We’re inching closer to the biggest Social Security announcement of the year, with five of the six data points needed to calculate the 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) now in place. Soon, you’ll be able to start figuring out how far your checks will go next year and what you’ll need to do to make up the rest.
There’s still one critical piece of information missing. But even without that, we can get a pretty good idea of what kind of a boost you can expect in 2026.
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