KEY TAKEAWAYS The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security benefits is 2.8%, resulting in an average increase of approximately $56 per month.However, many seniors and Social Security ...

The Social Security Administration will continue distributing disability and SSI payments, but some services are unavailable ...

The SSA uses September’s CPI to chart cost-of-living adjustments, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics has halted data collection.

Social Security beneficiaries will get a 2.8 percent increase in their monthly payments next year, the Social Security ...

For much of 2025, Oct. 15 was hailed as the most important day of the year for Social Security. That's because it was the ...

Social Security benefits are an important income source, but many younger Americans are worried that they won't receive the money they have been promised. In fact, a majority of older Americans ...

Starting next week on Tuesday, September 30, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will no longer issue paper checks for benefit payments, and instead move exclusively to electronic payments: ...

In 1935, former President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, creating the Social Security Administration to manage it. The agency sends monthly checks to retirees, meant to ...

Amid the 2025 government shutdown, Social Security payments continue uninterrupted, with electronic checks set to go out on ...

The chances of a government shutdown on Wednesday, Oct. 1, are increasing as President Donald Trump and congressional Democratic leaders have just hours to reach an agreement, or else many federal ...

Combined income is your adjusted gross income plus any tax-exempt interest and half your Social Security benefit.