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2. Here's the Average Social Security COLA From 1975 to 2023

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   Data source: Social Security Administration. Table by author. You might have noticed the amount of the COLA was 0% in three years: 2009, 2010, and 2015.

3. Here's the Average Social Security COLA From 1975 to 2023

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   This wasn't just an arbitrary date I picked to calculate a long-term average. 1975 was the first year when Social Security COLAs were based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data. Before ...

4. Here's the Average Social Security COLA From 1975 to 2023

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   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 ...

5. What Is a Social Security COLA, and How Can It Affect Your ...

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   As of January, the average monthly retirement benefit for retired workers was just $1,979 -- only around $23,750 per year. If you boost that by 2.5%, it only becomes $2,028.48, or roughly $24,340 ...

6. The Biggest Social Security COLA Increases of All Time

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   Unfortunately, there have been a few years without an increase in the CPI-W, so there hasn’t been a cost-of-living increase in COLA for Social Security benefits. Since 1975, this has only ...

7. Social Security Benefits Get a 2.5% COLA in 2025. Will 2026's ...

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   In recent years, Social Security's COLAs have been notably generous. This year's 3.2% COLA was above average over the past decade, and 2023's 8.7% COLA was a record-breaker.

8. Think Social Security Gives You a Raise Every Year? Not ... - AOL

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   Ever since automatic COLAs started in the mid-1970s, Social Security benefits have increased most years. But that doesn't mean seniors have benefitted from COLAs as much as they should.

9. 2026's Social Security COLA Is Surprisingly Good News for ...

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   How Social Security COLAs are determined The purpose of Social Security COLAs is to help ensure that beneficiaries don't lose buying power from year to year as inflation drives prices upward. For ...