Plymouth Reporter

There were 33,925 OASDI retired beneficiaries in Brockton in 2018, ranking it 11th in Massachusetts, according to the official Social Security Administration website.

The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) is a program of the Social Security Administration funded primarily through payroll taxes. It was signed into law in 1935 by then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The OASDI program aims to supplement a worker's lost wages due to retirement, disability or death of a spouse.

The following table shows Social Security field offices ranked by number of retired workers in Massachusetts.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Retired Workers in Massachusetts (2018)

Rank	Field Office	Number of Retired Workers
1	Worcester	68,085
2	Cambridge	58,490
3	Springfield	55,240
4	Malden	43,765
5	Lowell	41,770
6	Holyoke	40,110
7	Quincy	38,845
8	Hyannis	36,620
9	Lynn	34,800
10	Framingham	34,620
11	Brockton	33,925
12	Hanover	33,270
13	New Bedford	30,445
14	Norwood	28,560
15	Salem	27,785
16	Attleboro	27,250
17	Falmouth	25,935
18	Boston	25,100
19	Fall River	22,050
20	Waltham	21,120
21	Lawrence	20,925
22	Haverhill	20,680
23	Taunton	18,775
24	Fitchburg	18,315
25	Pittsfield	17,675
26	Boston, Roslindale	13,370
27	Gardner	12,625
28	Roxbury	8,960
29	Boston, Dorchester	8,670
30	North Adams	6,295
31	Woonsocket, RI	4,585