For retirees who claim benefits at Full Retirement Age—currently set at 67—the maximum monthly payment is $4,018. If you ...

Millions of retired teachers, firefighters, and police officers will see higher Social Security benefits following changes to ...

The Social Security Agency has announced its annual benefit increase. This COLA – 2.5% – will be significantly smaller than it was in 2021 and 2022, when high inflation was raging. This ...

The Social Security Administration has announced a 2.5% cost-of-living (COLA) adjustment to beneficiaries starting in January ...

The deaths of over a million Americans during the pandemic allowed the Social Security program to save billions in future ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is reintroducing a measure that would increase Social Security benefits. Sanders is joined by Sen ...

Over the last 10 years, the annual update in Social Security benefits has averaged about 2.6%. The increase for 2024 was 3.2%. The raise for 2025 is the smallest since 2021, when beneficiaries ...

Social Security COLA has been in effect for a month, and that means you should have received your boosted check.

These months are crucial for setting the Social Security benefit increase for the upcoming year ... The COLA spiked again in 2021 and 2022 during the rampant inflation triggered by the pandemic ...

The 2025 Social Security COLA is the smallest increase since 2021, but there's another unwelcome development for millions of seniors: Medicare participants will pay higher premiums next year.

The government bases the annual Social Security tax limits (also known as the taxable maximum) on changes in the National Average Wage Index (NAWI), which tends to increase every year. The changes ...