Administrasyon ta Social Security ta bayyana karbar da COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) na shekarar 2025, wanda zai kai 2.5%. Wannan karbar zai fara aikace a watan Janairu 2025, kuma zai shafi fiye da milioni 72.5 na masu samun albashi na Social Security a Amurka.
Karbar da 2.5% zai sa albashi na wata-wata ya masu samun albashi ya Social Security ta tashi da kimanin dalar Amurka 48 zuwa 50. Haka yake, albashi na wata-wata na matsakaicin masu ritaya zai tashi daga dalar Amurka 1,927 zuwa 1,976, yayin da albashi na wata-wata na masu samun albashi na Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) zai tashi daga dalar Amurka 1,542 zuwa 1,580.
Karbar da COLA na shekarar 2025 ya kasance mafi ƙanƙanta tun daga shekarar 2021, saboda hauhawar farashin kayayyaki da aka samu bayan cutar COVID-19 ta fara raguwa. A shekarar 2024, karbar da COLA ta kasance 3.2%, yayin da a shekarar 2023 ta kasance 8.7%.
Administrasyon ta Social Security tana amfani da Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) don kiyasta karbar da COLA. CPI-W ya nuna canjin matsakaicin farashin kayayyaki da aikatau a kowace wata, wanda aka bayar a watan Oktoba 2024.
Ba wai kawai masu samun albashi na Social Security ke samun karbar da COLA ba, har ma da masu samun albashi na Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, da sauran shirye-shirye na gwamnati. Masu samun albashi za Social Security za samu sanarwar sabon COLA a watan Disamba 2024, idan sun yi rijista don asusun My Social Security.
Wasu masana na kudi sun bayyana damuwa cewa karbar da 2.5% ba ta wakilci yadda farashin kayayyaki ke tashi a rayuwar yau da kullun, musamman ma a fannin abinci da kiwon lafiya. Sun kuma kira da a sake duba hanyar kiyasta COLA don yin wakilci mafi duniya na farashin da masu ritaya ke fuskanta.
