In 2025, benefits got a 2.5% COLA. Many older Americans are hoping that 2026's COLA will be larger, or at the very least, the ...

To keep pace with rising prices, Social Security applies an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that takes effect in January each year. The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a nonprofit organization ...

The Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is crucial for maintaining the purchasing power of Social Security benefits. As we await the official 2026 COLA announcement, understanding its calculation and ...

But what would make the 2026 cost-of-living adjustment special is that it would mark the fifth consecutive year of at least a ...

Early estimates point to a 2.5% COLA for January 2026, matching this year's modest bump. If confirmed in October, after the ...

This week, payments are set to be made to those receiving retirement, survivor and spousal benefits as well as disability ...

If you started getting SSDI before May 1997, you'd usually receive your payment on the third day of every month. Note that ...

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) has predicted that Social Security's 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) will be 2.5 ...

Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment may be 2.5%, a new estimate shows. But COLA could still get a boost if ...

For 2024, Social Security recipients got a 3.2% COLA. In 2023, the annual adjustment reached 8.7% — a nearly 40-year high as inflation soared — while the 2022 COLA stood at 5.9%. Social ...

Social Security's 2024 COLA drops to 3.2%, from 8.7% this year, as inflation cools. It may not be enough to help seniors regain their footing, though.

The Social Security COLA for 2024 was 3.2%, following a large 8.7% COLA for 2023. Depending on which of the above projections is correct, the 2025 COLA will either be slightly smaller or just ...