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Cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are based on increases
in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).
The CPI-W is determined and published by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor.
The COLA effective for December 2025 will be based on the
increase in the third-quarter average CPI-W for 2025 over the average
CPI-W for the last base quarter. The last base quarter is the third quarter
of 2024, the last year in which a COLA became effective. The average CPI-W
for this quarter is 308.729. Compared to this average, the latest CPI-W (see data below) is
1.5 percent higher.
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