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Data source: Social Security Administration. Table by author. You might have noticed the amount of the COLA was 0% in three years: 2009, 2010, and 2015.
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 ...
Last year, the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, was significantly lower, at just 3.2%. ... Image source: Getty Images. The average Social Security COLA since 1975. I won't keep you in suspense.
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 ...
Driven by stagflation and the energy crisis, 1980 was the single most impacted year, and due to double-digit inflation rates, it saw a record-breaking 14.3% COLA increase.
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 ...
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% ...
Here's the big picture: While the 2.5% COLA in 2025 is the smallest increase in Social Security benefits in four years -- 3.2% in 2024, 8.7% in 2023, and 5.9% in 2022 -- that means prices across ...