Money | Social Security Social Security Recipients Getting a Smaller Raise Checks going up 2.5%, which amounts to about $50 a month for the average retiree By John Johnson Posted Oct 10, 2024 1:25 PM CDT Copied A Social Security card is displayed on Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) Social Security recipients who might have been used to getting bigger-than-usual increases in recent years will have to make do with a smaller bump in 2025. The Social Security Administration said Thursday that the checks are going up 2.5% at the start of the year, reports CNBC. For the average retiree receiving $1,907 a month, that translates to a raise of $48 monthly, per the Washington Post. Those who get the maximum of $4,873 a month will see an extra $122 because of the cost of living adjustment, or COLA. The 2025 raise is a decrease from 3.2% in 2024, the record-high 8.7% in 2023, and 5.9% in 2022. The raises are pegged to inflation. Next year's is the lowest increase since a 1.3% boost in 2021. The AP notes that all of the above comes amid a looming shortfall of the program's trust fund, which is on track to be depleted in 2035 unless things change. Read the full story. Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Iran's supreme leader makes first public comments since ceasefire. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. Report an error