80% of retirees think they have enough money to live comfortably versus non-retirees
Only 53% of non-retired Americans think they have enough money saved for a comfy retirement: Survey
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Most retirees in the U.S. believe they have enough money to live comfortably.
In fact, 80% of American retirees share this belief – which is significantly higher than their non-retired counterparts, according to a new Gallup survey.
Meanwhile, only 53% of non-retired Americans think they have enough money saved to live out a comfortable retirement.
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Gallup’s 2021 findings are marginally different from what it recorded a year prior, which found 81% of retirees were confident in their life savings while 51% of non-retirees felt the same. And the year before that, 78% of retirees believed they had enough money saved to live comfortably versus 57% of non-retirees.
However, current sentiments are more optimistic than 2012, a period when the U.S experienced slow economic growth due to high government spending and low tax revenue, White House reports show. According to Gallup, 72% of retirees felt confident about their retirement savings at the time in contrast to 38% of non-retirees.
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When it comes down to where Americans get or expect to get their retirement income from, the top three sources were retirement plans (401(K)s, IRAs, Keoghs and more), social security and work-based pensions.
At the same time, only a portion of the survey’s respondents indicated they would heavily rely on these sources. For example, 35% of retirees say their retirement plans are a "major source" while 49% of non-retirees say they expect their retirement plans to be a major source.
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Other income streams Americans are relying on or expect to rely on for retirement include savings accounts or certificate deposits, equity they built up in their home, part-time work, stocks or mutual fund investments, rent and royalties, annuities or insurance plans and money gained from inheritance.
Fifty-seven percent of retirees say social security is a "major source" of retirement income while 38 % of non-retirees say they expect social security to be a major source, according to a Gallup survey. (iStock)
Regardless of where non-retirees expect to get their future retirement income from, all have taken a look at their current household income to determine whether they have enough to retire or not.
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Thirty-three percent of non-retirees whose household makes less than $40,000 per year think they can retire comfortably versus 49% of non-retirees whose household makes between $40,000 and $99,999 per year.
Not so surprisingly, three-quarters of non-retiree households that make more than $100,000 per year are confident that they have enough money to comfortably retire.
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FOX Business previously reported that most Americans believe they need more than $1 million saved to retire comfortably, according to a Charles Schwab survey.
Millennials and Gen X said they believe they need to save $2 million while Baby Boomers said they need to save $1.6 million.