Metairie Hearing Office - ALJ Approval Rates & Wait Times

Claimants in the Metairie service area have their Social Security disability appeals heard at this office, one of the hearing locations in Louisiana. The office is assigned to SSA Region 06 and has 6 active ALJs.

The current average wait time for a hearing at this office is 7.5 months, which is comparable to the national average of 8.4 months. Once a hearing takes place, this office issues decisions in an average of 243 days. There are currently 1,477 cases pending at this office. That works out to approximately 246 pending cases per judge.

Across the judges at this office, the average fully favorable rate is 41.0%. A fully favorable decision means the claimant receives benefits from the onset date they requested, as opposed to a partially favorable decision which may award benefits from a later date.

The relatively consistent decision patterns across judges at Metairie can give claimants and their representatives a clearer sense of what to expect. This consistency suggests that case-level factors — strength of medical evidence, quality of representation, and vocational circumstances — are likely the primary drivers of outcomes at this office.

With an average wait time of 7.5 months and 243 days average processing time, claimants at Metairie can expect a total timeline of roughly 16 months from hearing request to decision.

Judges at Metairie have collectively issued 2,028 decisions in the current fiscal year, averaging 338 decisions per judge. Individual caseloads range from 193 to 432 decisions, reflecting differences in hearing schedules and case complexity.