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Image source: Getty Images. 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 ...
Most U.S. workers spend their careers paying Social Security payroll taxes. If you have an employer, both of you split the 12.4% Social Security tax, paying 6.2% each. If you're self-employed, you ...
(Self-employed folks have to pay the full 12.4% plus 2.9%, though they can claim a deduction for that.) For 2025, a bit more of high earners' incomes will get taxed for Social Security.
The Social Security COLA that is about to go into effect will result in a 2.5% increase in everyone's Social Security benefits. Technically speaking, this is the 2024 COLA, as it goes into effect ...
In the early morning hours of Oct. 10, the SSA lifted the hood on the 2025 COLA, which offers something of a good news/bad news scenario for Social Security recipients in the upcoming year.
Whether you're retired or still working, this is important information to know.
If your monthly Social Security benefit is $1,000 this year, it will be $1,025 starting in January 2025. If it's $2,000 now, it'll be $2,050. That part is straightforward.
The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for 2025 is a 2.5% increase. That means the monthly benefits checks for more than 72.5 million Americans will see their lowest annual bump ...