Question: has cost of living gone up in 2019?
Answer: This adjustment is called the Cost of Living Adjustment, or COLA, and in the last 7 years has ranged from 0% in 2016 to 3.6% in 2012. The increase for 2019 will be 2.8% and is estimated by the Social Security Administration to be an extra $39 per month for the average retired worker.