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The average Social Security COLA since 1975 I won't keep you in suspense. Since the modern method of determining the Social Security COLA went into effect in 1975, the average has been 3.77% .
The average Social Security COLA from 1975 to 2023 was 3.8%. However, the sky-high inflation in the 1970s and early 1980s skews this average somewhat. The median Social Security COLA during the ...
— The Social Security Administration has announced a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment for recipients in 2025, the smallest such increase since 2021. On average, Social Security retirement benefits ...
The average monthly Social Security benefit is expected to rise from $1,927 to $1,976 once 2025's COLA takes effect. That's a $49 increase. But that doesn't mean you should automatically expect ...
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 ...
The average retired worker's monthly Social Security benefit in August 2024 was $1,920.48. A 2.5% COLA translates to a monthly increase of $48.01. If the COLA were instead 3%, the monthly increase ...
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 ...
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 are now. Between 1975 and 1982, COLAs ...