Based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index, there will be a 3.6 percent Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for retired pay and Survivor Benefit Plan annuities effective Dec. 1, 2011.
Retirees will see the change on their Dec. 30 payment, and annuitants will receive it Jan. 3, 2012.
Retirees who received a Career Status Bonus (CSB) will receive a 2.6 percent increase.
Those who retired between Jan. 1, 2011 and Sept. 30, 2011 will receive a partial COLA based on the quarter they retired.