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Since 1975, the Social Security COLA has been zero in three different years. (Note: Even in an deflationary environment, the COLA cannot be negative.) It has reached double digits twice, with a ...
The 77% adjustment matched the overall increase in prices of goods and services over the previous 10 years. Congress authorized another Social Security benefits increase of 12.5% two years later.
The table below shows the increases over the last decade in the year they took effect. Year. COLA increase. Year. COLA increase. 2025. 2.5%. 2020. 1.6%. 2024. ... Savings interest rates today ...
For the last 50 years, COLA increases have been determined by the CPI-W inflation rate. Previously, increases to benefits were decided by new legislation. The chart below shows what COLAs have ...
There were some years with 0% increases (most recently, 2015) and some with double-digit increases (1980 and 1981). There has been no increase of 6% or more since 1983 -- except for 2022, which ...
Unfortunately, there have been a few years without an increase in the CPI-W, so there hasn’t been a cost-of-living increase in COLA for Social Security benefits. Since 1975, this has only ...
SSA said in its update that the COLA increase has averaged close to 2.6% over the last decade. This year's Social Security increase is also close to the average so far in the 21st century. Since ...
Source: Social Security Administration. Since 2014, the average COLA has landed at 2.6%. In some ways, it's a good thing that these adjustments are much lower than they were decades ago.