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The current Social Security COLA projection for 2025 is 2.5%, according to the Senior Citizens League. TSCL updated its 2025 COLA prediction based on August's CPI-W data, which came in at 2.5%.
These polling results show why the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) reveal by the Social Security Administration (SSA) is the most-anticipated announcement for beneficiaries year after year.
In 2025, nearly 73 million Social Security and SSI recipients will see their benefits increase by 2.5%. That’s just under the 2.5% by which the average COLA boosted benefits over the last decade.
The Social Security Administration announced recently that seniors will get a 2.5% benefits increase for the 2025 year. That amounts to around $49 more in monthly benefits for the average retiree.
The Social Security Administration will not announce the official 2025 COLA until October, but The Senior Citizens League expects benefits to increase 2.6% next year. The chart below illustrates ...
Data source: Social Security Administration. As shown above, CPI-E inflation averaged 3.4% through the first eight months of 2024. That is three-tenths of a percent above the average CPI-W reading.
3. Maximum Social Security benefit also set to increase. The maximum Social Security benefit for a worker retiring at full retirement age will increase from $3,822 in 2024 to $4,018 in 2025. This ...
In 2025, Social Security will tax wages up to $176,100, up from $168,600 in 2024. The change takes effect in January 2025, though the tax rate on those wages, 6.2 percent, will remain the same.