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The 3.2 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 66 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2024. Increased payments to approximately 7.5 million SSI recipients will begin on December 29, 2023.
Approximately 70 million Americans will see a 8.7% increase in their Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments in 2023. On average, Social Security benefits will increase by more than $140 per month starting in January.
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA): Based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) from the third quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2022, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries will receive an 8.7 percent COLA for 2023.
The latest COLA is 3.2 percent for Social Security benefits and SSI payments. Social Security benefits will increase by 3.2 percent beginning with the December 2023 benefits, which are payable in January 2024.
Each year, Social Security bases the COLA on changes in the Consumer Price Index. For 2023, Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments will increase by 8.7%. This means that more than 70 million Americans will see a change in their benefit payments.
COLA determination. SSI payment rates increase with COLA. Since 1975, Social Security general benefit increases have been cost-of-living adjustments or COLAs. The 1975-82 COLAs were effective with Social Security benefits payable for June in each of those years; thereafter COLAs have been effective with benefits payable for December.
We determined a 3.2-percent COLA on October 12, 2023. We will announce the next COLA in October 2024. Social Security program information. COLA History; How the COLA is applied to Social Security retirement benefits; Effect of the 3.2-percent COLA on average Social Security benefit amounts
The AWI is used to index an individual's earnings through age 60 in the benefit calculation formula, and the COLA is used to increase benefits annually. The COLA shown for a year is effective for December of that year, but is payable in January of the following year.
The 8.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 65 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2023. Increased payments to more than 7 million SSI beneficiaries will begin on December 30, 2022.
The COLA for December 2023 is 3.2 percent and is first payable in January 2024. The table below provides estimated average benefits for certain beneficiary types, at the end of December 2023. Note: The above estimates are based on actual benefit data through September 2023.