Many Americans don’t realize they don’t need an office job to start their retirement plan, but most industrial workers don’t realize this.
A survey taken by 2,000 Americans with half being 18-29 and the other half being 30-64 showed a lot of data.
Questions asked shed light on how they plan for retirement.
32% of the workers who worked for companies that had 2-9 employees wanted to retire in their 50s.
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24% of the group said there’s no retirement plan available at their job.
Half of the survey takers said they think you can be too old to start a plan.
Why do people think you can be too old to start a retirement plan?
Some people believed they could not work to the level they wanted to achieve because of the pandemic.
Finance workers were the largest group to believe this.
40% of workers believed they didn’t have enough money to make it through the rest of their lives.
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61% of this group were healthcare workers.
47% of education workers believe they’ll reach burnout before they reach retirement.
Many survey takers said they use their checking and savings accounts to save for retirement.
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Those working for companies with enough employees to offer a 401K were more likely to have one.
Overall, 70% believe they would have a better 401K retirement plan with an office job.
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