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It's official: Social Security benefits will receive a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2025, the smallest percent increase in payments since 2021. That means the average retired worker ...
Type of Beneficiary. December 2024 Average (Includes COLA) November 2024 Average (Before COLA) Monthly Difference. Retired workers. $1,975.34. $1,925.46
Consider it like this: If the average retired worker benefit at age 70 is $2,068 per month, and Social Security's 2025 COLA is 2.5%, then the average 70 year old will receive an additional $51.70 ...
For instance, the Social Security Administration estimates the average monthly benefit for retirees will increase from $1,927 to $1,976 after the 2025 COLA. That means the average retiree will get ...
Here's an example: The median retired-worker benefit is $1,673 per month in Mississippi, the lowest in the United States, so a 2.5% COLA would add about $41.80 to the monthly payout.
But a 2.5% COLA for 2025 stings because it's the smallest one to arrive in years. At the start of 2024, seniors on Social Security saw their benefits increase by 3.2%. And the year prior, Social ...
The 2025 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) came in at just 2.5%. That's well under the 3.2% retirees got last year and far less than what many were hoping for.
The Social Security Administration set its 2025 cost-of-living adjustment at 2.5%, the smallest annual COLA hike since 2021. Although inflation has eased from its pandemic-era heights, some ...