Social Security's 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) took effect in January. Benefits will increase 2.5% this year, the ...

Amidst ongoing economic uncertainty and a volatile presidential election, you may be concerned that another period of ...

COLAs are intended to maintain the purchasing power of Social Security benefits amidst inflation. The COLA is calculated ...

The SSA measures that inflation using the changes in the third-quarter averages of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) from one year to the next.

An estimated 72.5 million Social Security recipients will benefit from a 2.5 percent increase in their payments this year thanks to the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for 2025 is a 2.5% increase. That means the monthly benefits checks ...

The state minimum wage is tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) for urban wage earners and clerical workers over the ...

Many retirees look forward to Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), which for 2025 is 2.5%. The COLA ...

Ohio's minimum wage will rise to $10.70/hr for non-tipped workers and $5.35/hr for tipped ones in 2025, per the state ...

Each year, tens of millions of retirees collecting Social Security benefits anxiously await the upcoming COLA, or ...

L&I calculates the minimum wage for the coming year using the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). L&I compares the CPI-W ...