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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 ...

Social Security Cola Projected To Be 2.5% For 2025, Smallest Since 2021 Social Security's annual COLA for 2026 is projected to be 2.5%, according to TSCL's analysis.

The COLA for 2025 was 2.5%, which was the lowest annual increase since 2021, when an inflationary cycle began that peaked at a 40-year high in June 2022 before easing in the years that followed.

And now that we're close to the halfway point of the year, a lot of retirees are eager to know what 2026's Social Security COLA will look like. Unfortunately, they'll have to sit tight a bit longer.