Cola 2025 Prediction Social Security Benefits. Retirement experts have given their final predictions for how much the cost of living adjustment (cola) will be ahead of the official announcement next week. Social security checks are getting bigger in 2025.

We’re just weeks away before the 2025 social security cola benefit increase will go into effect. Current estimates suggest a 2.57% cola increase for 2025, which would add approximately $50 per month to benefits, according to the detroit free press.