A 2.6 percent increase would raise the average Social Security payment for retired workers from $1,980.86 (as of February ...

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Social Security Administration announced a 2.5% cost-of-living increase for enrollees Thursday.Financial planners said the period before the increases, implemented in January, is ...

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment could rise 2.7%. But Medicare Part B premiums are set to rise even more, eating ...

The cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits is expected to be 2.7% in 2026, analysts said on Tuesday — but ...

In 2023, Social Security recipients got the biggest cost-of-living increase in 40 years and it bumped up 3.2% more in January.But the initial 3% COLA forecast for 2025 is now likely to drop after ...

August CPI report shows 0.2% inflation rise, Fed still expected to cut interest rates 04:40. The nation's more than 70 million Social Security recipients may want to temper their expectations of ...

The Social Security Administration said average payouts will increase by more than $140 per month in 2023. "Medicare premiums are going down and Social Security benefits are going up in 2023 ...

A version of this article appears in print on , Section B, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Social Security Benefits Are Set to Rise 3.2% to Offset Inflation.

A 2.5 percent increase would raise the average Social Security payment for retired workers from $1,980.86 (as of February 2025) to $2,030.38 in 2026, an increase of $49.52. Social Security COLAs ...