Cola 2025 Prediction Social Security Increase. To help offset inflation that happens with time, social security has an annual cola that increases monthly benefits for all social security retirement benefit. Social security beneficiaries are now projected to get a 2.63% raise (or cola) for 2025, according to a senior citizens league forecast.

Superficially, a fourth consecutive year of meaningful nominal increases to monthly benefit. The annual social security cola will add an average of $50 per month to benefit checks starting in january 2025.