---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.270"
title: "20"
number: "404.270"
heading: "Cost-of-living increases."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.270"
---

# §404.270. Cost-of-living increases.


Your primary insurance amount may be automatically increased each December so it keeps up with rises in the cost of living. These automatic increases also apply to other benefit amounts, as described in [§ 404.271](/cfr/20/404.271.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[47 FR 30734, July 15, 1982, as amended at 51 FR 12603, Apr. 14, 1986]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 202(a), 205(a), 215, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(a), 405(a), 415, and 902(a)(5)).

### Source

Source: 47 FR 30734, July 15, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[47 FR 30734, July 15, 1982, as amended at 51 FR 12603, Apr. 14, 1986]