Earnings limits, benefit caps, and work credits are all shifting next year—and some changes affect people not even collecting ...
It's staggering how much of an impact some basic math can have on millions of lives, but that's exactly what determines ...
Find out when 2026 Social Security payments arrive, including new COLA increases, monthly dates, and how your birthday ...
While everyone receives the same 2.8% COLA, the dollar value of that increase depends on your existing benefit. Social Security calculates monthly payments based on your 35 highest-earning years, ...
The annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2026 will be 2.8 percent to ensure benefits are not negative impacted by ...
A new proposal would cap annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustments for top earnings beneficiaries, potentially ...
Find out how much more you'll actually get from a $1,600 Social Security check with the 2026 COLA applied, and how increased ...
While they may be imperfect, COLAs are meant to help you cover the higher cost of living and help ease the sting of higher prices.
Starting in January 2026, the average monthly Social Security check for the U.S.'s 74.5 million Social Security recipients will be around $1,917, up 2.8% from 2025. That's an increase of about $52 per ...
Social Security faces trust fund depletion by 2034, threatening benefits for millions of retirees. The CRFB proposes a COLA ...