Americans who receive Social Security benefits will receive two payments in December and are set to see a cost of living ...

Social Security benefits are increasing by 2.8% in 2026. Here's how much more you could receive each month and how it compares to past COLAs.

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For instance, the Q3 CPI-W average for 2025 was 2.76% higher than 2024, which is how we ended up with the 2.8% COLA. It's ...

Retirees might not actually receive as much extra money from next year's Social Security COLA as they anticipate.

USA TODAY reached out to retirees across the country who are living mostly on Social Security, to ask how they were doing.

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You can, technically, retire whenever you like, but the age you do it at can have a big impact on collecting Social Security benefits.

The SSA puts the average monthly Social Security retirement benefit before next year's 2.8% COLA at $2,015 per month. Once ...