Historical November 1991 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Here’s some good news for people getting Social Security benefits: you’re getting a raise. Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits will increase 3.7 percent beginning with Social Security checks dated January 3, 1992 and SSI checks dated December 31, 1991.
The raise is the automatic cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) made annually.
The average monthly benefit amount for all retired workers will raise from $607 to $629.
The maximum federal SSI monthly payments to an individual will rise from $407 to $422.
The maximum federal SSI for a couple will raise from $610 to $633. Social Security and SSI benefits automatically increase each year based on the rise in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) from the third quarter of one year through the corresponding period of the next.
This year’s increase in the CPIW was 3.7 percent so this year’s COLA was 3.7 percent.
If you have questions about the COLA or any other Social Security matter call 1.800.7724213.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, November 1991.
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