One-fifth of households in the United States are headed by retirees, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2020 Consumer Expendit...

Boomers are waiting longer to retire than their parents did. Only about one in four Boomers born in 1957 claimed Social Security retired wor...

The Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies (TCRS) has been surveying the nation's workers about their retirement plans for two decad...

The percentage of older men and women who claim Social Security benefits at age 62—the earliest possible age to begin receiving retired-work...

In a perfect world, the typical worker would have saved $364,000 in a 401(k)/IRA retirement account by the time he or she was aged 55 to 64....

The oldest Gen Xers—born in 1965—turn 55 next year. At that age, retirement planning shifts from serious to critical. How are Gen Xers doing...

Two-thirds of American workers (67 percent) are confident they will have enough money to live comfortably throughout their retirement years,...

Older Americans might be in trouble. They control a large share of the nation's wealth, yet many are not prepared to manage it. Cognitiv...

A substantial 37 percent of Americans retire before their planned retirement age, according to the Center for Retirement Research. The Cente...

If you think you've got a retirement plan, think again. A study by the Urban Institute finds that more than half of older full-time work...

The retirement readiness of Americans took a hit from the Great Recession and has yet to recover, according to study by the Center for Retir...

Consistency pays off. Workers who consistently participate in their 401(k) plan have seen their account balance grow rapidly over the past f...

"The expansion of retirement years has been one of the most profound societal changes of the past eight decades in the United States,...

The percentage of households with student loan debt has more than doubled in the past 24 years, according to an Employee Benefit Research In...

Do student loans prevent young adults from saving for retirement? Yes, finds a study by the Center for Retirement Research. Analyzing data f...

The percentage of workers who participate in a retirement plan is declining, according to the Current Population Survey. Don't believe i...

The average age of retirement is rising among men, but the increase is almost entirely limited to those with a college degree, according to ...

On average, workers today expect to retire at an average age of 66—substantially higher than the expected retirement age of 60 in the mid-19...

Among the nation's workers aged 55 or older, a substantial 71 percent are "somewhat" or "very" confident that they w...

Here's how it's supposed work: save for retirement during your decades in the labor force, then spend down those savings in retireme...