"The Average Retirement Savings by Age"

If you’re like the majority of people, you probably need to step up your retirement-saving efforts. A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the median retirement savings for Americans between age 55 and 64 was $107,000. The GAO notes this sum would only translate into a $310 monthly payment if it was invested in an inflation-protected annuity.

Household savings in all retirement accounts have dramatically increased since their pre-recession levels, including among millennials ($9,000 in 2007 to $36,000 in 2017), Generation X ($32,000 to $71,000), and baby boomers ($75,000 to $157,000), according to a Sept. 2018 report from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies.

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