SSDI, Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  • Apply for Medicare
  • Help With Medicare Prescription Drugs
  • Check on Application Status
  • Appeal a Decision
  • Obtain Forms
  • Obtain Publications
  • Obtain a Social Security Card
  • Request a Replacement Social Security Card
  • Replacement Medicare Card

What is Social Security?

In 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. This new federal legislature started the collecting of taxes in 1937. Since then, working citizens across the United States began paying into social security in order to have a form of guaranteed income once they reached retirement age.

The Social Security Act was initially meant to be a form of basic retirement for working individuals. However, in 1939, an amendment was made to the act that allowed spouses and/or children to begin receiving social security survivor benefits if a parent or spouse was deceased and qualified for social security income.

Who is Eligible For Social Security?

The following people are eligible to receive social security benefits:

      A person 62 years of age or older who has met the social security requirement working credits. This occurs by remaining employed for a steady and reasonable amount of time to pay into the social security fund.

      A spouse under the age of 62 who has a dependent disabled child living with him or her.

      High school students from the ages of 18 to 19 as long as they are enrolled full time in high school and have an unmarried status.
      Any person with a disability that was legally verified before the person reached 22 years of age.
      A divorced person who is unmarried and who is over 62 years of age may qualify for social security benefits from a previous spouse if they were married for more than a decade.
Special Instructions For This Office: 
FROM THE BAYFRONT PARKWAY, TURN ON TO STATE ST HEADING SOUTH;PROCEED TO THE CORNER OF 8TH & STATE. THE OFFICE IS IN THE HIGHMARK BUILDING ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 8TH & STATE STS. ACCESS THE ELEVATORS VIA THE ENTRY ON THE NORTH SIDE. ONSITE PARKING, INCLUDING SPACES FOR HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS LOCATION. THERE IS METERED PARKING ON THE SURROUNDING STREETS. HANDICAPPED PARKING IS AVAILABLE AT AREA PARKING GARAGES. ALSO, PASSENGERS CAN BE DROPPED OFF IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

Erie, PA Social Security Office

717 STATE ST, HIGHMARK BLDG STE 500
Erie, PA 16501

Office Phone: 1-877-405-2887
TTY: 1-814-455-2849
Website:

Latitude: 42.1278696
Longitude: -80.0836944

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ERIE, PA Office Hours:

Office Hours Notice: Beginning Wednesday, January 2, 2013, offices close at noon on Wednesdays to the public. You should call this Erie, PA office ahead of time to verify their hours of operations.
Monday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Thursday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Friday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Saturday: Closed

Sunday: Closed

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