Social Security, COLA

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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Trump and Harris pledged to save Social Security. Here’s what they’ll do.
Vice President Harris and former President Trump have both vowed to protect Social Security, but experts say both of their campaign platforms fall short of specific solutions for a program that faces threats to funding in roughly a decade.
I'm Not Counting on Social Security COLAs to Carry Me Through Retirement. Here's What I'm Doing to Combat Inflation Instead
Social Security will provide vital income to most of us in retirement -- but even with nearly annual cost-of-living increases ...
Newsweek on MSN14d
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 ...
CBS News16d
Social Security will announce the 2025 COLA within days. Here's what to expect.
The roughly 70 million people who receive Social Security payments will soon learn how much they'll receive in their 2025 benefit checks, with the program's annual cost-of-living adjustment ...
Does Social Security's 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Spell Trouble for Your Retirement Income?
As inflation continues to challenge retirees, is the latest cost-of-living adjustment enough to safeguard your financial ...
Newsweek13d
The 2025 Social Security COLA Is 2.5%: See What That Means for Your Social Security Payments
Your Social Security benefits aren’t likely to cover all of your expenses in retirement, but a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) can help offset some of the pain associated with inflation.