There has been a clear trend in TSCL's Social Security COLA predictions. For four consecutive months, the projected increase ...

Key Points Initial estimates for 2026's Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) are not looking favorable.There are ...

Good news for seniors receiving Social Security: The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment prediction went up in May. According to ...

Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment may be 2.5%, a new estimate shows. But COLA could still get a boost if ...

The good news: Social Security benefits are now on pace to get a 2.5% COLA in 2026. The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) is a nonprofit advocacy group focused on Medicare and Social Security policies.

For 2024, Social Security recipients got a 3.2% COLA. In 2023, the annual adjustment reached 8.7% — a nearly 40-year high as inflation soared — while the 2022 COLA stood at 5.9%. Social ...

Social Security's 2025 COLA will be announced in less than 2 months. Expect bad news The numbers aren't looking so favorable as of now -- and they could get even worse.

Let's start with the good news: Retirees can expect a Social Security benefits increase of 2.3% in 2026 based on TSCL's latest projection. That's lower than the 2.5% adjustments received in 2025.

Here’s the latest Social Security news for October 2025, including the recently announced 2025 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment of 2.5%. Keep up to date on the Social Security COLA ...

That will mark the smallest COLA since 2021, when seniors received a 1.3% adjustment due to the pandemic's low rate of inflation. Because inflation surged in 2022 and 2023, Social Security ...

Ninety-four percent of the respondents in TSCL’s Senior Survey said they thought 2025’s COLA of 2.5% was too low and that their monthly Social Security checks would fall behind inflation.