26th Retirement Confidence Survey from EBRI

For the 26th Retirement Confidence Survey, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) shares many sobering data points for the retirement challenge facing the United States. Please read the issue brief and fact sheets on their website. Here is one date point on assets saved:

A sizable percentage of workers say they have no or very little money in savings and investments. These workers without savings are concentrated among those without a retirement plan. Among RCS workers providing this type of information and not having a retirement plan, 83 percent report that the total value of their household’s savings and investments, excluding the value of their primary home and any DB plans, is less than $10,000. In contrast, 35 percent of workers with a retirement plan say their value of these assets is $100,000 or more.

Robert Powell at MarketWatch has also written a great article that references this study titled: "Proof that saving at the last minute won’t save your retirement."