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.
Social Security Just Announced the 2025 COLA. Here's How It Compares to Recent Years
Social Security averages the CPI-W data for July, August, and September and compares it to the previous year's number. If the number is higher than the previous year's, the increase becomes the COLA. If the number is lower than the previous year's, Social Security doesn't reduce monthly benefits -- they remain the same.
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.
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.
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%.
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
Social Security COLA 2025 Increase Sparks Backlash
Senior groups say the COLA likely won't meet the higher costs seniors are facing on inflation on everything from groceries to healthcare.
Social Security Benefits Get a COLA in 2025 That's Filled With Good News and Bad
There's been lots of speculation about Social Security's 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), but on Oct. 10, it all came to an end. That's because the Social Security Administration announced a 2.5% raise for 2025, bringing the average monthly benefit up by about $50.
Social Security & You: Social Security COLA for 2025
What you need to know about the cost-of-living adjustment that Social Security beneficiaries will get 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.
Here’s how the Social Security COLA could change if Kamala Harris wins the election, according to experts
Neither campaign has focused on reforms to Social Security that would increase benefits for seniors, ten percent of which ...
50% of Retirees May Return to Work Because of an Insufficient 2025 Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA)
Such is the case for 2025. Recently, the Social Security Administration announced that benefits would be rising by 2.5% in ...