{"id":77,"date":"2026-01-23T00:30:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T00:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alhikmaofficial.com\/?p=77"},"modified":"2026-01-23T00:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T00:30:48","slug":"social-security-announces-new-cost-of-living-adjustment-cola-checks-what-you-need-to-know-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alhikmaofficial.com\/?p=77","title":{"rendered":"Social Security Announces New Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Checks \u2013 What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Security Administration announced a 2.8% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) taking effect in January 2026. Over 70 million beneficiaries, including retirees and disabled individuals, will see higher monthly payments. <\/p>\n<p>The average retired worker\u2019s benefit will rise by about $56 to $2,071. COLA helps offset inflation, though rising costs\u2014especially for essentials\u2014may still strain fixed incomes..<\/p>\n<p>The Social Security Administration announced a 2.8% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) taking effect in January 2026. Over 70 million beneficiaries, including retirees and disabled individuals, will see higher monthly payments. <\/p>\n<p>The average retired worker\u2019s benefit will rise by about $56 to $2,071. COLA helps offset inflation, though rising costs\u2014especially for essentials\u2014may still strain fixed incomes..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Security Administration announced a 2.8% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) taking effect in January 2026. Over 70 million beneficiaries, including retirees and disabled individuals, will see higher&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhikmaofficial.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhikmaofficial.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhikmaofficial.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhikmaofficial.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhikmaofficial.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alhikmaofficial.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78,"href":"https:\/\/alhikmaofficial.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhikmaofficial.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhikmaofficial.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhikmaofficial.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}