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Can you afford retirement? COLA is coming for 2026; but why you might get a higher adjustment and why you should care.

Social Security payments are expected to rise by around 2.5% next year, but a new and significant concern is looming for 2026. The Senior Citizens League predicts the 2026 Cost of Living Adjustment ...

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) has predicted that Social Security's 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) will be 2.5 percent, up from April's prediction of 2.4 percent.

That is up from the 2.4% increase for 2026 that those sources forecast last month. A 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment would be "about average," according to Johnson. The Social Security cost-of-living ...

The 2026 COLA announcement will be officially made in October, because that is when the data will be available to calculate it. COLAs are based on the CPI-W data from the third quarter of the year ...

The 2025 COLA increase of 2.5% for Social Security recipients was one of the lowest since 2021, and so far, signs are pointing to an even lower increase for next year. We're still about five ...