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The 2026 retiree COLA has been set at 2.8% for Social Security beneficiaries and Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) annuitants, while Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) retirees will recei...
Federal retirees and current federal employees should expect the official 2026 cost‑of‑living adjustment (COLA) for most federal retirement systems to be in the mid‑to‑high 2 percent range: several ou...
The Social Security Administration set the 2026 federal COLA at 2.8% for Social Security and Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) annuities; Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) annuitants rec...
Current and former Members of the U.S. House receive a defined‑benefit pension under federal systems (CSRS or FERS) that is calculated from their “high‑3” average pay, years of service and statutory m...
Federal retirees will see the 2026 COLA reflected in the January 2026 annuity payment (the payment for December), and agencies say any retroactive amount for the period between the COLA effective date...
Members’ pensions are calculated from three inputs: the retiree’s high‑3 average salary, years of service (prorated by months), and an accrual rate that depends on which system covers the member (CSRS...
A member of Congress must serve at least five years to be eligible for any retirement annuity, and different rules apply depending on whether they’re in CSRS or FERS and on when they were first covere...
The official 2026 retiree COLA was publicly announced in October 2025 and takes effect December 1, 2025 with higher annuity payments appearing in January 2026 for beneficiaries . Operational implement...
The 2026 federal pay picture is fragmented: OPM’s FEPCA-based recommendation would have produced a 3.3% across‑the‑board base raise plus very large locality adjustments averaging 18.88% (producing >20...
Members of Congress can and do receive both a congressional retirement benefit and Social Security, but how those payments interact depends on which retirement system a member was in (CSRS, CSRS offse...
Members of Congress become vested in a federal pension after five years of service and may collect a retirement annuity under age/years-of-service rules that differ by plan: generally age 62 with 5 ye...
Members of Congress become vested in a federal pension after five years of service and can receive an immediate, unreduced annuity under Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) at age 62 with at le...
The 2025 cost‑of‑living adjustment (COLA) increased most federal retirement and benefit programs, but the exact percentage varies by program: Social Security and Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)...
Congressional pensions are calculated from a member’s high‑3 average salary, years of service, and an accrual rate that depends on which retirement system and hire date apply; for most modern members ...
Members of Congress are covered by several retirement arrangements—CSRS, CSRS Offset, FERS, or Social Security alone—and pension amounts depend on plan, years served, age, and highest three years’ sal...
The 2026 Cost‑of‑Living Adjustment will raise most military retired pay, VA disability, Social Security benefits and CSRS annuities by 2.8 percent, while many FERS annuitants will get a smaller 2.0 pe...
Members of Congress vest in a retirement benefit after five years of service and, under current rules, are generally eligible for a pension at age 62 with at least five years’ service, at age 50 with ...
Social Security’s 2026 COLA is 2.8%, set by the year‑over‑year change in the CPI‑W and raising the average Social Security check by roughly $56–$60 per month (average benefit from $2,015 to about $2,0...
Members of Congress become vested after five years of service and can qualify for a federal pension under different rules depending on whether they are covered by the older Civil Service Retirement Sy...
The congressional pension under FERS is computed by multiplying a member’s “high‑3” average salary by an accrual rate and by years of service — historically using 1.7% for the first 20 years and 1.0% ...