The Social Security program undergoes a series of revisions each year to ensure benefit payments keep pace with inflation and ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is preparing to distribute another round of payments this Monday, February 3 to ...

A 2.5% Social Security cost-of-living adjustment is the lowest increase to benefits since 2021. To increase those checks, ...

Changes are coming to Social Security in 2025 that may cause issues for top and low end earners. There have already been changes like increasing percentages and raising earnings test limits for those ...

There are options for those claiming Social Security to increase the benefits they receive each month based on factors like ...

Public sector retirees, spouses' or surviving spouses' benefits will be delayed until further notice. The SSA must manually ...

Any dollars earned above the wage base limit aren't counted in calculating Social Security benefits. In 2025, the wage base limit is $176,100, up from $168,600 the prior year. This limit is ...

What does that mean for your wallet? On average, Social Security retirement benefits will rise by about $50 per month starting in January 2025. But if you factor in Medicare Part B payments ...

Social Security's 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of 2.5% took effect in January, but retired workers may be disappointed with the pay increase. Social Security's COLAs are determined based ...

However, federal income taxes on seniors' Social Security benefits play their part as well. Below, we'll look at why and what to do if you expect to owe them in 2025. The federal government taxes ...

Here's why. Image source: Getty Images. Social Security benefits lost buying power in 2025 The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) applied to Social Security payments in any given year is based on ...