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 SSI recipients will begin on December 31, 2024.

Mar 4, 2025 · A third of the way into the count toward the January 2026 federal retirement COLA, the count stands at 0.8 percent, following an increase in January of 0.7 percentage points in the inflation...

Mar 25, 2025 · Through five months of the counting period toward the January 2026 federal retirement COLA, the count stands at 1.2 percent due to an increase of 0.4 percentage points in February in the inflation ...

Legislation enacted in 1973 provides for cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs. With COLAs, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits keep pace with inflation. The latest COLA is 2.5 percent for Social Security benefits and SSI payments.

Oct 10, 2024 · The 2025 federal retiree cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be 2.5 percent for those under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and 2.0 percent for those under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).

Mar 12, 2025 · The COLA for the coming year is calculated by the CPI-W from year to year, based on the average of the third-quarter months of July, August, and September. The latest projection for the 2026 COLA from the Senior Citizens League was for a COLA of 2.3%. This projection will vary each month based on the latest inflation figure.

Cost-of-living-adjustments (COLAs) are effective on December 1 of each year and are applied to the annuity payments made the following month. COLAs for those retired less than one year are prorated...

Oct 10, 2024 · Social Security beneficiaries will get a 2.5 percent increase in their monthly payments next year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced Oct. 10. The 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is the lowest since 2021, reflecting a continued cooling of inflation following a surge in consumer prices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since 1975, Social Security's general benefit increases have been based on increases in the cost of living, as measured by the Consumer Price Index. 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.

Oct 10, 2018 · This cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, tracks inflation using a government measure of consumer prices for a variety of household goods and services.