Social Security Increase September 2025. Social security benefits and supplemental security income (ssi) payments for more than 72.5 million americans will increase 2.5% in 2025, the social security. That’s down from 3.2% this year but in line with the 2.6% average over the past two decades.

Social security retirement and disability benefits for 2025 will increase by 2.5% and about $50 a month starting in january, the government announced thursday. A 2.5% cola will increase the average retired workers’ benefit by $48, to $1,968, meeting recent projections from the senior citizens league, a nonpartisan advocacy group.