Three different estimates of the 2024 SS COLA? How?

Well here you go:

• The correct way is to compare the average CPI-W for the third quarter of the previous year with the current year. To estimate I use July, then the average of July and August and finally the average of July, August and September
• Another source simply uses the annual change in the CPI- W year over year from last September
• A third recent estimate uses the CPI-W for August rather than the average of July and August.

On October 12 we will know the CPI- W for September and then average the 3rd quarter to calculate the final COLA.