This statistic depicts the share of household income needed to be saved each year to live comfortably in retirement in the United States as of January 2017. It was found that 24 percent of the interviewed workers believed that it was enough to save somewhere between 20 and 29 percent of the annual household income in order to live comfortably in retirement as of 2017.
About what percentage of your total household income do you think you (and your spouse) need to save each year from now until you expect to retire so you can live comfortably throughout your retirement?
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EBRI. (March 21, 2017). About what percentage of your total household income do you think you (and your spouse) need to save each year from now until you expect to retire so you can live comfortably throughout your retirement? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/292078/us-worker-percentage-income-for-retirement/
EBRI. "About what percentage of your total household income do you think you (and your spouse) need to save each year from now until you expect to retire so you can live comfortably throughout your retirement?." Chart. March 21, 2017. Statista. Accessed February 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/292078/us-worker-percentage-income-for-retirement/
EBRI. (2017). About what percentage of your total household income do you think you (and your spouse) need to save each year from now until you expect to retire so you can live comfortably throughout your retirement?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/292078/us-worker-percentage-income-for-retirement/
EBRI. "About What Percentage of Your Total Household Income Do You Think You (and Your Spouse) Need to save Each Year from Now until You Expect to Retire so You Can Live Comfortably throughout Your Retirement?." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/292078/us-worker-percentage-income-for-retirement/
EBRI, About what percentage of your total household income do you think you (and your spouse) need to save each year from now until you expect to retire so you can live comfortably throughout your retirement? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/292078/us-worker-percentage-income-for-retirement/ (last visited February 18, 2025)
About what percentage of your total household income do you think you (and your spouse) need to save each year from now until you expect to retire so you can live comfortably throughout your retirement? [Graph], EBRI, March 21, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/292078/us-worker-percentage-income-for-retirement/
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