During that time, Social Security retirement benefits have also experienced a change. In 2005, the average monthly Social ...

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

The non-partisan advocacy group The Senior Citizens League predicts the 2026 COLA will be 2.1%, based on data from the Bureau ...

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

If you receive Social Security benefits, you are getting a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) this year. This means your ...

Social Security benefits received a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2025, but for many retirees, this is not enough ...

tied to a subset of the Consumer Price Index known as the CPI-W, which tracks the price of goods and services across the economy. Here is how it works: The CPI-W from the third quarter of the ...

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): This index is used to determine the annual cost of living adjustments to Social Security benefits and to adjust ...