Although retired-worker benefits are set to make history in 2026, the latest COLA forecast is anything but reassuring.
More: 2025 Social Security COLA estimate dips with inflation but more ... adjustment since 1981 when the COLA hike was 11.2%. In 2022, the cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits ...
That is also higher than the COLA for 2022, which was already high at 5. ... month starting with payments being sent on Dec. 30. The estimated average monthly Social Security benefit payable ...