The projected 2026 COLA increase is now 2.7%—up from 2.4%, the lowest in years. Here’s how the change affects retiree ...

The projected 2026 COLA increase is now 2.7%-up from 2.4%, the lowest in years. Here's how the change affects retiree ...

Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026 will be announced this fall, but one estimate shows beneficiaries ...

According the the AARP, the 2.5% COLA adjustment introduced this year boosted the average Social Security retiree's payment by about $49 a month. The average monthly Social Security check for all ...

Not even a first-of-the-century cost-of-living adjustment milestone will be enough to prop up retired-worker beneficiaries.

Not even a potentially history-making moment will be enough to prevent retirees from getting the short end of the stick, yet again.

Social Security beneficiaries would welcome extra money in the bank from a COLA hike. But some might only be looking at $50 a month or less extra.

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2025 will be announced this month. It will have far-reaching implications for the more than 65 million Americans who receive benefits.

Social Security benefits are eligible for an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Many seniors were disappointed in ...

Social Security and SSI benefits will both increase by 2.5% in 2025 to account for cost-of-living increases across the country, the Social Security Administration announced in October.

The cost-of-living increase is just what it sounds like—adjustments to Social Security payments based on increased costs of basic expenses —and it’s a relatively new thing.

While cumulative cost-of-living adjustments since January 2000 have lifted benefits by 78%, the goods and services studied had collectively jumped in price by 141.4% through February 2023.