隨著美國生活成本的日益攀升,美國上班族正重新思考他們需要為舒適的退休生活存多少錢。而這個數字,比他們認為自己能攢下來的錢要多得多。
根據Schroders 2023年美國退休調查,45歲及以上的人認為他們需要存110萬美元,該調查采訪了2000名美國投資者,他們的家庭收入中位數為75,000美元。接受調查的千禧一代表示,他們的目標是130萬美元。
Schroders的實際調查結果低于許多金融專業人士建議的儲蓄額,也低于美國人在其他調查中所說的舒適退休生活需要的錢。
據紐約金融咨詢公司Edelman Financial Engines最近的一份報告,一些美國人表示,要讓他們感到富有,需要300萬至500萬美元。隨著千禧一代和Z世代的成長以及生活成本的持續上漲,這個數字可能會繼續增加。
“過去,如果你是百萬富翁,那么你就算是富人,” Edelman Financial Engines的財務規劃總監伊莎貝爾·巴羅(Isabel Barrow)說,“現在我們看到,即使真的擁有百萬財富,其中也只有30%的人認為自己是富翁。”
上班族承擔著更多的成本
對于上班族來說,實現這些退休儲蓄目標變得越來越困難。根據Schroders的數據,只有29%的千禧一代和21%的45歲以上人士表示,他們預計退休儲蓄能達到100萬美元。實際上,59%的年老員工和49%的千禧一代認為自己的儲蓄將少于50萬美元。
據先鋒資產管理公司統計,目前,擁有401(k)福利計劃的全職美國人去年的儲蓄額中位數為35,354美元(平均值受高收入者影響,為141,542美元)。
如今,養老金已經很少了,因此上班族比過去更需要自己存錢。幾乎所有物品的價格都大幅上漲,他們還面臨著住房、交通和教育等大額支出的項目。
財務顧問建議,盡量限制這些開支,以便能存下更多錢,但考慮到現今的生活成本,這可能很困難。
“汽車、住房、食物、油價,這些都變得越來越貴,”巴羅說?!氨M管每年看起來漲價幅度可能不大,但累積起來,變化還是相當顯著的。而且價格下降的可能性不大。一旦漲上去,往往就會維持在那個水平?!?/p>
由于工資增長未能跟上通貨膨脹,這一切都讓人感到舒適退休是不可能實現的。根據Schroders的調查,絕大多數上班族表示他們每天都在擔心錢的問題,其中包括85%的千禧一代(調查中沒有包括Z世代的上班族)。
巴羅表示:“我們心中有這樣一個標準,百萬富翁地位意味著某種東西。確實如此,但這可能不再是你需要執著追求的目標。要想感到富有或為退休做好準備,對許多人來說,這個數字還遠遠不夠?!保ㄘ敻恢形木W)
譯者:中慧言-項曦瑩
隨著美國生活成本的日益攀升,美國上班族正重新思考他們需要為舒適的退休生活存多少錢。而這個數字,比他們認為自己能攢下來的錢要多得多。
根據Schroders 2023年美國退休調查,45歲及以上的人認為他們需要存110萬美元,該調查采訪了2000名美國投資者,他們的家庭收入中位數為75,000美元。接受調查的千禧一代表示,他們的目標是130萬美元。
Schroders的實際調查結果低于許多金融專業人士建議的儲蓄額,也低于美國人在其他調查中所說的舒適退休生活需要的錢。
據紐約金融咨詢公司Edelman Financial Engines最近的一份報告,一些美國人表示,要讓他們感到富有,需要300萬至500萬美元。隨著千禧一代和Z世代的成長以及生活成本的持續上漲,這個數字可能會繼續增加。
“過去,如果你是百萬富翁,那么你就算是富人,” Edelman Financial Engines的財務規劃總監伊莎貝爾·巴羅(Isabel Barrow)說,“現在我們看到,即使真的擁有百萬財富,其中也只有30%的人認為自己是富翁?!?/p>
上班族承擔著更多的成本
對于上班族來說,實現這些退休儲蓄目標變得越來越困難。根據Schroders的數據,只有29%的千禧一代和21%的45歲以上人士表示,他們預計退休儲蓄能達到100萬美元。實際上,59%的年老員工和49%的千禧一代認為自己的儲蓄將少于50萬美元。
據先鋒資產管理公司統計,目前,擁有401(k)福利計劃的全職美國人去年的儲蓄額中位數為35,354美元(平均值受高收入者影響,為141,542美元)。
如今,養老金已經很少了,因此上班族比過去更需要自己存錢。幾乎所有物品的價格都大幅上漲,他們還面臨著住房、交通和教育等大額支出的項目。
財務顧問建議,盡量限制這些開支,以便能存下更多錢,但考慮到現今的生活成本,這可能很困難。
“汽車、住房、食物、油價,這些都變得越來越貴,”巴羅說?!氨M管每年看起來漲價幅度可能不大,但累積起來,變化還是相當顯著的。而且價格下降的可能性不大。一旦漲上去,往往就會維持在那個水平?!?/p>
由于工資增長未能跟上通貨膨脹,這一切都讓人感到舒適退休是不可能實現的。根據Schroders的調查,絕大多數上班族表示他們每天都在擔心錢的問題,其中包括85%的千禧一代(調查中沒有包括Z世代的上班族)。
巴羅表示:“我們心中有這樣一個標準,百萬富翁地位意味著某種東西。確實如此,但這可能不再是你需要執著追求的目標。要想感到富有或為退休做好準備,對許多人來說,這個數字還遠遠不夠?!保ㄘ敻恢形木W)
譯者:中慧言-項曦瑩
As the cost of living in the U.S. creeps further and further upward, American workers are rethinking how much they’ll need to save for a comfortable retirement. And it’s a lot more than they think they’ll be able to put away.
Those 45 and older say it will take $1.1 million, according to the Schroders 2023 U.S. Retirement Survey, which polled 2,000 American investors earning a median household income of $75,000. Millennials surveyed say their target is $1.3 million.
