This statistic presents the reasons employees gave for not participating in their company-sponsored retirement plan in the United States in 2017. At that time, 19 percent of respondents indicated that they planned to save for retirement in ways other than their employer's plan.
Motivations for opting out of a retirement plan in the United States in 2017
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Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. (June 1, 2018). Motivations for opting out of a retirement plan in the United States in 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/941612/motivations-for-opting-out-of-a-retirement-plan-usa/
Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. "Motivations for opting out of a retirement plan in the United States in 2017." Chart. June 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/941612/motivations-for-opting-out-of-a-retirement-plan-usa/
Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. (2018). Motivations for opting out of a retirement plan in the United States in 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/941612/motivations-for-opting-out-of-a-retirement-plan-usa/
Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. "Motivations for Opting out of a Retirement Plan in The United States in 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/941612/motivations-for-opting-out-of-a-retirement-plan-usa/
Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, Motivations for opting out of a retirement plan in the United States in 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/941612/motivations-for-opting-out-of-a-retirement-plan-usa/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
Motivations for opting out of a retirement plan in the United States in 2017 [Graph], Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, June 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/941612/motivations-for-opting-out-of-a-retirement-plan-usa/