Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income payments will increase by 2.8% in 2026, the Social Security Administration. The cost-of-living adjustment was just a 2.5% increase this year.
After a delay from the federal shutdown, the Social Security Administration announced the annual cost-of-living adjustment for the next year.
Social Security and SSI benefits will increase by 2.8 percent in 2026 due to a cost-of-living adjustment. The average Social Security retirement benefit will increase by about $56 per month starting ...