Social Security update for 2025: Increase in cost of living means higher benefits
Almost all Social Security beneficiaries are familiar with the most popular and publicized change: the increase in monthly benefit checks for 2025 due to the automated cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA. As you already know, that increase will be 2.5%.
Cooling COLA: 2024 Social Security Benefits Up 3.2% Amid Lower Inflation
The average Social Security payment will rise by more than $50 per month starting in January, thanks to the federal government’s 3.2% annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA. A 3.2% increase in the average Social Security check—about $1,
Risking Your Social Security Benefits? Here's What to Watch Out For
Social Security Income (SSI) payments are designed for people who have little to no income. So if you earn too much you can lose your benefits. In 2024, that annual income limit was $11,321.49 for an individual. In 2025, that goes up to $11,604.53. That's $967 per month.
Here's How to Tell if You Qualify for Spousal Social Security Benefits
There are three key requirements you need to meet to qualify for spousal benefits. Let's look at each of them in depth below. You cannot claim spousal benefits on your partner's work record unless they have a work history that qualifies them for Social Security retirement benefits.
This 1 Social Security Move Could Boost Your Lifetime Income by Up to $271,790
Social Security can go a long way in retirement, and it's even responsible for keeping around 16.5 million adults age 65 and older above the poverty line, according to 2022 data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Social Security February direct payment worth $967 goes out in 17 days
February’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $967, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in 17 days. The ...
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Social Security 2025 has a requirement that prevents you from losing your account
In 2025, over 72.5 million Americans will see a 2.5% increase in Social Security and SSI benefits, with an average monthly ...
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Some Social Security checks came early in December. See quirky 2025 payment schedule
Because of the calendar, Social Security recipients who get Supplemental Security Income benefits get their first 2025 check ...
What the Social Security Fairness Act Means for You
Retirees with public pensions and their spouses are now eligible for their full Social Security benefits.
Social Security payment schedule changed for some recipients to start 2025
Some Social Security recipients will see a payment schedule change for the end of 2024 and the start of 2025. Recipients of Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, typically receive their payments on ...
SSI Wage Reporting: How to report your monthly income to the Social Security Administration?
To make sure you retain Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI), it's crucial to accurately report your income to the Social ...
5 Social Security changes retirees and workers should know in 2025
Workers will have to earn a little bit more to earn their 2025 Social Security work credits, and that's not the only change this year.
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Your Social Security: Continuing Disability Review
Do you receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI)? If so, you should know that we are required by law to review your case to verify ...
Social Security update: February direct payment worth $967 goes out in 18 days
February’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in 18 days. The ...
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Social Security Falling Apart, as Plans to Fix It Expand
Social Security will not be able to pay all its obligations by 2035, according to its own estimates. While a drop in payments ...