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Cost-of-living adjustment beginning with December 2026 benefits (payable January 2027)

3.6 %

2027, from 2026-12-01 · verified 2026-10-31 against the official source · next expected change 2027-01-01

Social Security benefits will increase by 3.6 percent beginning with the December 2026 benefits, which are payable in January 2027.

key

us/social-security-benefits/cola-2027

value

3.6 %

period

2027

effective

2026-12-01 to date

source

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/latestCOLA.html

verified

2026-10-31 — fresh (6 days ago; next check by 2026-11-01)

next expected change

2027-01-01 (annual: a fixed day each year)

previous

2.8 % (2026) from 2025-12-01

scope

Benefit rules read from ssa.gov in a browser (ssa.gov answers 403 to automated fetches); the taxation amounts are from IRS Publication 915 (2025), the latest edition. Keys ending -2027 hold SSA figures already published for 2027; unsuffixed keys hold the 2026 value.

hash

sha256:a20acc205a4fa62f9f3b632e335aef4c3e57ba994f971dea948e401dbe617643

signature

EdDSA, key db-2026-10 — keys

As JSON

curl -s https://databutler.dev/f/us/social-security-benefits/cola-2027?max_age=30d — schema; verify with npx verified-facts verify https://databutler.dev/f/us/social-security-benefits/cola-2027

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  "key": "us/social-security-benefits/cola-2027",
  "label": "Cost-of-living adjustment beginning with December 2026 benefits (payable January 2027)",
  "value": 3.6,
  "unit": "%",
  "period": "2027",
  "effectiveFrom": "2026-12-01",
  "effectiveTo": null,
  "source": "https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/latestCOLA.html",
  "quote": "Social Security benefits will increase by 3.6 percent beginning with the December 2026 benefits, which are payable in January 2027.",
  "verifiedDate": "2026-10-31",
  "nextScheduledRefresh": "2026-11-01",
  "changeCadence": "annual",
  "nextExpectedChange": "2027-01-01",
  "status": "fresh",
  "ageDays": 6,
  "maxAgeDays": null,
  "previous": {
    "value": 2.8,
    "period": "2026",
    "effectiveFrom": "2025-12-01",
    "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/03/2025-19763/cost-of-living-increase-and-other-determinations-for-2026"
  },
  "scope": "Benefit rules read from ssa.gov in a browser (ssa.gov answers 403 to automated fetches); the taxation amounts are from IRS Publication 915 (2025), the latest edition. Keys ending -2027 hold SSA figures already published for 2027; unsuffixed keys hold the 2026 value.",
  "hash": "sha256:a20acc205a4fa62f9f3b632e335aef4c3e57ba994f971dea948e401dbe617643",
  "signature": {
    "alg": "EdDSA",
    "kid": "db-2026-10",
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  "publisher": {
    "name": "Data Butler",
    "url": "https://databutler.dev/"
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  "cite": {
    "url": "https://databutler.dev/facts/us/social-security-benefits/cola-2027",
    "text": "databutler.dev, verified 2026-10-31 against https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/latestCOLA.html"
  }
}