Release date for 2025 COLA amounts
Posted on December 10, 2024
The 2025 COLA percentages effective July 1 for most plans have not been released. DRS will update the COLA information page when the information becomes available in 2025 (usually sometime in March).
Review the current 2024 COLA adjustments on the COLA information page.
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