Answer: The latest Social Security COLA is 3.6 percent, effective for 2027 benefits payable in January 2027.
Status: Confirmed
Entry: finance/social-security-cola
Revision: 1
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Timeline:
  Created: 2026-11-12T11:08:31Z
  Last changed: 2026-11-12T11:08:31Z
  Last verified: 2026-11-12T11:34:10Z
  Next check: 2026-11-13T11:34:10Z
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Data:
  Field | Value | Unit | Source | As of
  COLA | 3.6 percent | percent | [1] | 2026-11-12
  Year | 2027 |  | [1] | 2026-11-12
  Benefit increase year | 2027 |  | [1] | 2026-11-12
  SSI payment start date | December 31, 2026 |  | [1] | 2026-11-12
  Taxable maximum | $192,300 | dollars | [1] | 2026-11-12

Sources:
  [1] Social Security Administration. "Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Information". https://www.ssa.gov/cola/
      Role: primary. Accessed: 2026-11-12T11:34:11Z
      Retrieved via: DeepSeek Fetch API (Markdown conversion; the original server response was not captured)
      Quote: "The 3.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to nearly 72 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2027." (Supports: COLA)
      Quote: "Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Information for 2027" (Supports: Year)
      Quote: "Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for 76 million Americans will increase 3.6 percent in 2027." (Supports: Benefit increase year)
      Quote: "Increased payments to about 7.3 million SSI recipients will begin on December 31, 2026." (Supports: SSI payment start date)
      Quote: "The maximum amount of earnings subject to the Social Security tax (taxable maximum) will increase to $192,300." (Supports: Taxable maximum)
      Snapshot SHA-256: 30e66d98177e59f5df0a608fe9b78c509e35cbfc89b82a996791a84cfb210698 (captured 2026-11-12T11:08:31Z)

Verification:
  Method: Automated extraction from [1] with deepseek-flash (JSON output, thinking disabled). Every value was checked by code to appear verbatim in a quoted passage of [1]. [1] was retrieved through the DeepSeek Fetch API because a direct request did not return usable content. On this check the text of [1] was unchanged since 2026-11-12T11:08:31Z, so the values verified then were kept.
  Cross-check: not-available at 2026-11-12T11:34:10Z. No independent second source is configured for this entry
  Last successful check: 2026-11-12T11:34:10Z
  Last attempt: 2026-11-12T11:34:10Z

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