Majority of Americans Have Less Than $25k Saved for Retirement
Although older workers do tend to have more saved than younger workers, EBRI said, overall savings levels still “tend to be modest.” In fact, 30% of those workers age 55 or older have less than $10,000 saved for retirement. However, one-quarter (26%) of workers in that age group have saved $250,000 or more.
Education and income tend to be major factors in whether workers save for retirement and married workers are more likely to have savings. Those who have attempted a retirement savings needs calculation are more likely than their counterparts to have saved money for retirement.
Those who expect to work in retirement and those who do not expect to work in retirement are equally likely to report having saved money for retirement.
align=”center”> Reported Total Savings and Investments Among Workers Providing a Response, 2009
align=”center”> (not including value of primary residence or defined benefit plans)
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Ages
| align=”center”> Ages 55+ | |
Less than $10,000 | align=”center”> 40% | align=”center”> 53% | align=”center”> 37% | align=”center”> 36% | align=”center”> 30% |
$10,000-$24,999 | align=”center”> 13 | align=”center”> 20 | align=”center”> 16 | align=”center”> 7 | align=”center”> 6 |
$25,000-$49,999 | align=”center”> 11 | align=”center”> 12 | align=”center”> 8 | align=”center”> 11 | align=”center”> 13 |
$50,000-$99,999 | align=”center”> 12 | align=”center”> 9 | align=”center”> 14 | align=”center”> 14 | align=”center”> 10 |
$100,000-$249,999 | align=”center”> 12 | align=”center”> 5 | align=”center”> 16 | align=”center”> 15 | align=”center”> 15 |
$250,000 or more | align=”center”> 12 | align=”center”> 2 | align=”center”> 9 | align=”center”> 17 | align=”center”> 26 |
The 19th Annual RCS, released by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) released earlier this week, also found that the percentage of workers who feel very confident about having enough money for a comfortable retirement declined to just 13% this year, down from the previous low of 18% set in 2008.
Full results of the 2009 Retirement Confidence Survey appear in the April 2009 EBRI Issue Brief, are available atwww.ebri.org .