2025 Social Security Increase Amount Increase. The social security administration announced thursday that the cola for for 2025 will be 2.5%. Benefits increase by 2.5% and about $50 a month but it's the lowest benefit increase in recent years.
The increase last year was 3.2%. 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 administration announced today.