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These are the exact amounts that your Social Security check will grow in 2026 with the COLA increase

The 2026 Social Security COLA is 2.8%. We calculate how much extra money you'll see after the big Medicare Part B premium ...

How Does Social Security's 2.8% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2026 Compare, Historically, to Prior Raises?

Looking a bit further back, Social Security's 2.8% raise ties for the ninth-largest year-over-year increase since this ...

Most Social Security recipients say 2.8% COLA isn’t enough

The Motley Fool reports that 54% of Social Security recipients find the upcoming 2.8% COLA insufficient to cover rising ...
The Motley Fool

The 2026 Social Security COLA Announcement Made Me Wonder: Should Social Security Change How It Calculates the Increase?

Social Security recipients will receive a 2.8% boost to their monthly benefits beginning in January. The annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is set using changes in CPI-W inflation data. Some ...
Des Moines Register

Social Security COLA hike coming in 2026. Don’t expect it to feel like a raise

The cost-of-living adjustment figure for Social Security benefits typically would have been released Oct. 15 under normal circumstances. But the government shutdown triggered a delay. In 2025, more ...
Tennessean

Here's when the 2026 Social Security COLA will be announced and what recipients can expect

The 2026 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) announcement has been delayed to the ongoing government shutdown. However, the official announcement is scheduled to take place in the next ...
The Motley Fool

Social Security's 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Won't Be Announced Today -- but Another Change Is Guaranteed in the New Year

Social Security's biggest reveal of the year -- the 2026 COLA -- was supposed to occur today (Oct. 15), but has been pushed back by the federal government shutdown. The September inflation report will ...