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Retirement preparedness: By the numbers

By Editorial Staff
September 6, 2017 12:04 PM

The Employee Benefit Research Institute recently published its 2017 Retirement Confidence Survey, the 27th annual installment and the longest-running such survey. It covers the waterfront on retirement analysis, including worker and retiree confidence (in their own finances, as well as Social Security, among other aspects); stress levels, savings levels and financial education programs.

Scroll through to see a few of the statistics from the survey. All data from EBRI.

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By the numbers

The Employee Benefit Research Institute recently published its 2017 Retirement Confidence Survey, the 27th annual installment and the longest-running such survey. It covers the waterfront on retirement analysis, including worker and retiree confidence (in their own finances, as well as Social Security, among other aspects); stress levels, savings levels and financial education programs.

Scroll through to see a few of the statistics from the survey. All data from EBRI.
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The percentage of workers who feel either very confident or somewhat confident declined this year to 60% from 64% last year. Within that group, the biggest change came from those who felt very confident, falling to 18% from 21%.
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On the other side of the fence from the previous slide, the portion of workers who are either "not too confident" or "not at all confident" increased to 39% this year, up from 35% last year.
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Only 7% of respondents were very stressed about retirement, although another 24% reported being somewhat stressed.
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Workers were asked if they thought Social Security would be able to continue to provide benefits of at least the same value as the benefits received by retirees today.
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When asked about how much of total household income should be saved each year, the median average response (16%) outpaced the actual amount saved last year (10%).
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