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Since the modern method of determining the Social Security COLA went into effect in 1975, the average has been 3.77%. This is the result of adding all the historic COLAs since that time and ...
The highest annual COLA of 14.3% was announced in 1980, when inflation soared. The average Social Security COLA from 1975 to 2023 was 3.8%. However, the sky-high inflation in the 1970s and early ...
Social Security is subject to annual cost of living adjustments. ... so there hasn’t been a cost-of-living increase in COLA for Social Security benefits. Since 1975, this has only occurred three ...
Between 1975 and 2023, Social Security's COLAs averaged 3.8%. Of course, that's just the average. There were some years with 0% increases (most recently, 2015) and some with double-digit increases ...
The average COLA: A snapshot in history The Social Security program has existed since 1935, but COLAs were not introduced until the mid-1970s. Back then, the adjustments were much larger than they ...
Source: Social Security Administration. Chart by author. For some perspective, the average COLA since 1975 is 3.75%. The highest-ever COLA was 14.3% in 1980. In 2010, 2011, and 2016, there were no ...
When you look at the history of Social Security COLAs since the turn of the century, the 2025 COLA is remarkably average. It ranks as the 12th highest COLA since 2001 and sits just under the 2.58% ...
The annual Social Security COLA is based on the third-quarter change in the CPI-W, or Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. In July, the index rose 2.9%. In July, the ...