Statistics

PENSIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO RETIREMENT SECURITY
 
Social Security provides only a safety net.
Average yearly Social Security payment:
Annual minimum-wage salary:
Average portion of pay Social Security replaces:
 
Most retirees have little in personal savings.
Median total savings of older households:
Median income from savings of older Americans:
 
MEDIAN INCOME OF OLDER AMERICANS:
 
Retirees with pensions have greater income security.
Median yearly income of retirees with pensions:
Percentage of older Americans with a pension:
 
PENSIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE ECONOMY
Pensions are the world’s largest source of capital:
The cost of pensions in tax subsidies:

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