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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 ...
It ranks as the 12th highest COLA since 2001 and sits just under the 2.58% average of the past 25 years. The table below, ranked from largest to smallest COLA, shows exactly how it stacks up. Rank
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.
The 2025 COLA of 2.5% is lower than the 3.4% received this year and well below the 8.7% received in 2023. However, it's nearly in line with the average annual Social Security benefits increase in ...
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 ...
But when the 2.5% COLA kicks in for the new year, the typical retired worker will see a $49 per-month lift in their payout to $1,976, or roughly $588 extra per year.
Since COLAs became automatic in 1975, the average COLA has been 3.75% if you include this year's COLA. At 2.5%, the 2025 COLA is below average and the lowest since the 1.3% COLA in 2021. The good ...
COLA over the last decade: 2025 to 2024. COLA has varied widely over the past 10 years. The lowest COLA in that timeframe was in 2016 at 0.0%, and the highest was in 2023, when COLA was a whopping ...