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在美国有100万美元可以退休吗?多数美国人认为不行

在美国有100万美元可以退休吗?多数美国人认为不行

ALICIA ADAMCZYK 2023-04-20
千禧一代希望退休前能攒够130万美元。

随着美国生活成本的日益攀升,美国上班族正重新思考他们需要为舒适的退休生活存多少钱。而这个数字,比他们认为自己能攒下来的钱要多得多。

根据Schroders 2023年美国退休调查,45岁及以上的人认为他们需要存110万美元,该调查采访了2000名美国投资者,他们的家庭收入中位数为75,000美元。接受调查的千禧一代表示,他们的目标是130万美元。

Schroders的实际调查结果低于许多金融专业人士建议的储蓄额,也低于美国人在其他调查中所说的舒适退休生活需要的钱。

据纽约金融咨询公司Edelman Financial Engines最近的一份报告,一些美国人表示,要让他们感到富有,需要300万至500万美元。随着千禧一代和Z世代的成长以及生活成本的持续上涨,这个数字可能会继续增加。

“过去,如果你是百万富翁,那么你就算是富人,” Edelman Financial Engines的财务规划总监伊莎贝尔·巴罗(Isabel Barrow)说,“现在我们看到,即使真的拥有百万财富,其中也只有30%的人认为自己是富翁。”

上班族承担着更多的成本

对于上班族来说,实现这些退休储蓄目标变得越来越困难。根据Schroders的数据,只有29%的千禧一代和21%的45岁以上人士表示,他们预计退休储蓄能达到100万美元。实际上,59%的年老员工和49%的千禧一代认为自己的储蓄将少于50万美元。

据先锋资产管理公司统计,目前,拥有401(k)福利计划的全职美国人去年的储蓄额中位数为35,354美元(平均值受高收入者影响,为141,542美元)。

如今,养老金已经很少了,因此上班族比过去更需要自己存钱。几乎所有物品的价格都大幅上涨,他们还面临着住房、交通和教育等大额支出的项目。

财务顾问建议,尽量限制这些开支,以便能存下更多钱,但考虑到现今的生活成本,这可能很困难。

“汽车、住房、食物、油价,这些都变得越来越贵,”巴罗说。“尽管每年看起来涨价幅度可能不大,但累积起来,变化还是相当显著的。而且价格下降的可能性不大。一旦涨上去,往往就会维持在那个水平。”

由于工资增长未能跟上通货膨胀,这一切都让人感到舒适退休是不可能实现的。根据Schroders的调查,绝大多数上班族表示他们每天都在担心钱的问题,其中包括85%的千禧一代(调查中没有包括Z世代的上班族)。

巴罗表示:“我们心中有这样一个标准,百万富翁地位意味着某种东西。确实如此,但这可能不再是你需要执着追求的目标。要想感到富有或为退休做好准备,对许多人来说,这个数字还远远不够。”(财富中文网)

译者:中慧言-项曦莹

随着美国生活成本的日益攀升,美国上班族正重新思考他们需要为舒适的退休生活存多少钱。而这个数字,比他们认为自己能攒下来的钱要多得多。

根据Schroders 2023年美国退休调查,45岁及以上的人认为他们需要存110万美元,该调查采访了2000名美国投资者,他们的家庭收入中位数为75,000美元。接受调查的千禧一代表示,他们的目标是130万美元。

Schroders的实际调查结果低于许多金融专业人士建议的储蓄额,也低于美国人在其他调查中所说的舒适退休生活需要的钱。

据纽约金融咨询公司Edelman Financial Engines最近的一份报告,一些美国人表示,要让他们感到富有,需要300万至500万美元。随着千禧一代和Z世代的成长以及生活成本的持续上涨,这个数字可能会继续增加。

“过去,如果你是百万富翁,那么你就算是富人,” Edelman Financial Engines的财务规划总监伊莎贝尔·巴罗(Isabel Barrow)说,“现在我们看到,即使真的拥有百万财富,其中也只有30%的人认为自己是富翁。”

上班族承担着更多的成本

对于上班族来说,实现这些退休储蓄目标变得越来越困难。根据Schroders的数据,只有29%的千禧一代和21%的45岁以上人士表示,他们预计退休储蓄能达到100万美元。实际上,59%的年老员工和49%的千禧一代认为自己的储蓄将少于50万美元。

据先锋资产管理公司统计,目前,拥有401(k)福利计划的全职美国人去年的储蓄额中位数为35,354美元(平均值受高收入者影响,为141,542美元)。

如今,养老金已经很少了,因此上班族比过去更需要自己存钱。几乎所有物品的价格都大幅上涨,他们还面临着住房、交通和教育等大额支出的项目。

财务顾问建议,尽量限制这些开支,以便能存下更多钱,但考虑到现今的生活成本,这可能很困难。

“汽车、住房、食物、油价,这些都变得越来越贵,”巴罗说。“尽管每年看起来涨价幅度可能不大,但累积起来,变化还是相当显著的。而且价格下降的可能性不大。一旦涨上去,往往就会维持在那个水平。”

由于工资增长未能跟上通货膨胀,这一切都让人感到舒适退休是不可能实现的。根据Schroders的调查,绝大多数上班族表示他们每天都在担心钱的问题,其中包括85%的千禧一代(调查中没有包括Z世代的上班族)。

巴罗表示:“我们心中有这样一个标准,百万富翁地位意味着某种东西。确实如此,但这可能不再是你需要执着追求的目标。要想感到富有或为退休做好准备,对许多人来说,这个数字还远远不够。”(财富中文网)

译者:中慧言-项曦莹

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.”

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