The Schroders results are actually lower than what many financial professionals suggest saving, and what other surveys have found Americans say they need to be comfortable in retirement.
Some Americans say it would take $3 million to $5 million for them to feel wealthy, according to a recent report from Edelman Financial Engines, a financial advisory firm in New York City. That will likely increase as millennials and Gen Z age and the cost of living continues to go up.
“It used to be if you were a millionaire, it was a foregone conclusion that you were wealthy,” says Isabel Barrow, financial planning director at Edelman Financial Engines. Now we’re seeing, even if you are an actual millionaire, only 30% actually consider themselves wealthy.”
Workers are shouldering more costs
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for workers to hit those retirement savings targets. Just 29% of millennials and 21% of those over 45 say they expect to reach even $1 million in retirement savings, according to Schroders. In fact, 59% of older workers and 49% of millennials expect to save less than $500,000.
As it stands, the median full-time American worker with a 401(k) had $35,354 socked away last year, according to Vanguard (the average, which is skewed by high earners, sits at $141,542).
Pensions are rare these days, so workers have to save more on their own than they did in the past. They are also competing with dramatically higher prices for just about everything, especially big-budget items like housing, transportation, and education.
Financial advisors say to try to limit those expenses to be able to save more, but it can be difficult given today’s cost of living.
“Cars, housing, food, gas prices, they’ve all gotten more expensive,” says Barrow. “Even though every year it might not seem like that much of a bite, when you compound that, it’s a pretty significant shift. And it’s unlikely to go down by a whole heck of a lot. Once it goes up, it tends to stay there.”
With wages not keeping up with inflation, it can all feel a little impossible. The vast majority of workers say they worry about money each day, according to the Schroders survey, including 85% of millennials (the survey did not include any Gen Z workers).
“We have in our minds this benchmark, millionaire status means something,” says Barrow. “It does, but it may not anymore be the goal that you need to hang your hat on. To feel wealthy or to be prepared for retirement, for many people that number is going to be significantly higher.”