On July 1 of every year following your first full year of retirement for service or disability, your monthly benefit will be adjusted by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, Seattle), to a maximum of three percent per year.
If you retire in July, you will receive your first COLA adjustment the following July. If you retire in September, you will not receive a COLA adjustment until the second July following your retirement. Contact DRS for more information.