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Headquarters campus of the Social Security Administration in Woodlawn, Maryland, the agency that will announce the 2027 cost of living adjustment on October 14. Photo: Coolcaesar / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Social Security COLA for 2027 Tracks Toward 3.8% as Inflation Cools

Forecasters have converged on a 2027 Social Security COLA of 3.6 to 3.8 percent. Here is the CPI-W math and what it means in dollars for monthly checks.

30 Jul 2026 ·9 min read

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