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COLA over the last decade: 2025 to 2024. COLA has varied widely over the past 10 years. The lowest COLA in that timeframe was in 2016 at 0.0%, and the highest was in 2023, when COLA was a whopping ...
With two months of data still pending, current estimates suggest a 2.57% COLA increase for 2025, which would add about $50 per month to benefits, according to the Detroit Free Press.
For example, if the COLA comes in at 2.5% and you're currently receiving $2,000 per month, you'd add another 2.5%, or $50 per month, to your checks in 2025. 2. December 2024: Beneficiaries receive ...
The fundamental goal of COLA is to compensate service members for the high cost of living at certain duty stations. COLA rates are based on a service member's pay grade, years of service, and number of dependents. An area is considered high cost if the cost of living for that area exceeds 108% of that national average of non-housing costs.
The COLA for 2025 is the second straight year of more normal annual adjustments, following large increases seen in 2023 and 2022. The 2025 increase follows this year’s rise of 3.2 percent, which ...
The fiscal year 2010 president's budget request for a 2.9% military pay raise was consistent with this formula. However, Congress, in fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009 approved the pay raise as the ECI increase plus 0.5%. The 2007 pay raise was equal to the ECI. A military pay raise larger than the permanent formula is not uncommon.
The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, passed in June 2023, resolved that year's debt-ceiling crisis and set spending caps for FY2024 and FY2025. The act called for $895 billion in defense spending and $711 billion in non-defense discretionary spending for fiscal year 2025, representing a 1% increase over fiscal year 2024. [10]
Keep in mind that the final COLA percentage is calculated by comparing inflation numbers from the third quarters of 2023 and 2024. ... projects the 2025 COLA will be 2.57% after reviewing the May ...