Ss Cola 2025 Increase Announcement. Social security checks are getting bigger in 2025. The cola announced in 2023 and payable this year was 3.2%, following a steep 8.7% rise in 2022 — the largest increase since 1981.

The increase announced on thursday marks the smallest in years and is in line. The 2.5% cola that social security recipients will get in 2025 will result in the typical retiree getting around $50 more per month in their payments.