Household retirement savings in the U.S. 2020-2021, by amount

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 8, 2023
Over one fourth of Americans had household retirement savings reaching 250,000 U.S. dollars or more by the end of 2021. Meanwhile, eight percent of respondents stated to not have any household retirement savings at all. In 2021, the retirement savings of respondents were lower than the year before.

Household retirement savings in the United States from 2020 to 2021, by amount

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Release date

October 2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

November 17 to December 29, 2020

Number of respondents

5,493 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Full-time or part-time in a for-profit company employing one or more employees

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Approximately how much money does your household have saved in all of your retirement accounts?"

The source does not explain, why the figures do not exactly amount to 100.

The data was obtained from several editions of the same report. Number of respondents in other editions:

  • 3,109 - November 17 to December 29, 2020

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