COLA for 2019?

When we will I know when I am getting an annual COLA for 2019? I thought it was mid-July when MOSERS announced it.

 MOSERS will be able to determine the 2019 COLA in January 2019. The rate calculation is based on 80% of the percentage increase in the average Consumer Price Index from one year to the next with a maximum increase of 5% (minimum 0%). The information necessary to make that calculation will be available in January 2019 and based on a comparison of changes from 2017 to 2018.

In January 2018, we determined that the COLA for 2018 is 1.704%. Each year, you will receive a COLA on the anniversary of your retirement date, unless one of these exceptions applies to you:

·         Retirees who converted from MSEP to MSEP 2000 during the conversion window in 2000 have COLAs payable each year in July.
·         Retirees who elected a BackDROP* will have COLAs payable each year on the anniversary of their BackDROP date rather than on the anniversary of their retirement date.
·         MSEP 2011 members hired after January 1, 2018 who leave state employment prior to retirement eligibility, will receive their first COLA in retirement on the second anniversary of their retirement.

We will send you a notice, either in the mail or in your MOSERS Document Express online mailbox, when the COLA is applied to your monthly benefit payment.

*BackDROP is available only to general state employees who are members of MSEP & MSEP 2000 and who work at least two years beyond normal retirement eligibility.