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What Will Your 2027 Social Security COLA Really Be? Here Are the Best Estimates Right Now.

There is some good news for retirees with the latest 2027 Social Security COLA projections.

What Will Your 2027 Social Security COLA Really Be? Here Are the Best Estimates Right Now.

Published August 2, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

Volatility has been the name of the game so far this year. And I'm not talking just about the stock market. Projections for what the 2027 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be have also been all over the map.

As a case in point, in January, The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a nonprofit organization that advocates for seniors, predicted a 2027 Social Security COLA of 2.5%. By May, TSCL's estimate had jumped to 3.9%. Independent Social Security and Medicare analyst Mary Johnson predicted a 2027 COLA of 4.2%, which would rank as the fourth-highest increase since 1990.

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What will your 2027 Social Security COLA really be? Here are the best estimates right now.

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Originally published at www.fool.com.

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