COLA, Social Security

Why your next Social Security COLA could change if Kamala Harris wins in November
Your future Social Security benefit increases could be affected by which candidate wins the upcoming presidential election.
What the New Social Security COLA Increase Means for You
Now that the 2025 COLA increase has been announced by the Social Security Administration, here's what you need to know.
Not just the COLA adjustment: these are the big changes coming to Social Security payments in 2025 (and they all affect you)
With the COLA adjustment, Social Security beneficiaries will see their monthly payments increase, but that’s not the only change coming in 2025
Disappointed in Your 2025 Social Security COLA? Here's Why You Shouldn't Be.
On Oct. 10, the Social Security Administration (SSA) dropped a bombshell by announcing that monthly benefits would be rising by 2.5% in 2025. That's a considerably lower cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, than 2024's 3.2% increase. And it's also the smallest Social Security COLA to arrive since 2021 when benefits rose by just 1.3%.
Social Security sets its 2025 COLA increase at 2.5%. Here's how it will change your benefits.
Social Security benefits are given a cost of living adjustment each year. The 2025 COLA increase is the smallest since 2021.
Smaller Social Security COLA for 2025: What Retirees Need to Know
Each year, Social Security recipients receive a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, designed to help offset the impact of inflation on their benefits.
Social Security's 2025 COLA Is Official: Retirees in These 10 States Will Get the Biggest Raises
Retired workers in these 10 states will receive the largest cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) in absolute dollars next year.
2025 Social Security COLA: Your top 5 questions, answered
The extent to which your monthly Social Security payments will increase in 2025 will hinge on a few factors. These include an official COLA number, whether you're enrolled in Medicare, and whether the cost of Part B rises in 2025.
Jill On Money: Social security alert — COLA 2025
With the 2025 COLA announcement, the average Social Security check for individual retirees will increase from $1,927 per month to $1,976
Majority find 2025 Social Security COLA bump insufficient: Survey
A recent survey from the Motley Fool shows 50% of retirees have considered going back to work to make ends meet.
Donald Trump ad distorts Kamala Harris’ stance on Social Security taxes
Rather, she has proposed lifting the payroll income tax cap beyond which the government stops taxing workers. The people who would pay higher taxes under Harris’ proposal are neither older nor struggling.
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COLA 2025 Increase Amount Announced by Social Security Administration
The COLA 2024 boosted benefits 3.2 percent. Social Security advocates and experts have stressed the importance of the ...
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Yes, Social Security’s 2025 COLA is the lowest since 2021
Every year, Social Security adjusts benefit amounts to account for inflation through a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) ...