SNAP Eligibility Processing

Deep dive on one LDI workload: the annual eligibility interview and redetermination cycle for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SOC 13-1041 · USDA FNS + state agency staff.

Human cost / unit

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AI cost / unit

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Cost ratio

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human vs AI per unit

Substitution rate

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FPDS proxy

How the number is built

Same three-pillar method as the composite LDI page, but resolved to this workload's SOC code, PSC codes, and OPM FedScope rollup.

1 — Human cost

SOC code	—
Annual wage (BLS OEWS)	—
Fully loaded hourly	—
Minutes per unit	—
Cost source	—

2 — Procurement (substitution proxy)

PSC contractor spend, current FY	—
PSC contractor spend, prior FY	—
Year-over-year change	—
AI procurement growth (global fallback)	—
Composite sub rate	—

PSC codes are broad government-wide categories. Treat this signal as directional, not precise.

3 — Absorption (staffing fate)

Classification	—
FedScope FTE (current)	—
FedScope FTE (prior)	—
FTE Δ%	—
Primary agencies	—

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Derived numbers

Structural vs realized, plus the per-workload velocity from the 90-day historical window.

Volume

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units / yr

Structural cost gap

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at 100% substitution / yr

Wage income displaced

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realized, per observed sub rate

Velocity

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pp/month · 90d window

Data access

Full LDI snapshot: /data/ldi/latest.json. Per-workload snapshot: /data/ldi/workloads/snap_eligibility.json. Historical series: /data/ldi/historical.json. CSV: /data/ldi/workloads.csv.

Pipelines: src/fetch_bls.py, src/fetch_fpds.py, src/fetch_opm.py, src/calculate_ldi.py, src/derive_signals.py. FedScope cube used for FTE counts is Sep-2024 snapshot; OPM publishes no public API.