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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 ...
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.
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 ...
On Oct. 13, 2022, the Social Security Administration announced that the annual cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits in 2023 would be 8.7%. While on the surface it may seem like...
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 ...
In fact, next year's 2.5% bump is higher than the 2010's average COLA of 1.4%, and is similar to the average since 1983 (after the soaring inflation of the preceding decade). What it means for ...
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% ...