
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Information | SSA
The 2.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to nearly 68 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2025. Increased payments to nearly 7.5 million …
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA): Based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) from the third quarter of 2023 through the third quarter of 2024, Social Security and …
Cost-Of-Living Adjustments
The 1976-83 COLAs were based on increases in the CPI-W from the first quarter of the prior year to the corresponding quarter of the current year in which the COLA became effective.
Latest Cost-of-Living Adjustment
The latest COLA is 2.5 percent for Social Security benefits and SSI payments. Social Security benefits will increase by 2.5 percent beginning with the December 2024 benefits, which are …
Social Security Announces 2.5 Percent Benefit Increase for 2025
Oct 10, 2024 · On average, Social Security retirement benefits will increase by about $50 per month starting in January. Over the last decade the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase …
Cost-Of-Living Adjustment (COLA)
We call such increases Cost-Of-Living Adjustments, or COLAs. We determined a 2.5-percent COLA on October 10, 2024. We will announce the next COLA in October 2025. Social …
The purpose of the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is to ensure that the purchasing power of Social Security benefits and SSI payments is not eroded by inflation.
Are you wondering what to do to receive a cost-of-living increase in your Social Security benefits for 2025? No worries, the answer is “nothing”. The annual Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) …
Application of COLA to a Retirement Benefit
A COLA increases a person's Social Security retirement benefit by approximately the product of the COLA and the benefit amount. The exact computation, however, is more complex.
Nov 27, 2017 · Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA): Based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) from the third quarter of 2016 through the third quarter of 2017, Social Security …