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Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments help retirees keep up with rising costs of living. Here's what a typical increase looks like. ... Last year, the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA ...
The average COLA: A snapshot in history The Social Security program has existed since 1935, but COLAs were not introduced until the mid-1970s. Back then, the adjustments were much larger than they ...
When you look at the history of Social Security COLAs since the turn of the century, the 2025 COLA is remarkably average. It ranks as the 12th highest COLA since 2001 and sits just under the 2.58% ...
Between 1975 and 2023, Social Security's COLAs averaged 3.8%. Of course, that's just the average. There were some years with 0% increases (most recently, 2015) and some with double-digit increases ...
Social Security payments saw a big bump in 2022 due to high inflation. Seniors saw an 8.7% increase in payments, which is the biggest Social Security annual increase since 1981. But in 2023, the...
The annual Social Security COLA is based on the third-quarter change in the CPI-W, or Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. In July, the index rose 2.9%. In July, the ...
1. 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) The big Social Security news from the last couple of months has been the 2025 COLA, which came in at 2.5%. This is under the 3.2% increase retirees saw ...
Source: Social Security Administration. Chart by author. For some perspective, the average COLA since 1975 is 3.75%. The highest-ever COLA was 14.3% in 1980. In 2010, 2011, and 2016, there were no ...