---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 225.44"
title: "20"
number: "225.44"
heading: "When a cost-of-living increase is payable."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/225.44"
---

# §225.44. When a cost-of-living increase is payable.


A cost-of-living increase is payable beginning with December of the year for which the increase is due. The increase is paid in the January payment.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5).

### Source

Source: 54 FR 12903, Mar. 29, 1989, unless otherwise noted.