In 2025, benefits got a 2.5% COLA. Many older Americans are hoping that 2026's COLA will be larger, or at the very least, the ...

To keep pace with rising prices, Social Security applies an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that takes effect in January each year. The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a nonprofit organization ...

Analysts project a modest 2.1% cost-of-living adjustment for 2026, which would represent the lowest increase since 2021 for ...

But what would make the 2026 cost-of-living adjustment special is that it would mark the fifth consecutive year of at least a ...

Early estimates point to a 2.5% COLA for January 2026, matching this year's modest bump. If confirmed in October, after the ...

This week, payments are set to be made to those receiving retirement, survivor and spousal benefits as well as disability ...

Getting the maximum Social Security benefit in the United States is rare. Extremely rare, in fact—only achievable for those ...

Many seniors are eager to know what their upcoming Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be. Although it's too soon to land on an official number, there are estimates available based ...

If you started getting SSDI before May 1997, you'd usually receive your payment on the third day of every month. Note that ...

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) has predicted that Social Security's 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) will be 2.5 ...

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 agency that collects the data used to determine the cost-of-living-adjustment has had to pull back on how much data it uses.