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Since 1975, the Social Security COLA has been zero in three different years. (Note: Even in an deflationary environment, the COLA cannot be negative.) It has reached double digits twice, with a ...
Source: Social Security Administration. Since 2014, the average COLA has landed at 2.6%. In some ways, it's a good thing that these adjustments are much lower than they were decades ago.
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 ...
How does the 2025 COLA compare to previous years? Since COLAs became automatic in 1975, the average COLA has been 3.75% if you include this year's COLA. At 2.5%, the 2025 COLA is below average and ...
On Oct. 13, 2022, the Social Security Administration announced that the annual cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits in 2023 would be 8.7%. While on the surface it may seem like...
It ranks as the 12th highest COLA since 2001 and sits just under the 2.58% average of the past 25 years. The table below, ranked from largest to smallest COLA, shows exactly how it stacks up. Rank
In fact, next year's 2.5% bump is higher than the 2010's average COLA of 1.4%, and is similar to the average since 1983 (after the soaring inflation of the preceding decade). What it means for ...
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 ...