Retired-worker benefits can hit a psychologically important level next year, but seniors are still likely to get the short ...

It's better than benefits remaining stagnant, but this increase likely isn't going to make life more comfortable for retirees struggling with rising costs. Social Security has lost 20% of its ...

The Social Security program undergoes a series of revisions each year to ensure benefit payments keep pace with inflation and ...

Investopedia / Photo Illustration by Alice Morgan / Getty Images For 2026, the Senior Citizens League predicts a smaller cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits compared to last year.

Retirees who stop working at the Full Retirement Age, currently set at 67, can receive a maximum benefit of $4,018 per month. If benefits are claimed at the earliest possible age of 62, that maximum ...

Thankfully, Social Security benefits are raised automatically nearly every year to help them compensate for inflation. Without those cost-of-living adjustments ... payments increase by 2.5%.

That trend is bad news for retired workers on Social Security. Here's why. The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) applied to Social Security payments in any given year is based on CPI-W inflation ...

The 2025 Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) of 2.5% is being undermined by the increase cost of Medicare.[1] The monthly Medicare cost in 2025 will rise 5.9% to $185/month from $174. ...

Each year, for example, Social Security benefits are eligible for an automatic cost-of-living adjustment. In 2025, benefits rose 2.5%. And while that's the smallest COLA to arrive in years, it's a ...

Knowing how important Social Security income is to seniors, it should come as no surprise that the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) reveal is the most anticipated event each year for beneficiaries.