Social security indexation
Find the latest social security (income support and supplementary payments) rates and means testing parameters.
About social security indexation rates
Social security payment rates are indexed on a regular basis. This helps to maintain their value over time.
Increases to rates are automatically linked to specific price changes such as:
- the Consumer Price Index(Opens in a new tab/window)
- wage measures outlined in the:
Latest rates
2025 quarterly indexation rates
Previous rates
2024 quarterly indexation rates
2023 quarterly indexation rates
2022 quarterly indexation rates
2021 quarterly indexation rates
Rates prior to 2021 are available on the National Library's Australian Government Web Archive(Opens in a new tab/window).
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