Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) - The United States Social . . . The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) on a monthly basis We use the CPI-W to annually adjust benefits paid to Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income recipients
How the CPI-E Compares With the CPI-W for the Annual Social . . . As a fix for this, it has been widely suggested that the Social Security Administration should discontinue basing the annual cost of living adjustments on the CPI-W and instead start using a measurement known as the CPI-E
2026 Federal Retiree COLA Watch – FERS CSRS Social Security The Social Security Act specifies a formula for determining each COLA According to the formula, COLAs are based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) CPI-Ws are calculated on a monthly basis by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Social Security: Cost-of-Living Adjustments Social Security COLAs are based on changes in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), updated monthly by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Average CPI-W, by quarter and year - The United States Social . . . The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) on a monthly basis We computed the average CPI-W values below using the monthly CPI-Ws