What Early Estimates Say About Your Social Security COLA Boost in 2027

Published August 18, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

We don't have the official number just yet; we won't get that until October.

But based on the inflation data we do have through July, we've got a pretty good idea of what 2027's cost-of-living adjustment -- or COLA -- to Social Security's benefits payments will be. Following last week's update to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' measure of consumer inflation, retiree advocacy group The Senior Citizens League now predicts that beginning in January 2027, Social Security payments will grow 3.6% from their current levels. That would push the average retiree's monthly payment up to roughly $2,146.

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